Description
This summer bourbon pitcher cocktail is perfect for a crowd! With blackberries, raspberries, bourbon, lemon and sparkling water, it's a little bit of everything. Sweet, strong, tart, fizzy and seriously good. Make for your next summer bbq!
Ingredients
- 1 cup agave nectar (or simple syrup)
- 1 cup water
- 10 oz blackberries (fresh or frozen)
- 10 oz raspberries (fresh or frozen)
- 2 cups bourbon
- 2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice (10-14 lemons depending on their size)
- 1/2 cup Chambord or another raspberry liqueur
- 4 cups sparkling water or club soda
- Fresh mint and berries for garnish
Instructions
- Add water and agave to a medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk well.
- Add berries and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and use a masher to break up the berries. Let sit for 20-25 minutes, stirring once or twice.
- Strain the mixture into a bowl through a fine mesh sieve, pressing berries with the back of a spoon to remove as much liquid as possible. You should end up with 3 cups or slightly more of liquid.
- Add berry agave mixture, bourbon, lemon juice and Chambord to a large pitcher. Stir well to combine, and refrigerate for 4 hours, or until completely chilled.
- To serve, you can either add the sparkling water directly to the pitcher if you are planning on serving it all right away* or you may find it easier to add 2-3 oz to each individual glass as you serve it. This is actually how we prefer to serve it so each drink is a little fizzy, and that way each person can control how strong they want their drink to be.
- Garnish with mint and fresh berries.
Notes
*If you wish to combine all of the ingredients to serve at once, you will need a 100 oz or larger container since the ingredients add up to 92 oz of liquid. If you don’t have a large enough pitcher, simply cut the proportions back by 1/4: 3/4 cup agave syrup, 3/4 cup water, 7 1/2 oz of blackberries, 7 1/2 oz raspberries, 1 1/2 cups of bourbon, 1 1/2 cups lemon juice, 1/3 cup raspberry liqueur, 3 cups of sparkling water.
**QUANTITIES FOR SINGLE SERVING**: 2 tbsp agave, 2 tbsp water, 1.5 oz each blackberries and raspberries, 2 oz bourbon, 2 oz lemon juice, 1 tbsp Chambord, 1/4-1/2 cup sparkling water
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Cocktails
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cocktail
- Calories: 190
- Sugar: 25.4 g
- Sodium: 8 mg
- Fat: 0.7 g
- Carbohydrates: 35.5 g
- Fiber: 4.9 g
- Protein: 1.6 g
