The Belmont Bramble
When life gives you Maker's Mark, you make The Belmont Bramble! This cocktail is a must make for the Belmont Stakes and will be a whiskey lover favorite!
Ingredients
- 2 ½ ouncesmarker's mark whiskey
- 2 ouncesfresh blackberry puree (recipe in instructions)
- 5 ounceslemonade
- 1 teaspoonfresh basil (finely chopped)
- ice
- 6blackberries (for garnish)
- 2 smallbasil leaves (for garnish)
- 6 ouncesfresh blackberries
- 1 tablespoongranulated sugar
Directions
- 1
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.
- 2
Pour in the Marker's Mark Whisky, blackberry puree, lemonade, and add the basil. Cover and shake vigorously for 30 seconds until the shaker to very cold.
- 3
Remove the cover from the shaker and strain the cocktail into 2 rocks glasses filled with ice. If needed, pour a little more lemonade on top to fill each glass.
- 4
Add 2 blackberries to the cocktail and place the third blackberry on the rim of the glass with a basil leaf next to it.
How to make blackberry puree:
- 1
Add the blackberries and sugar to a food processor. Puree until smooth.
- 2
Pour the puree into a fine mesh sieve and use a rubber spatula or the back of a spoon to press the puree through the sieve. This will remove all of the solids and leave with a gorgeous, smooth puree.
- 3
Makes about 1/2 cup.