Shrubs - Pyewackets Traditional

Shrubs

Easily make delicious alcohol-free spritzers. Just add sparkling water. 

What is a Shrub?

Add a splash of shrub to water for a nutritionally dense and wildly delicious drink.

Using a method that goes all the way back to the Middle Ages, shrubs are fresh seasonal fruit and herbs that are preserved by fermentation in vinegar. Our shrubs are made the same way they would have been 500 years ago, by cold pressing and juicing whole produce and using homegrown and foraged herbs. They are made by hand, in small batches, without using heat to pasteurise or preserve.

In other words, a shrub is a kind of cordial that can be added to sparkling water to make a delicious and nutritious botanical soda.

Why are they called 'Shrubs'?

Shrub is an old English word for a fruit and vinegar drink.

Probably originating from the Arabic word 'sharab' meaning 'to drink' as shrubs were brought to 15th century England and adapted to medicinal tonics in early apothecaries.

Shrubs were very popular in colonial America, where they were first used in cocktails. Later, during the prohibition era, shrubs boomed as an alcohol-free alternative, served in bars and homes, utilising whatever fruity abundance was around.

Keep in the fridge.

Our shrubs are made traditionally, with cold pressed fruit and herbs that are fermented. Store them in the fridge and they will last you months.

How to make a shrub soda

Your new favourite drink is 500 years old! 
A concentrate of cold pressed fruit and herbs fermented on the apple cider vinegar mother. 

 

 

Custom Shrub Sampler Box - Pyewackets Traditional

Shrub Sampler Box

Makes 10 shrub sodas.

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