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