Blackberry Summertime Smash

Ingredients

• 1 ounce of Rémy Martin Cognac (1738® Accord Royal or Rémy Martin VSOP)
• 1 ounce of lemon juice
• 1 whole lemon
• Blackberries
• Mint leaves, chopped
• Sparkling water or soda water
• Crushed ice

Instructions

1. Muddle together 5 blackberries and 2 chopped mint leaves. Then add to a glass.
2. Fill glass with crushed ice. Add 1 ounce of Rémy Martin Cognac and 1 ounce of lemon juice. Stir with a spoon.
3. Fill the remainder of the glass with sparking water or soda water and stir once again with a spoon.
4. For the garnish add a toothpick with 2 blackberries and 1 lemon wedge.