Oops, too slow…looks like Mike beat you to the punch! We were perhaps a little city slicker at the Hillsville ABC store the other day, when we saw a whole section of moonshine. OK, the giggling and pointing was city slicker….me making Mike pose for this stellar shot? Smacks of tourist. But we’re not, we’re here to stay…muahahaha!!!
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Shrub Success! And on to Limencello.
First off, apologies…I didn’t get a picture of the finished shrub drink. So I’ll describe…pale pink, fizzy and fun looking. The “curing” process timed up perfectly with a local potluck last week, so I took a pitcher of lemon blueberry gin shrub with us (along with buttery mashed potatoes and kale chips).
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A Shrub Update!
The fruit has been strained and the syrup mixed with equal parts vinegar. I used rice wine vinegar, since it appears our apple cider vinegar didn’t make it on the moving truck (urgh!), but perhaps that will be nice? It’s a more gentle vinegar, which I’m thinking might go well with the more mild blueberry flavor. We shall see! Continue reading →
Blueberry Shrub
While we were total oddballs for making our own pizza dough, burger buns, butter, whipped cream, kombucha and skin care stuff in NJ – it seems we fit right in here in Floyd! And that is a very cool place to be. After our landlord dropped off some various home brews and hand picked blueberries,
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