Birthday Shot: Raven

AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RAVEN!!!! This week Campbell wishes Raven another Very Boozicals Birthday by concocting her perfect drink and attempting to play Happy Birthday on the violin (doesn’t go well). Interested in learning proper bowing technique? Neither was Campbell but tune in to an all Raven all Radical Birthday Episode!

 

The Blackbird Recipe:

- 1.5-2 oz bourbon

- 1 tbsp of blackberry sage jam*

- 0.5 oz Creme de Violette liqueur 

- 0.5 oz fresh lime juice

- Club soda/seltzer water

- Fresh blackberries and sage for garnish

 

Combine bourbon, jam, lime juice, and Creme de Violette in a shaker with ice. Add mixture to a rocks glass with ice. Top with club soda and garnish with a blackberry and sage leaf.

 

*Combine 1.5 lbs of blackberries with 1 cup of granulated sugar and juice from 1 lemon. Combine in a bowl until sugar is dissolved, mashing the berries as you stir. Pour the mixture into a saucepan and stir in ~⅓ cup of finely chopped sage leaves. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook the jam until reduced and thickened (~20 minutes), mashing and stirring the berries as you go. Once it is at your desired consistency, remove from heat and pour into jars until room temperature. Store in the refrigerator.

 

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