Blackberry Bourbon Smash
- Medium
A medium-strength cocktail, shaken over ice, served in an old fashioned glass.
Serve in: old fashioned glass
Ingredients
- 2 ozbourbon
- 1 ozfrozen blackberries
- 0.5 ozlime juice
- 2 ozsoda water
- 4basil leaves
- 0.5 ozsimple syrup
- Ice cubesoptional
How to Make a Blackberry Bourbon Smash
Instructions
- In a shaker combine simple syrup, basil leaves, lime, blackberries, and bourbon
- Muddle to break up the berries and the basil.
- Add ice and shake well.
- Strain into an ice filled glass.
- Top off with club soda.
Garnish
Decorate with blackberries, basil or lemon slice.
Tips & substitutions
- No bourbon? Try whisky or scotch.
- No lime juice? Try lemon juice.
The glass
Serve this one in an old fashioned glass. The old fashioned glass or rocks glass is a short tumbler used for serving spirits, such as whisky, neat or with ice cubes. It is also normally used to serve certain cocktails, such as the Old Fashioned, from which it receives its name.
Did you know
A smash is classified as some kind of fruit, herb (often mint or basil) and spirit mixed together with a little sweetener and over ice. Smash cocktails are popular in the summer, as they are generally well chilled and often topped with a little sparkling water to lighten them up. One of the earliest examples of a smash appears in the form of a julep recipe in Jerry Thomas’ 1862 How to Mix Drinks, or, The Bon Vivant’s Companion.
