In our opinion, blackberry cocktails are great for any season! If you’ve never made a shrub before, we highly recommend it. This shrub cocktail embodies a trio of flavors that are show stopping: blackberry, mint, and lime. Those flavors infused together and accompanied by rum and club soda make a refreshing, slightly sweet cocktail that is great for a night in or to serve guests.

 

Ingredients:

Blackberry Mint Shrub Rum Cocktail Recipe

Cocktail Ingredients

  • 2 oz. White Rum
  • 1.5 oz. Blackberry Mint Shrub
  • Club Soda
  • Blackberries & Mint (for garnish)

 

Shrub Ingredients

  • 10 Mint Leaves
  • 2 Pints Blackberries
  • 3 cups Sugar
  • 3 cups Apple Cider Vinegar
  • Juice from 2 Limes

Tools You’ll Need:

Muddler

Cone Strainer

Jigger

Barspoon

Preparation Steps:

  1. To make the Blackberry Mint Shrub, heat vinegar and sugar over medium heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Set aside to cool. 
  2. In a glass jar or bowl with a lid, combine and muddle blackberries, mint, lime juice.  
  3. Pour the vinegar mixture over the blackberry mixture, cover, and refrigerate overnight. 
  4. Strain and store shrub in the fridge.
  5. To make your cocktail, fill your serving glass with ice. 
  6. Pour your shrub into the glass, followed by the rum. 
  7. Top with club soda and garnish with blackberries or mint leaves.