Bramble: One of the most famous cocktails of the modern era
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- The Bramble is Bartender Dick Bradsell's masterpiece Gin cocktail which helped to push Gin at a time when Vodka was king and Gin was looked at as an old man's beverage.
This cocktail is a Modern Classic created by the godfather of the 1980's London Cocktail Scene. The late Dick Bradsell was known as the sort of British version of Dale DeGroff and was most famous for not only using fresh ingredients at a time when club culture was king and everyone was using Roses Lime Juice and other chemical laden ingredients, but also for his innovative cocktails. He is the creator of not only the Bramble but also the Russian Spring Punch, the Vodka + Espresso (better known as the espresso Martini) the Treacle and the Wibble. He bartended at some of the most exclusive spots in London and it is rumored that he invented his Vodka+Espresso (Espresso Martini) when model Heidi Klum asked him for something that would "wake me up and fuck me up".
Sadly Bradsell passed away February 27th 2016 of a Brain Tumor. He will be missed and we should give him a cheers every time we make one of his masterful cocktails.
For me this is a gateway Gin cocktail, that is, a drink you can make for someone who claims they hate Gin and have them fall absolutely head over heels for it. It's very Gin forward but also features a balanced amount of lemon juice, simple syrup and Creme De Muir.
Also as a note: the creme de muir that I make in this episode is house made. And yes I will do a video on how to make it.
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Recipe:
2oz (60ml) Gin
.75oz (22.5ml) Lemon Juice
.5oz (15ml) Simple Syrup
.5oz (15ml) Crème de Mûre Float
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I like how you've started adding the recipe to the screen at the end of the video
That was always there, they changed it to be a bit earlier now though. Guess you’ve never watched until the complete end?
He's been doing that a while. I screenshot those on my phone and save them in a recipes album and refer to them often :)
Can you please make the Marie Antoinette cocktail? It is from Dutch Kills Bar in NYC.
Recipe-
ingredients
• 2 oz Plantation Rum 3 Stars Rum
• 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice,
• 0.75 oz Simple Syrup,
• 0.75 oz White Creme De Cacao,
• 4 Fresh Raspberries
Recipe
Combine liquid ingredients in a shaker and dry shake to mix.
Muddle raspberries in the bottom of a large rocks glass with splash of liquid ingredients and top with crushed ice.
Pour remainder of cocktail over ice and top with a fresh berry for garnish.
Thanks for putting out so much content guys, you’re the best.
one of my favorites ever!!
great channel man!
AT LAST!!!!! Easily my favourite cocktail. RIP Dick. A true legend.
This looks so easy to make!!! I'm def trying this. THANKS!!!!
This is one of my top 5 cocktails and my number 1 for gins tbh Leandro, I love it
Looks wonderful!!! I'd like to see more of the "flight" concepts
Looks yummy! And, great description too.
Simple but full of knowledge 👍🏾 Great job dude
Best modern classic! Thanks sir!
Great modern classic. An alternative to Crème de Mûre (and my go to for this cocktail, since I don’t keep a whole bottle of blackberry liqueur on hand) is to muddle a few fresh blackberries with granulated sugar then drizzle that on top of the cocktail.
Yessir I did the fresh version in the 10 easy cocktails video. Love it!
@@TheEducatedBarflyAlso curious, could I use Chamboard or creme de cassis in place of creme de mure here?
My favorite summer drink. It’s a bit unorthodox, but I add the slightest bit of homemade blackberry reduction to the bottom of the glass. As the drink dilutes and evolves, that last bit of sweetness is amazing.
Just found this channel, already watched like 15 videos. Great content, very entertaining, also the host of the series is so relatable 😄 I love how you're mixing up the content for the actual cocktails with some background history, gg keep up the good work 🍸👌
Thank you
Sweet lord. I made this tonight and it might be my favorite drink. I accidentally grabbed creme de cassis while shopping today, but I really like the tartness. Spent 30 minutes in Total Wine hyping up the channel to the poor bastard stocking shelves who asked if I needed help.
Leandro well done. You present so well. I did not think of making a house made Creme de Muir when I did my video. Well done to you and Marius.
We love gin cocktails! Can't wait to try this recipe with empress gin!
Nice. I tend to use blackberry lemon combo in most of my summer drinks.
