Blackberry Whisper
Recipe courtesy of the Rendition Room in Studio City.Photo by Charly Shelton/Red Disk Photography.In a well-made cocktail, the alcohol shouldn’t be the most prominent flavor, says Jon Eudowe, who developed this zero-alcohol cocktail. “It’s the ingredients that really make a drink great, and that, in turn, makes it easy to make it a mocktail because you still get all the great flavors, just without the alcohol.” After making the cocktail, Eudowe says to “put on a Duke Ellington album and get ready to enjoy a delicious drink that won’t get you raided by the FBI.”
Ingredients
- 2 blackberries, plus more for garnish
- 6 mint leaves, plus more for garnish
- ¼ ounce simple syrup (recipe at right)
- ¼ ounce water
- Fever-Tree Sparkling Sicilian Lemonade, to taste
SIMPLE SYRUP
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup water
Instructions
TO PREPARE DRINK
- Makes 1 cocktail
- Muddle blackberries, mint, simple syrup and water in a cocktail tin or shaker. Add ice. Shake and pour into a highball glass.
- Top with Fever-Tree Sparkling Sicilian Lemonade. Garnish with blackberries and mint sprig.
TO PREPARE SIMPLE SYRUP
- Combine sugar and water in a small saucepan. Place over medium heat, and stir until sugar has dissolved. Cool before using. Store in a glass jar in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.