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
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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
Your pictures are making thirsty for a cocktail! Too bad it’s 10:40AM and I’m at work (but obviously not working very hard! 🙂 )
Slightly related — SFGate has an interesting article this morning about the renaissance of Vermouth — I may have to pick up a bottle and do some experimenting!
Wow….the pics are absolutely gorgeous! All the dishes look so yummy. It shows that you all had a lot of fun 🙂
Drool, dribble, slobber. Everything looks so amazing. Lots of envy on this end of the screen, too 🙂 Am desperate for the Vietnamese Banh Xeo recipe… please.
Oh, I just needed to say that that drink looks in-cred-ible. Fantastic! What a nice story of your visit and all your delicious time together. Thanks for sharing the food and the fun.
Gawd, you two and your stunning photos always make me want to drink – is that a bad thing? ANd the food, oh my , the glorious food. The meet and greet sounds heavenly.
Luscious looking stuff, folks. Can’t wait for the promised Vietnamese Banh Xeo recipe. I’ve never had it before, and it looks like a delight.
Cheers!
Miss G.
this spread of food looks sooo good! especially the drink…thanks for the best wishes for school!
so jealous you got to hang with Jen Yu!
and your food spread looks delish, i heart banh xeo!
Wow! The Asian fruits looks so fresh. Where did you get the mangosteen, rambutans , longans and lychees? They are the best!
What gorgeous summery dishes – and I’ll definitely have a blackberry Tom Collins, please. ‘Specially like the look of the grilled shrimp, beef, tofu, peppers and eggplant – yum!
I just saw Jen’s post from her visit! It looks like you all had such an amazing time – you definitely can’t go wrong around great company and delicious food!! You guys seriously rock!!
and what a sweeeeeeet cocktail, might I add 🙂
You really know how to throw a party! I love that you made Vietnamese iced coffee and banh xeo. You’ve inspired me to throw my own banh xeo party now.
its good to know you had a great time!! i could imagine very well how it went by, lots of chatting and overflowing of delicious goodies!!! thanks for sharing !! and did i say great shots!! i miss rambutan!! the ones we have here are all wrinkled and overly expensive sigh 🙁
Wow, wow & wow. I’m so jealous now. This must have been such a memorable moment. I can just picture it. Beautiful pictures as always. Thanks for the nice comment on my blog. You made my day. Luv U too.
yum. and I love to think of jen at modern beet being a cocktail evangelist… I am almost out of my store of condensed milk thanks to a summer of thai iced coffees.
I’m so jealous of all these food blogger get-togethers in California! Doesn’t anyone ever come out to Virginia or DC?!? 😉
It sounds like you had a fantastic time, and if I had some fresh blackberries on hand I’d head straight to the kitchen to make that right now. Yum.