Whiskey Drinks Recipe : Blueberry-Bourbon Shrub

This drink starts with a simple shrub--a tart, fruity liquid you make ahead and can also sip straight up or with seltzer.

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Calories:1098.7
Blueberry-Bourbon Shrub
Prep:15m
Ready in:4h 15m
Serving:1 drink

Ingredients

  • 1 cup fresh blueberries
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup red wine vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon whole black peppercorns
  • ice cubes
  • 1 ½ fluid ounces bourbon
  • 3 fluid ounces ginger beer
  • blueberries
  • lime wedge

Cooking Directions

  1. Puree blueberries, sugar, and red wine vinegar in a blender. Add peppercorns. Chill shrub, covered, 4 hours to 2 days. Strain.
  2. In a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice, combine 2 fluid ounces blueberry shrub and bourbon. Shake until very cold.
  3. Strain into an ice-filled pint glass. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with additional blueberries or a lime wedge.
Shrub recipe makes 1 2/3 cups, enough for 7 drinks or cocktails. It keeps up to 3 weeks, chilled. Nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of shrub. The actual amount consumed will vary.

Nutrition Facts

  • calories1098.7
  • carbohydrateContent257.9 g
  • fatContent0.7 g
  • fiberContent5.9 g
  • proteinContent1.7 g
  • saturatedFatContent0.1 g
  • sodiumContent5.1 mg
  • sugarContent226.8 g

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