Horball's Drinking Vinegar - Cucumber Mint Shrub - Small Batch Cocktail Mixer

Description

DRINKING VINEGAR: Also known as 'shrubs', drinking vinegars add a new flavor dimension to cocktails, sodas, water, and more.
HOW TO SHRUB: For flavored waters and soda, add 1oz Horball's to 8oz liquid and top with ice. Mix 1oz Horball's with 1.5oz of your favorite liquor and a splash of soda for a simple cocktail.
CUCUMBER MINT: Tired after a long day? Sun beating down on you? This shrub is refreshing and revitalizing, right now. Pairs well with water and soda, or kick it up a notch with both light and dark liquors.
SIMPLE INGREDIENTS: If you can read, you can read and understand our ingredients. Real fruit. Real sugar. Real vinegar. No concentrates or syrups. Fruit is listed first in the ingredients for a reason - a ton of fruit goes into each batch.
PROUDLY MADE IN NC: Handcrafted by people who care about quality in Raleigh, NC, USA. We firmly believe that small batches and the freshest ingredients make the best drinking vinegars.
W
hat is a Shrub?
The American version of the shrub has its origins in 17th century England where vinegar was used as an alternative to citrus juices in the preservation of berries and other fruits for the off-season. By the 19th century, typical American recipes for shrubs used vinegar poured over fruit—traditionally berries—which was left to infuse anywhere for several days; afterwards, the fruit would be strained out and the remaining liquid would be mixed with a sweetener such as sugar. The sweet-and-sour syrup could be mixed with either water or soda water and served as a soft drink, or as a mixer in alcoholic cocktails.
The Horball's Difference
We care about quality – quality ingredients, quality manufacturing, and quality flavors. When a customer buys a Horball’s product, they know that the finest, freshest ingredients were curated into a magnificently tasting product. We don't skimp on the packaging either... you won't find plastic bottles and chintzy screw caps - sturdy glass bottles and high quality branding draw attention to a bottle of Horball's on the shelf. We believe in a green Earth and sustainable manufacturing; our production facility is powered by a solar array.
And if for any reason you don’t like it – tell us why and we will help you get a different flavor to try out!
What drinks can you make with a shrub?
This is one of the questions we get the most: you can make almost any kind of drink with a shrub. Sweet, sour, tangy, refreshing, bubbly. With or without alcohol. Just combine 1oz of your favorite shrub with soda, a liquor, or follow one of our recipes. If you come up with an awesome recipe, share it with us!
Try all of the Horball's drinking vinegars
Horball's Drinking Vinegar - Cucumber Mint Shrub
Tired after a long day? Sun beating down on you? This shrub is refreshing and revitalizing, right now.
Horball's Drinking Vinegar - Peach Rosemary Shrub
One of the most versatile flavor combinations, the sweetness of southern peaches combined with the savory rosemary creates a truly magnificent flavor profile.
Horball's Drinking Vinegar - Strawberry Mint Shrub
Sweet strawberries and refreshing mint dance together in this versatile shrub. Try in a mule with a splash of ginger beer.
Horball's Drinking Vinegar - Blueberry Lemon Shrub
Hints of lemon envelop a full punch of fresh blueberries. Pairs well with water and soda, or kick it up a notch with both light and dark liquors.
Old-world technique meets new-world flavors
Horball's Classic Soda
I
ngredients
1 oz Horball’s Drinking Vinegar
Club soda
Mix and enjoy. Try different combinations of Horball’s flavors and sodas – besides plain club soda, ginger ale and 7up work very well. Let us know what combinations are the best in the comments!
Horball's Midnight Smoke
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ngredients
2 oz mezcal (or tequila for the not-so-smokey variety)
1 1/2 oz Horball’s Blueberry Lemon drinking vinegar
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/4 oz agave
Egg white (optional)
This is one of our most popular featured drinks: the Midnight Smoke. Crafted during an epic cocktail-athon that will be sung about years to come, this libation will surely convince you that you need more shrubs in your life.
Add the mexcal, blueberry lemon drinking vinegar, lemon juice, and agave to a mixing tin with a handful of ice then shake until the tin frosts over. Toss in an egg white if you feel adventurous and love cocktails with body and give it another good shake. Pour into a champagne flute to look really classy or a coupe glass for that extra sense of mystery. Then just enjoy it.
HB Strawberry Margarita
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ngredients
1 Horball’s Strawberry Mint Drinking Vinegar
2 oz blanco tequila
1/2 oz lime juice
1/2 oz Cointreau
3 ripe strawberries, lime wedge, kosher salt
Here is the best spin on a margarita you will ever enjoy… especially on these warm summer days.
If you enjoy salted-glass margaritas (and even if you don’t, give it a try just one more time), rim the top of a glass with lime juice then press into a layer of kosher salt on a plate. Puree the ripe strawberries and combine with the tequila, drinking vinegar, lime juice, and triple sec in a mixing tin half filled with ice. Shake like your life depended on it for 20 seconds (because this drink is so worth it) and pour into the salted glass.
Easily scales up to pitcher size for parties with friends who love good margaritas.
The HB Bellini
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ngredients
1 oz Horball’s Peach Rosemary Drinking Vinegar
4 oz prosecco
1 crushed peach
Puree a very ripe fresh or frozen peeled and pitted white peach until smooth, then add about 1 ounce to the bottom of a champagne flute. Follow the puree with the peach rosemary drinking vinegar, then add prosecco. Swirl the flute to get an interesting mixing effect while adding the bubbly.
We love bubbly drinks using the peachy rosemary drinking vinegar… but all of the flavors go quite well with bubbles. Experiment and let us know what you find out.