Drinking Shrubs Shrubs, also known as drinking vinegars, originated hundreds of years ago as a way to preserve fruit juice using vinegar and sugar. In recent years, craft cocktail enthusiasts have revived this venerable elixir, greatly to the benefit of the modern drinker.
How To Use COCKTAIL: Mix 1 oz. of shrub with 1 oz. of your preferred spirit (if you like the taste of liquor at the forefront, use a bit less shrub); add club soda or tonic to taste. A good squeeze of lemon or lime is almost always a fine idea. Feel free to experiment! SOFT DRINK: For a delicious, all-natural, hand-made NA refreshment, pour about 1 oz. of shrub into a tall glass with club soda and/or tonic water (about a 1-to-4 ratio) and ice. A squeeze of lime? Sure.
Flavor Profiles/Suggested Pairings Thai Basil: Fragrant with real Thai basil and lime leaf. The chili brings tingle to the finish, without making it "spicy." Excellent paired with gin, or with dark rum and lime. Ginger/Lemongrass: Ginger and lemongrass are a classic flavor combo. White pepper adds a little spice kick at the finish. Versatile mixer: try with rye or bourbon, or add to a gin & tonic. Beet/Ginger: Ginger brightens the beet and keeps it from being overly earthy. Szechuan (also "Sichuan") pepper adds a nice aromatic element to the finish. Makes the prettiest vodka-and-soda drink you've ever seen (add a squeeze of lime).
All Natural Calvit's Shrubs are made with piles and piles of fresh herbs, fruits and vegetables, with no flavor syrups or concentrates, and sweetened with unrefined cane sugar. Fizz your own water, and you have a delicious, refreshing beverage produced entirely outside of the industrial sugar-water complex!