Blackbird

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Recipe: Blackbird

Ingredients

4 blackberries
4 lemon verbena leaves, plus 1 sprig
3/4 ounce Simple Syrup
Ice
1 1/2 ounces gin
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
1 ounce chilled club soda

In a cocktail shaker, muddle the blackberries with the lemon verbena leaves and Simple Syrup. Add ice and the gin and lime juice. Shake well and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Stir in the club soda and garnish with the lemon verbena sprig.

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