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DRINKING SHRUBS: Modern craft cocktail enthusiasts have revived this age-old beverage mixer, which adds flavor and intrigue to alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks alike.
HOW TO USE: For a soft drink, pour 1 oz. Calvit's Shrub in a tall glass with ice and fizzy water of choice. For a cocktail, mix 1 oz. shrub to 1 oz. spirits; add mixer to taste.
A NATURAL BEVERAGE: Calvit's Shrubs are made from real fruits and vegetables, using no flavor syrups or concentrates, and sweetened with unrefined cane sugar.
FLAVOR PROFILE (CRANBERRY ROSEMARY): A Calvit's Shrubs seasonal special! A tangy, complex flavor enhancer. Delicious with gin, with bourbon, or try it with aquavit.
MADE IN THE USA: Hand-crafted by Phil the Shrubber in Minneapolis in service to his motto: "I'd like to punch you in the mouth-with flavor!"

Description

Drinking Shrubs
Shrubs, also known as drinking vinegars, originated hundreds of years ago as a way to preserve fruit juice using vinegar and sugar. In recent years, craft cocktail enthusiasts have revived this venerable elixir, greatly to the benefit of the modern drinker.

How To Use
COCKTAIL: Mix 1 oz. of shrub with 1 oz. of your preferred spirit (if you like the taste of liquor at the forefront, use a bit less shrub); add club soda or tonic to taste. A good squeeze of lemon or lime is almost always a fine idea. Feel free to experiment!
SOFT DRINK: For a delicious, all-natural, hand-made NA refreshment, pour about 1 oz. of shrub into a tall glass with club soda and/or tonic water (about a 1-to-4 ratio) and ice. A squeeze of lime? Sure.

Flavor Profile/Suggested Pairings
Cranberry and rosemary, of course, put one in mind of the winter months, but they're surprisingly versatile flavors. The black pepper adds a nice kick. Calvit's Cranberry/Rosemary Shrub is excellent with gin, or with bourbon. It also makes a fabulous aquavit cocktail.

All Natural
Calvit's Shrubs are made with piles and piles of fresh herbs, fruits and vegetables, with no flavor syrups or concentrates, and sweetened with unrefined cane sugar. Fizz your own water, and you have a delicious, refreshing beverage produced entirely outside of the industrial sugar-water complex!

About Calvit's Shrubs
I started making shrubs when I needed something interesting to drink after I quit drinking. After a bartender introduced me to shrubs, I started playing around with different flavor combos myself, and enough friends and relatives told me, "Man, this stuff is delicious!" that I decided to try selling it. The fact that my custom-created non-alcohol drink alternative is also a fabulous cocktail mixer amuses me greatly.