Blackberry Shrub

Blackberry Shrub is a a delicious drinking vinegar that is so dreamy when added to club soda or used in cocktails. Here it is paired with club soda and a spirit for a dreamy easy sipping cocktail.

The hardest part of making any shrub is the wait until the flavours have meld into what works best for your personal taste. The tart vinegar with the sugar and berries is an amazing addition to any cocktail or mocktail. My only regret is not discovering this idea sooner in my pregnancy.

Each pregnancy comes with a craving for carbonated bevies. Enter the NA beers and lots of club soda. This shrub is going to sail me through the end of this pregnancy nicely.

I used blackberries as they been extremely sweet and juicy this year. Use whichever berries work best for you. I also think rhubarb would be amazing too. I actually now have to go make this with rhubarb. It sounds possibly too good to be true.

Need more blackberries in your life? Here are a few ideas:

• Blackberry Lime Cupcakes
• Blackberry Peach Sangria with Elderflower 

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Blackberry Shrub

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

15 mins

 

Blackberry Shrub is a a delicious drinking vinegar that is so dreamy when added to club soda or used in cocktails. Here it is paired with club soda and a spirit for a dreamy easy sipping cocktail. 

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Calories: 4 kcal

Author: Samantha

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups blackberries, or any berry of your choice
• 1.5 cups sugar
• 1 cup white wine vinegar
• 8-10 cups club soda
• Optional: spirits of your choice such as gin or vodka

Instructions

1. Place blackberries in a 1 ltr jar. Bring sugar and vinegar to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar.

2. Pour hot vinegar mixture over berries and mix with a fork, crushing berries gently to release more flavor. Seal jar and store in a cool dark place 4 days.

3. Strain shrub through a fine-mesh sieve lined with cheesecloth into a clean jar; cover and chill. Check shrub every week or so until vinegar flavor mellows to your liking.

4. For each drink, combine 3 tbsp. shrub with 1 cup club soda in a glass filled with ice. Taste and add more shrub if you like. Or add 1-2 oz. of your favourite spirit such as gin, rum or vodka.

5. Shrub can be made 6 months ahead. Keep chilled.

Nutrition Facts

Blackberry Shrub

Amount Per Serving

Calories 4

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Adapted from Bon Appetit

Enjoy!

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