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description: A simple shrub is made from fruit sugar and . . . vinegar? Raise your glass to a surprising new taste sensation for cocktails and sophisticated sodas: Shrubs. Not the kind that grow in the ground but a vintage drink mixer that will knock your socks off. Mixologists across the country are reaching back through the centuries to reclaim vinegars more palatable past . . . embracing it as the other acid an alternative to the same-old-same-old lemons and limes said the New York Times. The history of shrubs as revealed here is as fascinating as the drinks are refreshing. These sharp and tangy infusions are simple to make and use as youll discover with these recipes. Mix up some Red Currant Shrub for a Vermouth Cassis or Apple Cinnamon Shrub to mix with seltzer or develop your own with Michael Dietschs directions and step-by-step photographs.Imagine a fizzy soda-like drink that is drier and so much more sophisticated than soda what with the sugar and botanical ingredients. Shrubs! Amazing! Wonderful!! Amy Stewart author of The Drunken Botanist
language: English
title: Shrubs: An Old Fashioned Drink for Modern Times
publisher: Countryman Press