When I’m out on a lunch date with my mom we always toast a bramble, it is soooo delicious. Addictive to say the least.
To me, Gin was the most obscure spirit because ive never had it and most of the people around me were into whiskey rum and vodka. But After getting into modern classic/classic gin cocktails such as the bramble, gin is my favorite spirit!!!!
Thanks a lot ... 💖
Fantastic
I’d love to see a video on themed cocktail flights. I’ve had a similar idea, but not sure how to plan and execute it
Chandler Poling this is actually a great request. I’d love to do a bartender night with my friends, but I’d just do really random things. A themed flight would be sweet.
Love this refreshing serve! Actually make my own blackberry liqueur at home to go with it! 👍
Tried this tonight. Amazing cocktail! I made my own creme de Mure…and it really worked in this drink.
Looks great! I've found that blackberries and blueberries work really well in cocktails (flavor and appearance).
Very nice going to try this
Love the channel
Hey, I recently started drinking, and the bramble has been one of my favorite experiences. I was hoping to make my own Creme de Mur, and I would love your recipe! Love the video, and it helped me realize some things I was doing wrong with this cocktail, as I couldn't quite get it right
1 year later, but today's your lucky day because he just put up a creme de mure recipe
Thanks for another great video, can you also please share the amazon link to the glass straws ?
Yeap. The woodiness of the gin and the tart-fruity of the other ingredients makes something very natural-tasting... Made my first directly after watching this and it was spot-on!
Made this today however used grenadine over the top (not sure if this is an official cocktail already) but omg it’s lovely!! Keep up the content
Another good version of this same concept is your essential Bee's Knees recipe, but modify for an inclusion of blueberry syrup.
I use a simple demerara + the berries extraction for the syrup. As a bonus, the color is wild. Add it to a White Russian, for example, as well.
A little gin with your ice?
Yes please
I've been doing variations of this for years. Creme de Mur or Cassis. We grow blackberries and currants in the backyard. I can't eat them fast enough, so I make liqueur. Relatives, friends and neighbors seem to appreciate
Looks delish
One of the drinks that got me into gin along with the bees knees and ramos gin fizz. The only reason I have a bottle of mure.
Brockman’s bramble is lovely!
Blackberries grow wild all over Oregon - can’t wait to make my own creme de mure
I'm from Washington and I'm thinking a huckleberry version.
Looks delicious!!
I drink this more than I drink anything else. Really one of the best drinks ever
Very nice...
Thanx! I am a starting "homebartender" since a couple of months, got the Bramble from the book I got (using copperhead Gin), and I had to muddle a raspberry in the sugar syrup first. but didn't like it - the sweetness of that took the upperhand on the citrus (I'm more of a bitter and sour lover) - and didn't like the Gin undertone. Which made me wonder what I was doing wrong - because I normally like the gin flavour(s). But came to the conclusion that it was the actually copperhead I didn't like. Huge difference with beefeater of Tanquery. Gonna try It again after seeing this - meanwhile switched to Tanquery N°Ten Gin, which I like a whole lot more re-tried building cocktails I made with the copperhead, they come out a lot better ...but didn't yet retry a bramble. So that's what I'll be trying this week :-)
In my country in any party you'll ALWAYS find someone that hates vodka, specifically black vodka. And it's always because of bad experiences when younger just like you were saying. I'd love to see more videos with flavored vodka because of that.
Made some of these last night, but with navy strength gin. Delicious, but regretting it a bit today 😂
Good job 👍..
Love this recipe! And just got introduced to the Bramble and am loving it! Also found an interesting twist to the recipe using vodka and creme de cassis. Not sure which one I like better! :)
Sounds great! Any chance of a recipe for the crème de mûre?
Yeah, I didn’t add so I can make a separate video of it
The Educated Barfly Yes Please!!😁
Yes, please!
@@TheEducatedBarfly yes! Can't wait!
Hear, hear!
I tried this with a rose water simple syrup I made. It sent it into a whole different dimension! You have to try it.
Very tasty! The creme the mure has a very intensiv taste and Im sure especially the female guests like it a lot. Very balanced and not to sweet (if you use high quality creme de mure). Btw I love this channel. Greetings from Germany :)
That looks amazing. Is it a common drink that most bartenders should know right away? I've never heard of it until now & I tend to order drinks that I know are easier so I don't have to explain it in a crowded bar
Wow thats such a good drink 🔥
This is now my Favorite drink!!
not a bad choice:)
I love the Lemon Hart & Son 151 in your Backbar, when will you use it in one of your videos? Can´t remember seeing one so far.
