The Bramble is a cocktail created by Dick Bradsell in 1980s London, England. Best described as a spring cocktail, the Bramble brings together dry gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup, crème de mûre (blackberry liqueur), and crushed ice. Bradsell also suggests finishing off the cocktail with some fresh red fruits and a slice of lemon.
I opted to only garnish with a blackberry.
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The lemon drop martini is a cousin to the Orange Martini and sibling to the Limoncello Martini.
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It feels like the wrong month for this one as I think it’s more of an autumnal drink; an apple pie mimosa.
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A tasty cherry variation of our Chocolate Martini which seemed to go down well.
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St Patrick’s Day, Ireland’s Patron Saints Day, is coming up on the 17th March and we’ll be doing a few Irish themed cocktails.
Don’t worry though, as we will still be doing #FridayNightCocktails on the day after, Friday 18th.
Shall this coming #FridayNightCocktails be vodka based ones or a random selection? Or would anyone like to suggest an alternative?
An upgraded version of the Cuba Libre replacing some of the rum with gin and adding lime juice and aromatic bitters.
I became aware of the Brandy Alexander from watching the US TV show The Big Bang Theory; this is one of the drinks ordered by Raj (alongside the Grasshopper).
A Brandy Alexander is a brandy-based dessert cocktail consisting of cognac, crème de cacao, and cream, that became popular during the early 20th century. It is a variation of an earlier, gin-based cocktail called simply an Alexander.
The Brandy Alexander featured in The Big Bang Theory TV show alongside the Grasshopper as favourites of the character Raj.
This is a slightly sweeter version of the Cuba Libre and includes amaretto.
The second of our cocktails this evening turned out a startling pink; the recipe did call for grenadine so that’s what we used; simply syrup may have been a better choice as that would have left us with a mango coloured drink.
However, this does taste of mango and is delicious.
We'd expect a mango sour to be yellow/orange in colour, but this comes out pink due to the grenadine; perhaps next time we'll make this with simple syrup instead.