Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 8 oz fresh blackberries
- 3 oz fresh lemon juice
- 6 oz dry gin
- Gingerale
- Blackberries, lemon slices, and mint for garnish
Directions
- Heat sugar and water in small pot until sugar is dissolved. Allow to cool to room temperature.
- Place blackberries, simple syrup, and lemon juice in food processor and pulse until blackberries have liquified.
- Strain blackberry mixture through a fine mesh sieve into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Add gin and shake until chilled.
- Fill 4-6 glasses with ice, divide blackberry gin mixture between glasses, and top with ginger ale. Garnish with blackberries, lemon slices and mint,
- For a mocktail version, omit gin and substitute with ginger ale.
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Recipe developed by Terri Truscello Miller @LoveandConfections.