Guinness Black Magic
COCKTAIL INGREDIENTS:
- 60 ml Bourbon
- 10 ml Grenadine
- 15 ml Fresh Lime Juice
- 5 Blackberries
- 120 ml Guinness
GARNISH:
- Blackberries
- Lime Wedge
INSTRUCTIONS:
• Muddle the blackberries in a cocktail shaker.
• Add bourbon, lime juice and grenadine.
• Add ice and shake until chilled.
• Double strain over fresh ice into a cocktail glass.
• Top with Guinness.
• Garnish with skewered blackberries and a lime wedge.
Recipe author: Advanced Mixology.
This cocktail was a surprise for me. I always looked at beer cocktails with a kind of suspicion, but when I saw this recipe I knew that I had to taste it, and surprisingly it tasted great.
To start with this cocktail follows a sort of simple classic sour build. Bourbon serves as a base spirit, combined with lime juice and grenadine as a sweetener, while blackberries provide some extra fruitiness. However, when you combine it with a hefty dose of Guinness you get something really special, with a lot of depth. I never thought I could enjoy a beer cocktail as much as this one.