Dick Bradsell’s modern classic, invented at Fred’s Club in Soho, 1984.
Why you are pouring this tonight
The Bramble is Dick Bradsell’s modern classic, invented at Fred’s Club in Soho, London, in 1984. Gin, lemon, sugar, with a sinking ribbon of crème de mûre on top that bleeds slowly through the crushed ice as you drink it. Looks like a bramble bush in winter. Tastes like a London bartender’s apology for the previous twenty years of the cocktail world.
Crushed ice is essential. Cubes will not catch the sinking cassis-style float. Use a London Dry gin (Beefeater, Tanqueray) and real Briottet crème de mûre (the proper French blackberry liqueur). Build the gin, lemon and simple syrup in a shaker, shake briefly, pour into the rocks glass with crushed ice, then drizzle the crème de mûre slowly over the back of a barspoon so it sinks. Garnish with a lemon twist and three fresh blackberries. Pair with cheese boards, dark chocolate, the kind of autumn evening that has nowhere else to be.
What to pour it alongside
Cheese boards, dark chocolate, autumn evening.
Notes
Crushed ice is essential, cubes won’t catch the cassis float. Dick Bradsell’s original used Briottet creme de mure.
The recipe
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