Blackberry Mule Cocktail Recipe

Much like loving or hating cilantro, you’re either a Gin person or a Vodka person. I’m a proud Gin person, enjoying the juniper-ness of the spirit and what it lends to a cocktail. In honor of #WorldGinDay, June 13, 2020, I asked the fine folks at Deviation Distilling if they had a really wonderful recipe that shows off the herbaciousness of gin. Boy, did they send a good one, this cocktail recipe for a Blackberry Mule.

Get prepared with this shopping list:
Deviation Distilling Mountain Herb Gin
A package of blackberries
1 lime
Basil leaves from your garden or packaged in the store
Simple syrup – can be purchased but it’s ridiculously easy to make. Keep it on hand for other drinks.
Ginger beer (we like Goslings)
Moscow Mule Mugs (like these from Amazon)

Blackberry Mule Cocktail Recipe
Provided by Deviation Distilling
Makes one drink

Ingredients:

8 blackberries

2 oz Deviation Distilling Mountain Herb Gin

.5 oz fresh lime juice

4 big basil leaves

.25 oz simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water, heated until sugar is dissolved and then cooled down)

Ginger Beer

Method:

Muddle blackberries and basil with simple syrup.

Add Gin.  

Shake.  

Strain into mule mug filled with ice.   

Add 3 oz ginger beer  

Garnish with Blackberries, basil and a lime slice

A little bit about Deviation Distilling:

The company is located in the Santa Fe Arts District in Denver. They started, in 2019, with a line of three gins: Mountain Herb, Citrus Rosé and Spice Trade. In spring 2020, Deviation Distilling launched a new brand of coffee whiskies: Barista Spirits. The team behind Deviation is Cindi Wiley and childhood friends Bob Wiley and Dave Gade. They’ve won gold medals at the Breckenridge Craft Spirits Festival and were awarded the 2019 American Distilling Institute National Brand Identity Award. Reach out to them, here.

What else is In Good Taste? Let this Blackberry Mule cocktail kick off a special dinner featuring a recipe for Seafood Vera Cruz from Besame restaurant in Steamboat Springs.

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