Red Shiso Shrub

A drinking vinegar shrub made from red shiso gives this gin cocktail a magenta hue and a sweet-sour-herbal complexity that no syrup can replicate.

Served in a Rocks glass · Garnish: Red shiso leaf · Difficulty: hard

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz Gin
• 1 oz Red Shiso Shrub (Vinegar)
• 0.25 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
• 0.25 oz Simple Syrup
• 2 oz Soda Water

Instructions

1. Make red shiso shrub: steep red shiso in rice vinegar for 48 hrs, sweeten with sugar, strain.
2. Combine gin, shrub, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a shaker with ice.
3. Shake briefly.
4. Strain into a rocks glass over ice.
5. Top with soda water.
6. Garnish with a red shiso leaf.

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