Blackberry Lemon Smash cocktail

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Blackberry Lemon Smash

  • Medium
  • sweet

A sweet, medium-strength cocktail, shaken over ice, served in an old fashioned glass.

Serve in: old fashioned glass

Ingredients

How to Make a Blackberry Lemon Smash

Instructions

  1. Place the blackberries, simple syrup, and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker.
  2. Muddle until the blackberries are mashed.
  3. Add the rum and three ice cubes to a shaker.
  4. Shake vigorously and strain into a double old-fashioned glass.
  5. Add additional ice.

Garnish

Decorate with a lemon slice and serve with a straw.

Tips & substitutions

  • No lemon juice? Try lime 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

Switch it up with a different spirit such as bourbon, vodka, or gin if you like.