Vinspire’s Cocktail of the Week

We’ve teamed up with drinks blog Vinspire to bring you an amazing new cocktail every week.

Vinspire is a UK-based drinks blog, covering everything from wine to whisky, tea to tequila, cordial to cognac.

The aim of the blog is to find the best drinks, merchants, accessories and resources for all their fellow beverage-lovers.

So, we kick off the series with the…

Blackberry & Apple Crumble Bramble

A perfect cocktail for the end of summer and beginning of autumn.

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Ingredients:

• 8-12 blackberries (depending on the size: wild ones may be smaller than supermarket ones)
• 1.5 shots gin
• 3 shots cloudy apple juice
• 0.5 shot lemon juice
• 2 dashes vanilla syrup
• 1 tsp creme de cassis

For the cinnamon sugar:

• 2 tsp brown sugar
• 0.25 tsp ground cinnamon

 

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How to Make The Blackberry & Apple Crumble Bramble

1. Muddle all the blackberries in a jug (or use a pestle and mortar) until they are ground down to a fine pulp with plenty of juice

2. Add the gin, lemon juice, apple juice and vanilla syrup into your cocktail shaker along with several ice cubes.

3. Sieve the blackberries (or spoon them in if you don’t mind the bits!) into the shaker too.

4. Give it all a good shake for about 15 seconds

5. Blend the sugar and cinnamon together on a small plate . Coat the rim of a Collins glass with lemon juice to moisten it and then roll it in the sugar so it coats the rim.

6. Pour the cocktail into the Collins glass, and top up with a teaspoon of creme de cassis.