Portland Breeze Rum Cocktail

Portland Breeze Rum Cocktail is a celebration of rich rum and sweet blackberries and a deliciously easy-to-make drink to enjoy with a crowd!

Easy Breezy

Fresh or frozen berries are my jam all year, and I love including them in as many recipes as possible. That’s easier to do during the summer when we can go berry picking or stop by a farmers market, but I’m so thankful that I can grab frozen berries whenever I need to, especially to make a few Portland Breeze Rum Cocktails! Bright and bubbly, this refreshing drink has the perfect tart sweetness, and the rum and triple sec add delicious, rich, and citrusy notes. This cocktail takes only a few minutes to prepare and is perfect for patio sipping!

Summer is the ideal time to make more sweet, refreshing cocktails, like Spiced Blackberry Cocktails, and classic twists like Blackberry Lemon Gin & Tonics!

Other Recipes to Serve with Portland Breeze Rum Cocktail

• Save some of those plump blackberries to make a scrumptious and impressive Classic Blackberry Crumble!
• Whether you enjoy Homemade Blackberry Sauce with sweet or savory treats, you can also eat it out of the jar, that’s how amazing this sauce is!

Ingredients

Blackberries: You can use fresh or frozen blackberries to make this cocktail. If using frozen berries, allow them to thaw before making a few drinks.

Sweet and Sour Mix: Mixing up your own Sweet and Sour Mix is a snap, or you can purchase a bottle.

Liquor: You will need silver rum and triple sec for this drink.

Soda: Pick up 7UP or your favorite bubbly lime-lime soda.

How to Make a Portland Breeze Rum Cocktail

STEP ONE: Add the blackberries to a glass and pour ice over them. Muddle the berries and ice to break up the berries.

STEP TWO: Fill a shaker with ice and add the silver rum, triple sec, and sweet and sour mix. Shake the drink well until chilled.

STEP THREE: Strain the drink into the glass with the muddled berries.

STEP FOUR: Fill the glass with 7UP. Then garnish your drink with more berries and a sprig of mint. That’s it!

Tips for Success

• Frozen blackberries are perfect for this drink, but you can also mix fresh and frozen berries. Muddle the frozen berries with the ice and garnish your drinks with fresh blackberries for a beautiful presentation!
• You can muddle this drink using a muddler or the end of a wooden spoon- both work perfectly.
• Store the ingredients to make this drink in the fridge. That way, mixing up a cocktail stays cool for a little longer and won’t melt the ice quickly.

What goes well with the blackberry flavor?

Blackberries are a wonderful fruit with a muted tart and sweet flavor that adds an amazing taste layer to sweet and savory preparations. They can bring a depth of flavor to citrus drinks and dishes that contain mangos, lemons, and oranges. Vanilla, almonds, and hazelnuts are delicious additions to blackberries, as are mint, peaches, and other berries, to create cooling drinks and tasty sauces!

Is 7UP good with rum?

7UP, with its fizzy lemon-lime flavor, is a great bubbly soda to pair with various spirits. White, silver, and spiced rums are fun to add to 7UP, as the sweet citrus flavors all play well together. Coconut rum is also a tasty spirit to mix with 7UP. Use 7UP in other delicious rum drinks, like Mojitos and Rum Ramblers, or whenever your cocktail calls for a lemon-lime soda!

More Spectacular Summer Drinks to Enjoy!

• Peach Mango Rum Splash
• Backyard Blackberry Sangria
• Rum Runner
• Tequila Blackberry Hard Lemonade
• Marionberry Hard Lemonade

*This post originally posted on 02/21/2014.