Dick Bradsell, Fred's Club London, 1984.
| 2 oz · 60 ml | GIN | 40 % |
| ¾ oz · 22 ml | LEMON JUICE | |
| ½ oz · 15 ml | SIMPLE SYRUP | |
| ½ oz · 15 ml | CRÈME DE MÛRE | 16 % |
1 oz taken as 30 ml in the metric column.
1 oz taken as 30 ml in the metric column.
| Pre-batch | 3.75 oz mixed with ice, 0.88 oz of it pure alcohol |
|---|---|
| Melt | Built in the glass: +5 % of the pre-batch, +0.19 oz of water |
| Served | 3.75 + 0.19 = 3.94 oz in the glass |
| Strength | 0.88 ÷ 3.94 = 22.3 % ABV as served |
| Ethanol | 0.88 oz × 29.57 ml × 0.789 g/ml = 21 g · about 144 kcal from the alcohol alone |
FROM GIN
The pine note in juniper berries, and the reason gin tastes like a forest. Co-distilled with the spirit during production. Found in actual pine trees, rosemary, basil, and a good London Dry. The "Christmas tree" smell of gin and the smell of a forest floor share a single molecule.
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FROM LEMON · the lemon aroma
Lemon's defining note: technically a mix of two geometric isomers (geranial and neral) that read as the same aroma to the nose. Lemon peel, lemongrass, lemon verbena, and Indian chai all carry it. In cocktails it's what a lemon twist contributes that lemon juice can't: the volatile expressed from the oil glands, not the acid from the pulp.
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Gin, lemon, sugar and a drizzle of crème de mûre. Alpha-pinene sits under lemon's citral. The blackberry liqueur adds pigment and sugar more than aromatic signature. Crushed ice dilutes fast, and the structure fades as it melts.
Bradsell wanted a quintessentially British cocktail and reached for the blackberry, bramble being the British word for both the fruit and the thorny shrub. Built as a gin sour with crème de mûre drizzled over crushed ice, the dark liqueur bleeds down through the drink as it sits.
