Barton Springs
1 ½ oz Hendrick’s Gin
¾ oz Lime Juice
¾ oz HipStirs Blackberry Mint Syrup
Cucumber Slices
Slice 3 1/4inch cucumber slices, combine ingredients and 2 cucumber slices in tin, lightly muddle cucumber slices, add ice, shake, double strain into coupe, garnish with remaining cucumber slice
Tools Used: Shaker Tins, Hawthorne Strainer, Tea Strainer, Jigger/Measuring Device, Muddler, Knife, Ice, Coupe, Fresh English (Seedless) Cucumber
Soco
1 ½ oz Gin
¼ oz Aquavit
¼ oz Creme de Mur
¾ oz HipStirs Blackberry Mint Syrup
1oz Lime Juice
Combine Ingredients in tin sans creme de mur, add ice, shake, strain into glass, add fresh ice, sink creme de mur (slowly pour down the back of bar spoon), garnish with mint plouche and blackberry
Tools Used: Shaker Tins, Hawthorne Strainer, Jigger/Measuring Device, Bar Spoon, Ice, Rocks Glass, Blackberries, Fresh Mint
Oasis
2 oz White Rum
5 Lime Pieces
¾ oz HipStirs Blackberry Mint Syrup
Brown Sugar Cube
Slice a lime in half, quarter each half, combine 6 pieces of lime, sugar cube, and syrup in tin, muddle (break down the sugar cube and express the limes thoroughly), add rum, add ice halfway up small tin, aggressively shake, dump ingredients into rocks glass, enjoy
Tools Used: Shaker Tins, Muddler, Jigger/Measuring Device, Rocks Glass
The Driskill
1 ½ oz Mezcal
¾ oz Lime Juice
½ oz Grapefruit Juice
½ oz HipStirs Blackberry Mint Syrup
Combine all ingredients in tin, add a small amount of crushed ice, shake until the crushed ice is wholly absorbed into a cocktail, pour into a rocks glass, add crushed ice, and garnish with a salted grapefruit slice.
Tools Used: Shaker Tins, Jigger/Measuring Device, Rocks Glass, Crushed Ice, Fresh Blackberry
Blackberry Gin + Tonic
2 oz Gin [Rose Gin is great with this recipe, too]
½ oz HipStirs Blackberry Mint Syrup
4 oz Tonic Water
Mix all ingredients, except tonic water, into shaker tins and add ice. Seal the tins and shake for 6-9 seconds. Strain with a hawthorne strainer into a tall glass and top with the tonic water.
Fun Fact: just add 1 ½ oz lemon juice to change this drink from a G+T to a Tom Collins!
Tools Used: Shaker Tins, Jigger/Measuring Device, Hawthorne Strainer, Tall Glass, Ice
Pennybacker
2 oz Bourbon
1 oz Lemon Juice
¾ oz HipStirs Blackberry Mint Syrup
Orange Slice
Maraschino Cherry
Cut an orange in half, and cut into slices. Combine syrup, lemon juice, orange slice, 2 cherries in small tin, muddle, add bourbon, fill small tin 3/4 of the way full with ice, shake aggressively, dirty dump into rocks glass, garnish with expressed mint plouche
Tools Used: Shaker Tins, Jigger/Measuring Device, Muddler, Knife, Rocks Glass, Ornage, Maraschino Cherry, Fresh Mint
Under My Rumbrella
2 oz White Rum
½ oz Orange Juice
2 oz Pineapple Juice
½ oz Liquid Alchemist Coconut Syrup
¾ oz HipStirs Blackberry Mint Syrup
Cocktail Umbrella
Add all ingredients to the shaker tin, add ice and shake. Strain over new ice into a tall glass or tiki mug if you have it. Garnish with a cocktail umbrella
Blackberry Mint Mojito
8 Mint Leaves (+ more to garnish)
1 oz HipStirs Blackberry Mint Syrup
¾ oz Lime Juice
2 oz White Rum
2 oz Soda
Muddle mint and syrup then add lime juice and white rum and shake with ice until chilled. Pour over ice in a collins glass and top with 2oz soda. Garnish with mint and frozen blackberries
Blackberry Spritzer
3/4 oz HipStirs Blackberry Mint Syrup
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
Soda Water
Add syrup and lemon juice to a tall glass, stir together. Add ice and top with soda water.
Black Widow
1 tsp Vanilla
¾ oz HipStirs Blackberry Mint Syrup
1 oz Vodka
½ oz Lemon Juice Cinnamon + Sugar
Rim glass with cinnamon sugar. Muddle blackberries in shaker. Add vanilla, vodka, syrup, and citrus. Add ice to shaker & shake vigorously for 6-8 seconds. Pour entire mixture into glass & enjoy!
Red Rum
2 oz Rum
1 oz HipStirs Blackberry Mint Syrup
1 tsp honey syrup (1:1 honey & water)
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Slash of Spiced Rum
Add all ingredients to shaker tins with ice. Shake vigorously for 6-8 seconds. Fine strain “up” into coupe style glass. For extra fun, sprinkle with lustre dust!
Black Beauty
2 oz Tequila Alternative
1 oz Lime Juice
¾ oz HipStirs Blackberry Mint Syrup
Ginger Beer
Shake all ingredients, except for ginger beer, with ice. Strain over new ice into a glass (copper mug if you have it) and top with ginger beer. Garnish with mint.
Berry Splash
2 oz Gin Alternative
1 oz Lemon Juice
¾ oz HipStirs Blackberry Mint Syrup
Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a glass over new ice and garnish with lemon zest.
Blackberry Mimosa
1 oz HipStirs Blackberry Mint Syrup
5 oz Champagne or Prosecco
Combine in a champagne flute or coupe glass. Garnish with berries, herbs, or citrus.