50 ml Oliver Cromwell London Dry Gin
1/2 a cup of white sugar
1/2 a cup hot water
10-12 blackberries
25ml fresh lemon juice
6 mint leaves
Sparkling water to top
1 Fill a tall glass and a cocktail shaker with cubed ice
2 To make blackberry syrup dissolve the white sugar in the hot water. Once dissolved add in 10/12 blackberries and allow to cool down to room temperature before straining and chilling in the fridge
3 Add 25ml of blackberry syrup and all ingredients (except the sparkling water) to the cocktail shaker
4 Shake hard for ten seconds and then strain through a tea strainer into the ice-filled tall glass
5 Slowly top with sparkling water
Recipe courtesy of Aldi