Shrub Family
Preserved fruit-and-spirit or fruit-and-acid preparations bottled for storage and later dilution, bridging cordial, punch base, and early mixer traditions.
Origin
Thomas places shrubs beside flip and negus, preserving an older world in which shelf-stable fruit preparations belonged naturally in mixed-drink knowledge.
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- Cherry Shrub
Cherry Shrub is the clearest preserved-fruit water-mixed shrub in this Thomas cluster.
variant
- Currant Shrub
Cooked currant preserve branch of the shrub family.
- English Rum Shrub
Clarified and technically advanced rum shrub branch.
- Rum Shrub
Orange-rum resting branch of the shrub family.
- White Currant Shrub
Rum-and-white-currant branch of the shrub family.
branch
- Brandy Shrub
Citrus-brandy fortified branch of the shrub family.
- Raspberry Shrub
Vinegar-acidified branch of the shrub family and a key bridge to modern drinking-vinegar logic.
Modern descendants
- drinking vinegars
- fruit cordials
- batched house mixers