Blackberry Tom Collins cocktail
This blackberry Tom Collins recipe was one of our first recipe posts back in 2008 and still remain one of our favorite drinks. We’ve added a new video and step-by-step photos. This blackberry cocktail is basically a blackberry version of the classic Tom Collins cocktail, similar to a blackberry bramble.
What is a Tom Collins Cocktail?
It’s a classic refreshing drink made of gin, lemon juice, sugar or simple syrup and club soda or carbonated soda water. Our blackberry Tom Collins is a fruitier version made with muddled fresh blackberries. That’s it! The natural sweetness and flavor of the fresh blackberries is fantastic. Combined with the gin, lemon juice, sugar and club soda is a perfect drink to have poolside or for any outdoor gathering. It’s fresh and fruity without being too sweet.
Video: Blackberry Tom Collins Cocktail Recipe
Meeting Jen and Jeremy and Sharing This Cocktail
This Blackberry Tom Collins recipe post is dedicated to Miss Kaweah, the sweet and lucky black lab that gets to hike, romp and swim in Colorado’s outrageously amazing wilderness. She’s at a summer puppy camp now, enjoying a little break away from her parents at Use Real Butter. Everyone knows that Jen’s super duper fine photography skills keep us drooling over her delicious Asian dishes and picture perfect sweet desserts.
So when they decided to take some time out during their California trip to stop by our place, it was time to finally meet them face to face, to let them know EXACTLY what we thought of them after some good eats and intoxicating cocktails. We all just squealed out our greetings, hugged and held back a little tears (well, Diane did).Jen & Jeremy are the real deal: they’re smart, fun, funny, totally down to earth, sincere , loving and one of the best couples we’ve met.
We ate so much food during this visit! For the beverages we made lots of Vietnamese iced coffee and this awesome blackberry Tom Collins cocktail. We had such a memorable afternoon with such awesome people.
Cheers!
-Todd and Diane
Check out our Cocktail Recipes Here and our Complete Whiskey Guide.
Blackberry Tom Collins Cocktail
Ingredients
- 3 large Blackberries
- 1/2 ounce (15ml) fresh Lime Juice
- 1 teaspoon (5ml) Sugar or 1/2 oz. simple syrup, or to taste
- 2 ounces (60ml) Gin
- 3-4 ounces (90-120ml) Club Soda
Instructions
- Put blackberries in a highball glass, add lime juice, and sugar (or simple syrup) and muddle (you know, smash it all together with a pestle or something similar).
- Add ice, then pour in gin and club soda. Stir, garnish with a couple cut blackberries if you’d like, and enjoy.
Video
Nutrition Information per Serving
Cocktail Goodies & Barware:
We are obsessed with sexy barware and cocktail supplies. A great bar setup doesn’t need a lot of supplies, but having a few quality tools adds that a classiness and bit of swagger to that evening cocktail. Choose your favorite style and create a set around them. Here’s are a some of our favorites:
- Nick & Nora and Coupe Glassware: Easily our favorite styles of cocktail glassware. Classic & timeless. Beautiful for any shaken cocktail and great to drink out of. If we were forced to only have one style of glassware for a shaken cocktail, give us a Nick & Nora or a coupe. Perfect for any martini or paper plane cocktail.
- Double Old Fashioned Glasses – Especially ones with clean cuts & solid feel like this one
- Japanese Style Ice Pick – Perfect for breaking down large ice
- Bell Jiggers – Easily our favorite style jigger
- Bitters Bottles – If you make bitters, you need a beautiful bottles
- Hawthorne Strainers – Our favorite style of strainers
- Wooden Muddler – A must for using fresh herbs & berries
- Mixing Glass – For muddling magic
Figs are one of my most favorite things on earth! I’m tellin’ ya, there are right up there with eggplant and ice cream in my book. My Sicilian grandfather brought me figs all the time and we would just sit in the backyard eating them, juice running down our chins. So good. That drink doesn’t look too shabby either, lol.
Perhaps we should have a WORC mixer? 🙂 Sounds like a fun meetup accompanied by delicious drinks & food. Check out those rambutans!!
Damn, this looks fantastic!!! I am turning into a sloppy drool all over the key board right now. We had some of that crispy crepe at a little place down the street from us, NOT as good as yours!!!
The cocktail you made just reminded me of one we make but have not made this year – Blackberrie & Thyme Margarita …. yum!
Very neat! A foodie blogger meetup – sounds like fun! Mind you, I think I would be stressed about what to cook. I don’t think I’ve ever seen stuffed squid before – so I’ll have to check out the recipe for that.
I just tried longans for the first time the other day. Is it just me, or does it have an alcohol flavour to it?
Fantastic! I’m getting hungry. Have been dreaming about grilled squid and mangosteen….not necessarily in that order. 🙂
Beautiful pics today! You guys just keep getting better and better. I’m not familiar with that Use Real Butter blog so I’ll have to check it out. I’m a jealous-skier-type!
I had a recipe with me on vacation for Blackberry Mojitos but never got around to making them! Your post is making me wish that I did. I suppose I don’t have to be on vacation to make them though. I see that you muddled with a wooden spoon (which is perfectly ok…) but don’t you own a muddler yet? Time to go shopping 🙂
Oh WOW! What a spread! That drink looks perfectly refreshing for summer, and omgawd that crispy crepe is killing me. Stuffed squid is one of life’s perfect foods, too. *sigh* I wish we were neighbors.
i’ll certainly join you in your toast to jen and jeremy–i love that blog! plus, it’ll give me an excuse to make one of these gorgeous cocktails for myself. 🙂
yohoho, i love rambutans…hmmm i havent tried figs before and dyyyying to try!
I could so throw back a few of those on my porch!
Dang! The whole thing – from the drink (make mine with vodka, please!) – to the figs looks like an orgy of delights! And I LOVE Vietnamese coffee!!!!!!!!!!!
what a great party with so much good foods and seasonal, tropical fruits! I love the fruity cocktail concoction too 🙂
About the only time I can really enjoy a drink is when it’s mixed with fruits, and berries are one of my favorite additions! (Okay, no one comment on “lady drinks” and whatnot!) This looks really good and refreshing!
I’m so glad you guys had a nice time! Two of my favorite blogging friends! Wish I coulda been there :/ (Forget about being jealous of the snow!)
Yes, yes, yes! That’s an orgasmic drink!
As for the fresh figs – I think you can guess what I think about those… 😉
Absolutely fantastic photography! Who needs to know how to ski when you know how to make bomb ass cocktails, cook up a storm and your documentation of it all puts Lisa Ling to shame.
Oh YUM! We made a drink very similar to this a few weeks ago from Gourmet or Bon App or something and it was DELISH. I’m one of those people who WANT to make cocktails a lot more often than I actually do, so I felt very whole and fulfilled sipping that fabulous concoction. And I admit to having squid envy. We were just up in Fort Bragg last weekend and I was BEGGING the fishmongers to find me some squid, but they said all the fishermen only use it as bait, it doesn’t pay for them to bring it in to market because no one buys it :-(. WAh.