Drinking Shrubs

Shrubs are colonial-era drinks made with vinegar, fruit or herbs and sugar. After the mixture mellows for a week, it can be added to sparkling water, an alcoholic base or enjoyed straight. Some shrubs are made hot and others cold, each with distinct flavors. Come taste and learn how to make fruit-based shrubs for your own cocktails and mocktails.

Heather Novak

Heather Novak is passionate about being balanced and living joyfully in all parts of her life. She is a wife and a teacher, a mother of three and a community health educator. She loves to eat pie, swim long distances, hang with her family, battle weeds in her garden or disappear into a good book. If she is not doing one of those things, you will find her in her kitchen making something delicious!

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