
A surprise buck in velvet on your trailcam. That satisfying ring of bullets spattering steel. Summer’s full of simple pleasures. Celebrate yours with this delicious recipe that combines blackberries, mint, bourbon, and sugar for a refreshing cocktail to sip and share while you’re making plans for fall.

Ingredients:
Directions:
5 blackberries
4 mint leaves
1/2 tsp. sugar
2 oz. bourbon
¼ of lemon, juiced
8 oz. seltzer (about a cup)
ice
Put ice in your Vortex® mug.
Add berries, mint, and sugar to a shaker or pint glass.
Mash the berries, muddle the mint.
Add bourbon and lemon juice and shake or stir to combine.
Pour into mug and add seltzer.
Stir. Sip. Sigh…aaahh.
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