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Drink recipe: Blackberry smash

By: Denise Gee

Photography by: Robert M. Peacock

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I love the fact that I discovered this drink at a Dallas restaurant named The Porch. Indeed, the drink is a perfect porch-crowd pleaser. You’ll love the wonderful marriage of mint and blackberry, and its gorgeous deep ruby colour.

Ingredients

10 fresh mint leaves

16 fresh blackberries

1/2 cup rye whiskey

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

2 tablespoons simple syrup

1/2 cup ginger ale, plus more for topping off

Garnish: skewers of fresh blackberries (optional)

Directions
Muddle the mint and blackberries in a cocktail shaker. Add the whiskey, lemon juice, simple syrup, and ½ cup ginger ale. Add ice and mix with bar spoon (don’t shake—remember there’s ginger ale in there). Pour into wide-mouth or tall cocktail glasses filled with ice. Top off with extra ginger ale to taste. Garnish, if desired.

Serves 2

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Excerpted from Porch Parties: Cocktail Recipes and Easy Ideas for Outdoor Entertaining. Published by Chronicle Books. Copyright © 2010 by Denise Gee. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Chronicle Books.

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