This is not a liqueur, but it's a delicious drink which I found in an American Heritage cookbook - it's supposed to have been drunk in 18th C. America. I imagine that the name "shrub" may have come from the Arabic/Urdu "sharaab", which means liquor (the British in Calcutta around the same time drank "Loll Shrub"). It keeps indefinitely without refrigeration, and it's very light, smooth and cool.

Dissolve the sugar in water, cool, add the remaining ingredients. Strain, bottle, and let stand for at least a week before drinking.

Eat-L Digest 29 July 96

From the Eat-L recipe list. Downloaded from Glen's Mm Recipe Archive,