The Bar-tender's Guide/Brandy Shrub

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The Bar-tender's Guide: How to mix all kinds of plain and fancy drinks (1887)
by Jerry Thomas
3879669The Bar-tender's Guide: How to mix all kinds of plain and fancy drinks — Cocktail Drinks1887Jerry Thomas

Brandy Shrub.

(To make three quarts.)

  • Take 2 quarts of brandy.
  • Take 1 quart of Sherry.
  • Take 2 pounds of loaf-sugar dissolved in sufficient water.
  • Take 5 lemons.

Peel the rinds of two of the lemons, add the juice of all five, and mix with the brandy. Cover it close for three days; then add the Sherry and sugar, strain through a jelly-bag and bottle.