Fig & Blackberry Smash Cocktail

This fig and blackberry smash recipe is a delightful summer cocktail. I've been drinking a lot of smashes lately because I love a sweet, fruity cocktail. 

What's a Smash Cocktail?

Smash cocktails usually contain simple syrup or sweetener, a spirit, seasonal fruit, and ice. Often, smash recipes call for muddling the fruit. Some call for straining the fruit, and others add it all in.

When researching smashes, I came across this interesting history on smash cocktails. They're a versatile cocktail - so use this as a springboard and get creative with your own smash cocktail!

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What You'll Need to Make this Cocktail

• 8 blackberries
• 1 fig, quartered
• 4 ounces bourbon
• 2 ounces simple syrup
• 3 cups crushed ice, divided

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How to Make this Cocktail Recipe

• Combine the blackberries, fig, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker and use a muddler to crush the blackberries and fig.
• Add the bourbon and 1 cup of ice. Shake vigorously for 15 seconds.
• Add the remaining ice to two highball glasses and strain the cocktail into the glasses.
• Garnish with extra blackberries or edible flowers.

Want more cocktail recipes? Check out our fennel and grapefruit gin and tonic or our blood orange whiskey sour.

I hope you're having a great week and that you enjoy this delicious cocktail!