1 gal old rum (Demarara or black rum)

6 lbs sugar (white or brown)

3 pts orange juice (sour Bermuda oranges)

1 oz grated green ginger

1 grated nutmeg

1 tsp powdered cloves

3 pts boiling water

Dissolve three pounds of sugar in one quart of rum and add orange juice, ginger, cloves and nutmeg; then add the other three quarts of rum and stir well. To the three pints of boiling water add three pounds of sugar and let it continue to boil for about ten minutes. Then add the other ingredients and stir well. Let the mixture stand in a pre-sterilized covered container for about one week, then strain with a cheese cloth and bottle.

Tip – “The older the brew the better it is.”

(“Shrub” is derived from the Arabic word meaning a drink or draught.)