I’ve used it most notably in the Zombie episode I did but also to light stuff on fire! 🔥
The Educated Barfly ah yes true story. I still keep the bottle sealed since it’s so hard to get in Germany. But while reading the Smugglers Cove book I might find a reason to open it. Will re-watch your Zombie Video right away :)
I love bramble. But I have not shaken my bramble with crushed ice.. it looks very interesting! I'll shake it with crushed ice later. Thank you barfly. I always enjoy watching your video in Korea. Yeah!!
Thanks!
Could i use blackberry simple syrup and skip the blackberry liquor and the simple syrup?
I just made this and it was life changing
I made it with Crème de Cassis (black currant liqueur) instead and it was amazing! (Waiting for your Crème de Mure recipe!)
Can I use Dekuyper Creme de Cassis in place of the Creme de Mure??
I first had this at a hotel in NC . I fell in love with this drink. Where do you find the blackberry Lacour? I can’t find it at my local liquor store.
It can be hard to find in small locals but both the De Kuyper and Gabriel Boudier Dijon make lovely versions of Creme de Mure to keep an eye out for!
Great recipe but id switch out Beefeater for Brockman’s gin. Has some nice berry notes that would play well.
Would like taste okay with a different liquor other than gin?
important question how important is the dropping of the jigger and recovery to this drink will it taste different if not dropped/recovered :p
Yes! YOU MUST DROP THE JIGGER TO EXECUTE CORRECTLY
@@TheEducatedBarfly you dont know what this reply means to me so life changing I dont know how I would go on with my day not knowing this super key detail lol I love this channel you guys are my kind of sarcastic
Dave Tugwell at least someone appreciates my sarcasm 😂
I’ve been making this one for a while and love it but I just decided to go with Chambord instead of Crème De Mure, and I’d call it a Briar lol not sure if that would ever catch on but I like it. Did dial up the Chambord a little more to 0.75 oz, seems to be teetering very close to 1934 Cosmo though to be honest, but it’s so much easier and I didn’t get my raspberries to impart the intensity that this does so I’m learning to not just follow the recipes but switch them up *laughs maniacally with the sense of power* mwhahaha
Thanks for the great videos! Quick question: I make Brambles fairly often but I find that my Crème de mûre often sinks to the bottom of my glass after about 2 minutes. I’m using “Merlet” brand. I imagine this is a density problem. Are there things I can do in drink prep or brands of Crème de mûre that solve my problem?
Nope. It’s the density while drinking your mean to take a straw and stir it, then it will combine that’s about it. As you can see in this video, the Creme de mure went to the bottom.
The crushed ice, helps delay the sink…but ultimately, you need to stir to combine.
Made it with Chambord instead of Crème de Mûre. Yumm.
Great cocktail. I’m gonna try to influence some gin “hating” friends tonight. Any chance you could make a video with the Gin recipes you use to change peoples’ mind about gin.
Johnny Cevallos yup!
I'd love a video on this too! I just can't seem to get into gin, which is a shame seeing as it's so popular nowadays
I noticed on many of the shaken cocktails that are double strained; when you separate the Boston Shaker you drain the top tin in the glass so as not to waste.
Wouldn’t ice chips from that tin make it into the glass before double straining?I’ve seen bartenders drain in the full tin as an alternative. Sorry to sound picky, just curious.
Thank You for great presentations.
Not usually but even if one or two did it would be negligible
Could I use Chambord instead?
I'm not a big drinker but that sounds really nice.
Goodnight and good luck - see you soon my man.
I respect this drink and think it is amazing. I will add that in not caring. I take: 2oz Gin rocks glass filled with ice. Fill the rest with Simply Lemonade and top with monin blackberry italian syrup. I wpuld never disrespect this and say it is even a close sitch. But in your words I imagine it tastes a skosh like it and is very enjoyable.
Spot on with turning gin-haters into gin-lovers. Gin was the only base alcohol I ran out of at an event with a bunch of vodka/bourbon lovers who hated gin... all thanks to the Bramble (and then getting them to try the Aviation and a few more straight up gin cocktails).
