Apple Ginger Shrub Mocktail Recipe
Apple and ginger with a spoonful of vinegar — sharp enough to sit where a spirit would.
- Category: Mocktail
- Glass: Old fashioned glass
- ABV: 0%
- Difficulty: Medium
- Prep time: ~3 min
- Alcohol-free: ✓
Ingredients
- Apple juice100 ml (3.4 oz)
- Ginger juice20 ml (0.7 oz)
- Balsamic vinegar10 ml (0.3 oz)
- Simple syrup15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Soda water70 ml (2.4 oz)
How to Make It
- Shake the apple juice, ginger juice, vinegar and syrup with ice.
- Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
- Top with soda water.
- Garnish with a fanned apple slice.
Garnish
Apple fan
What it tastes like
The citrus acidity leads, there is a spiced warmth to it and it is layered, giving you something different each sip.
The technique
Shaking. Anything with juice, syrup, egg white or cream gets shaken: the shaker chills the drink and adds roughly 20% water, and that water is what takes the edge off. Twelve to fifteen seconds, until the tin frosts over. Under-shaking leaves the drink harsh because it never got enough dilution.
Glass and ice
A heavy-bottomed, wide old fashioned glass. Wide enough for one large cube, which is the point: a big cube has less surface area, so the drink gets cold without getting watery.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Apple juice
- Cloudy apple juice is fruitier and more acidic than clear; made with clear juice the drink stays flatter, and a squeeze of lemon closes the gap.
- Simple syrup
- One part sugar to one part water, stirred until it dissolves — no need to boil it. Keeps a month in the fridge. No syrup? Use the same amount of honey, loosened with a little water.
- Soda water
- Plain carbonated water. It goes in LAST and nothing is stirred after it. An open bottle goes flat fast, so small bottles make more sense than big ones.
The Story
Drinking vinegars came back to bars because they solve the alcohol-free problem directly: they give a drink an edge that sugar cannot.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Apple Ginger Shrub mixed?
- It is shaken and served in an old fashioned glass.
- Does a Apple Ginger Shrub contain alcohol?
- No. It is safe to serve to children, to anyone pregnant, and to whoever is driving.
- Is a Apple Ginger Shrub hard to make?
- Moderate. A shaker or mixing glass plus a strainer covers it.
The main ingredient here is also a dream symbol: Apple in a dream
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