.75 oz Blueberry / Cucumber Shrub
.5 oz Dolin Blanc
dash Grapefruit Bitters
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Here is another drink I made w/ the homemade blueberry shrubs from last week. I worked off a recipe in this post from the cocktail virgin blog with a couple of changes to the recipe. First I used Plymouth gin instead of Hendricks because it is what I had on hand. To give it some cucumber notes I used a blueberry / cucumber shrub. I also subbed Dolin Blanc for the Lillet, but I think next time I'll try it with Cocchi.
Unsurprisingly the smell is dominated by the shrub with funky cucumber and vinegar notes. The taste begins with blueberries, switches to a little gin burn before fininishing with bitterness and citrus. Riding over all of the phases is the cucumber taste. This was a very refreshing drink. I will have to try it with Cocchi though because I'd like there to be more bitterness on the end to contrast the shrub's sweetness.
