This is shockingly good.
2 oz bourbon
1 oz lemon
1/2 oz St. Germain (i think fresh pineapple juice would be a good substitute)
4 blackberries
5 leaves basil
1/2 tsp aged balsamic vinegar
Demitasse spoonful brown sugar (probably half teaspoon)
Muddled the sugar, basil, blackberries and balsamic, added the rest and shook with ice, strained through a fine mesh strainer over one big ice cube.
I wasn’t sure at first sip, just thought “I’d serve this to someone” but it is very, very good. I don’t taste the individual ingredients, it all combined into a delicious whole.
I’m a sucker for bourbon, blackberries and balsamic so this cocktail sounds like a dream come true
Looks incredible!
We still have blackberries so I’m having a worlds weakest highball version of this today, like a switchel/lemonade. Same framework, a little more berry, balsamic, lemon, sugar, only a spoonful each of bourbon and St Germain, mashed together then mixed with about a cup of fizzy water, strained over ice into a pint glass. Maybe not quite as good but still very good, nice complex almost non alcoholic (certainly non intoxicating) and very refreshing.
