July 13-Bramble

The Bramble was quoted as Simon Difford’s Mother’s favourite cocktail. I can’t think of one I would rather choose then this. It’s simple, tasty and seasonal with the blackberry inclusion. This drink nis in the fix family of drinks, which is essentially a sour over crushed ice. These also typically have more fruits added in to differentiate themselves from the sours. The only time a sour has fruity flavours are when they are a sour with a liqueur as the base spirit like a midori sour. Meanwhile you will see fruit muddled into fixes all the time.

The bramble as I said is a blackberry fix, I will admit that this is my take on it since I don’t use creme de mure, I muddle fresh fruit in there instead. This is not meant to bash anyone who does it with creme de mure, I like that version too, I just prefer the fresh fruit version. It’s like comparing gold to diamonds.

Full judging here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cVvXpwQIj__-M-UB-pOJoFlmfMa3A-GFUEwcw-WJzDY/edit?tab=t.0