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The Bramble

A Wooden City Staple

The team at Wooden City invites you to come in and try one of their best-selling cocktails, The Bramble. Served with gin or bourbon, The Bramble is a refreshing and fruity cocktail that is perfect for Fall.

Ingredients: 

  • 2 ounces gin or bourbon (pictured with bourbon)
  • ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice
  • ¾ ounce simple syrup (house-made thyme syrup served at Wooden City)
  • 4-5 blackberries (muddled) (or a splash of blackberry liqueur)

Instructions:

  1. Add gin, lemon, and simple syrup to a cocktail shaker and dry shake (without ice) to incorporate ingredients.

  2. In a serving glass, muddle the blackberries or pour the splash of blackberry liqueur.

  3. Fill the glass with crushed ice and then top with the bramble mixture.

  4. Top with more crushed ice and garnish with a blackberry.

Come on in to Wooden City and meet AJ, one of Wooden City's bartenders. Born and raised in Hawaii, AJ moved to Tacoma, Washington in 2020 where he joined the Wooden City team. A few years later, AJ moved south to help open Wooden City Chattanooga.