Cocktail recipe

Raspberry Bramble

The Raspberry Bramble is a fruity twist on the classic Bramble, a modern gin cocktail created in London during the 1980s. By swapping the traditional blackberry liqueur for fresh raspberries or raspberry liqueur, this drink becomes brighter, lighter, and bursting with sweet-tart berry flavour.

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Raspberry Bramble

Description

The original Bramble, invented by bartender Dick Bradsell in 1984 at Fred’s Club in Soho, was designed as a distinctly British cocktail - a gin sour enriched with blackberry liqueur to evoke hedgerow berries. The Raspberry Bramble keeps the same sour base of gin, lemon, and sugar but replaces crème de mûre (blackberry liqueur) with raspberry liqueur (such as Chambord) or muddled fresh raspberries. The result is a vivid pink drink that’s fruity, zesty, and eye-catching. With its crushed ice and jewel-like colour, the Raspberry Bramble is a true showpiece cocktail.

Ingredients

  • 50 ml Gin
  • 25 ml lemon juice
  • 15 ml Simple Syrup
  • 15 ml Raspberry Liqueur (or muddled raspberries + syrup)
  • Ice
  • 2 pieces Raspberry (for garnish)
  • 1 piece Lemon Wheel (for garnish)

Instructions

  1. Fill a short glass (rocks glass) with crushed ice. In a shaker, combine gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup with ice. Shake until chilled. Strain into the prepared glass over the crushed ice. Slowly drizzle the raspberry liqueur over the top, allowing it to trickle through the ice (“bramble effect”). Garnish with fresh raspberries and a lemon wheel.

Recommended glassware

Lowball Glass
Lowball Glass (Recommended)

A short, sturdy glass for spirit-forward cocktails served over ice.

Bramble-style rocks serve.

180–300 ml Short, wide, heavy-bottomed tumbler.

Best for: Old Fashioned, Negroni, Boulevardier, Whiskey Sour over ice, Rusty Nail.

Garnish: Great for orange twists, cherries, and large clear ice cubes.

Quick facts

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