Description
This Blackberry Gin Smash is summer in a glass - with juicy blackberries, bright citrus, botanical gin, herbaceous thyme & sweetly floral St. Germain & elderflower tonic.
Ingredients
Units
- 2 lemons (- freshly squeezed)
- 22 fresh blackberries
- 1/4 cup fresh thyme
- 4 ounces gin
- 3 ounces St. Germain
- 4 ounces elderflower tonic water (- or plain tonic water)
Instructions
- Add 16 fresh blackberries, the juice of 2 lemons, 8 sprigs of fresh thyme and 1 ounce of St. Germain to a mason jar. Use a muddler or the back of a wooden spoon to coarsely crush the blackberries and thyme until the berries are broken down and the thyme is aromatic.
- Strain the syrup evenly into 2 glasses then add 2 ounces of gin and 1 ounce of St. Germain to each glass. Stir together, then layer in ice and a few sliced blackberries.
- Top each with sparkly elderflower tonic water. Garnish with plump, juicy blackberries and tendrils of fresh thyme. Serve immediately and enjoy with someone you love or really really like.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes