Over the past year, quite a few of my good friends have gotten engaged. Four of us are getting married this summer (!), so we have plenty to celebrate and discuss when we meet up.
We all love a good cocktail to make our time together festive and have made a few fun ones in the past. This time around, I decided to make us a gin-based drink that just screams spring.
Gimlets are traditionally made with gin (or vodka) and lime juice, but I wanted to create a new, fun cocktail with a few choice ingredients. This Sparkling Blackberry Gimlet is made with Blackberry Ginger Ale. To further enhance the blackberry flavor, I made a quick blackberry-mint simple syrup to go with it. You can substitute in traditional simple syrup if you’d prefer.
Ingredients: serves 4
Blackberry Mint Simple Syrup
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves
- 1/4 cup blackberries
Sparkling Blackberry Gimlet
- handful of blackberries for muddling and mint
- 8 oz Gin
- 1/2 cup lime juice
- 1/4 cup blackberry mint simple syrup
- 1/2 cup Blackberry Ginger Ale
- blackberries and mint for garnish