What is a shrub?
Shrub: Fruit syrup preserved with vinegar.
- Category
- Syrup & mixer
- Taste
- Sweet, tangy, fruity. Bright like a sour.
- Strength
- Non-alcoholic
- Similar to
- lime juice plus fruit syrup
- Also called
- drinking vinegar
The story
Shrubs were how colonial Americans kept fruit through the winter: preserved in vinegar and sugar. The name comes from the Arabic sharab, "to drink."