Welcome to the reporting and discussion thread for our Summer 2018 COTM Cocktail Companions, SHRUBS: AN OLD-FASHIONED DRINK FOR MODERN TIMES, by Michael Dietsch; and BITTERS: A SPIRITED HISTORY O...
One of my favorite refreshments on a warm summer day is a zingy, fruit flavored ice-cold shrub. Even better if it's sparkling and made with organic ingredients as Summermade's are. A couple years a...
During our chow retreat at PEI I was completely taken with shrubs. Just imagine that not very long time ago I had no clue about these exquisite drinking vinegars! I invite those of you who are ...
Two months ago I had a chance to check out Union Hill Coffee in Sonora. I'd read about its fall opening in Sprudge. http://sprudge.com/build-outs-summer-union-hill-coffee-sonora-california-107604.h...
So two years ago I was into making vinegars, last year hard apple cider, and this year shrubs! I have some 8 month old hard cider that I have yet to decant into its final resting place, and I wa...
Yes, I've done some research and looked at other threads, but I need a little specific guidance, please. I would like to make meyer lemon shrubs to give as gifts. Can someone advise proportions...
Anyone ever make shrubs? How long do they really keep? After reading about the wildly pricey Russ Cafe in the NYT, I had a thought to make a blueberry shrub, add to vodka (or even gin) top with clu...
I had an amazing non-alchoholic "drinking vinegar" a couple years ago in a Chicago Restaurant- basically a strawberry vinegar drink with soda. I'd never tasted anything like it and was instantly ho...
Is this possible/likely? The recipe called for equal parts fruit, sugar, and apple cider vinegar, I used a cold-process (no boiling of the vinegar), and it tasted fine until I noticed a ghostly fl...