4th Of July Special: Holiday on the Cape

A Festive Fourth Of July drink reconstructing the classic Vodka Cranberry highball

In this episode I really wanted to try something festive but still balanced and fun to drink. It's difficult to make a red white and blue cocktail, or in this case Red and Blue cocktail without using all sorts of unnatural ingredients so I tried to keep that to a minimum. I thought it might be fun to give the Iconic Vodka Cranberry highball a festive update for the fourth and I also (because I am a bit of a nerd) wanted to use at least one ingredient that tied the drink to the Colonial Era which we celebrate on this holiday. To that end I decided to use a Shrub, a beverage which finds it's origins all the way back to Turkey in the 1500's and was the major way Colonial Americans preserved their summer fruit. It was, for lack of a better term the pre-soda Soft drink. In the past few years as bartenders have gotten more and more creative with ingredients, shrubs have found their way into the modern cocktail lexicon. Don't know what a shrub is? Watch the video and find out! and hopefully you guy's will be enjoying this drink because it is delicious! Have a happy, safe and responsible fourth of July you guys!

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Here's The Specs:
1.5oz (45ml) Vodka
.75oz (22.5ml) Cranberry Shrub
.25oz (7.5ml) Blue Curaçao
Top Soda Water
Pinch Of Salt
Orange Wheel/Luxardo Cherry Garnish

To Make Shrub:
1 Cup Water
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Apple Cider Vinegar
1/2 Cup Frozen Cranberries
Combine everything into a medium sauce pan and bring to a boil. Once boiling lower heat to simmer for 10 minutes, all the while crushing Cranberries to release their juices. once done remove from heat and cool to room temp. Then strain the solids and store in the fridge. Lasts Two months.

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