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The Upside Down Cocktail- this Stranger Things inspired cocktail is made with muddled blackberries, tequila, blackberry liqueur and topped with ginger beer. This dark and delicious cocktail is the perfect spooky drink to make this season.
If you’re like me and love Stranger Things and fun cocktails, then this drink if for you! Combining a few of my favorite things ever, Sci-Fi and 80’s nostalgia- Stranger Things is a show that truly lives up to it’s name. It’s pretty strange. And pretty awesome. However, I for one wouldn’t want to be stuck in the upside down; unless of course there were some of these delicious cocktails. In which case I *might* fight off a bunch of creepy bats to get my hands on one of these yummy drinks.
The world of the upside down is pretty menacing, I mean just look at it…but this cocktail definitely isn’t. In fact, it’s pretty tame all considering.
The Upside Down Cocktail Details:
Made with tequila or Mezcal, fresh muddled blackberries, blackberry liquor, fresh squeezed lemon juice and ginger beer- the perfect frighteningly delicious combination for a spooky Halloween themed drink! It’s sweet, tart and all around delicious. Garnished with smoking rosemary twigs for an extra eerie factor.
Making this Stranger Things Inspired Cocktail:
This upside down cocktail couldn’t be any easier!
All you do is muddle the blackberries and simple syrup into a cocktail shaker, add the tequila or Mezcal, blackberry liquor, lemon juice, and a handful of ice. Place the lid on the cocktail shaker and shake vigorously for 30 seconds and strain the cocktail into chilled cocktail glasses.
Top the cocktails off with some ginger beer and extra ice if desired, a smoking rosemary stem, and serve! So, so easy and so delicious!
This is sure become a new favorite fall cocktail each season. So raise up a glass to Eddie (if you know you know), and enjoy!
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Recipe
The Upside Down Cocktail (Stranger Things Inspired)
Ingredients
The Upside Down Cocktail
- ¼ cup fresh blackberries
- 1 ½ ounces tequila or Mezcal
- 1 ounce blackberry liqueur
- 1-2 tablespoons simple syrup, more or less to taste (recipe below)
- juice from half of a lemon
- sparkling ginger beer for topping (optional)
- fresh rosemary for garnishing (optional)
Simple Syrup
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup water
Instructions
- Make the simple syrup. Add the sugar and water to a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until sugar is completely dissolved.Allow to cool, then pour into a glass jar and seal tightly with a lid. Simple syrup will keep, refrigerated, for about one month.
- In a cocktail shaker, add the blackberries and simple syrup. Muddle the blackberries until the begin to break up. Pour in the tequila, blackberry liquor, lemon juice, and a handful of ice. Place the lid on the cocktail shaker and shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
- Strain with a fine mesh strainer into a chilled cocktail glass, top with ginger beer and ice if desired. Drink and enjoy!
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