The Bar-tender's Guide/Currant Shrub
Currant Shrub.
(General rule for preparing.)
- Take 1 quart of strained currant juice.
- Take 1½ pounds of loaf sugar.
Boil it gently eight or ten minutes, skimming it well; take it off, and when lukewarm, add half a gill of brandy to every pint of shrub. Bottle tight.
A little shrub mixed with ice water makes a delicious drink.
Shrub may be made of cherry or raspberry juice by this method, but the quantity of sugar must be reduced.