No go to for cocktail flight to turn gin haters into gin lovers are: Eastside (crowd pleaser), Bramble (still pleasing but more gin forward especially before you mix in the Creme de Muir, I also use gin in my Creme de Muir LOL), and lastly two to one Martini with a few dashes of Orange bitters and an orange twist. Done. Lifelong gin lovers ever after
Lemon Drop Martini next please! 🙏
First ever view of this channel and the Educated Barfly seems to be tripping over his words a bit..... I'm thinking he is tipsy lol..... U rock 🍸
The recipe is missing how many skoshes of ice are needed.
Am I the only bartender who just hates using crushed ice, I always got the feeling my drinks overdilutes so quick?
'Cobbled' ice is often a good replacement if you're not a fan of crushed ice we find, gives a nice balance of dilution!
this is THE drink, one i drink every 11th Feb
Hello! I want to make Bramble at home. I have made simple syrup, i bought crem de mure and Gin of course. But what about the glass?
How many ml is the serving glass? I have to buy half dozen of the right serving glass.
Use a glass that’s anywhere between 180ml - 300ml
@@TheEducatedBarfly Thank you for your responce
Has anyone tried a Bourbon Renewal with Mûre instead of Cassis?
Tell us what the steps between Bramble and 2:1 Martini are on the path to loving gin flight! And if you have one for rum as well. It's always crazy to me when people say they can't drink a particular spirit.
They say that because they’ve had a bad experience with that particular spirit that put them off. Rum is much easier I’ll do a video on cocktail flights
I find the creme de mure a little much. I'm curious to try it with 1/4oz creme de mure and 3/4oz simple syrup. Great cocktail either way I'm sure
Have you made a madras or Wallace blu on your channel if not you should.
Nope. Not yet
Is chambord ok to substitute creme de mure?
Yeah Chambord works
I couldn't find any creme de mûre so i used it and can verify that it is delicious!
How to find or create crème de mûre used in the video?
I’ll make a video on how to make the Creme de mure
Any chance you could sub chambord in or is it too different
Yes you can and I’m sure it’ll be good keep in mind though that it is raspberry liqueur so it will taste a bit different
How to make the creme de mure? Seems like it would be good to know as it’s the defining ingredient!
I’ll make a video on it! Don’t worry!
Thanks!
I freakin love gin cocktails
It bothers me how much ice you tend to use just to fill up the glass when the recipe doesn't fit it, but I am still appreciative that you continue to make videos.
The thing is and I mean this in the nicest way possible, you’re holding onto misconceptions about ice and that’s why you think I add too much.
I wanna try this in the future.
My first experience with gin was OJ and Seagram's, and god was the gin awful. Just intense alcohol burn all the way through. And I threw up several times after a relatively small amount of gin, too.
Looking back, I'm starting to suspect that the gin was overproof/didn't match the proof written on the bottle (which I think was in the 80s or 90s).
What do you thonka about using creme de cassis?
It is a lot worse but sorta works out, the cocktail is okay but not great
Hmmm never gave it a try but my first impression is the Cassis May be a bit too savory and not bright enough to really go with the bright acidity of the Lemon. I can’t imagine it being like really bad or anything...give it a try. Let me know!
Creme de cassis works well in a bourbon bramble, but I'm not sure I would try it with gin.
Looking forward to the Creme de Mure video.
Can you share your creme de mure recipe?
It’s shared as a short on my instagram but I can definitely make a TH-cam video about it
Video on your gin flight please
It’s in the works
One of my favorites. Funny how many bartenders have said they have no idea what this drink is when I order!
its weird that this drink isnt more well-known considering how delicious it is. I had never heard of it before I became a bartender.
Erin Benton I just don’t think it’s hit America yet, I saw it all over bar menus when I was in England for a bit. Same with the vodka espresso which I haven’t seen much of in America either.
I’m from England and it’s in every decent bar.
I’ve had great success converting my friends to gin via an Avation.
I love PIMS
Think it would be good substituting raspberry liquor for the blackberry?
Yeah sure, it’d be different but I’m sure it’ll itd be good
The Educated Barfly thank you young man.
Your cream de mur recipe?
The recipe for the creme de mure would be nice??!! :)
Video will be forthcoming