Shrub is fruit syrup with vinegar. Apparently it was popular in the 19th century.

Never heard of it. Is it imported by Vandelay Industries?

Makes an awesome alcoholic milkshake. Also a pretty good carajillo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carajillo

Possibly. They may have stopped importing it to the US about the time Seinfeld went off the air. Comes from the Netherlands. I will be looking for some if I’m ever allowed to travel again.

Last summer I enjoyed a lovely cocktail of a housemade shrub and Ketel One Botanical Grapefruit and Rose.
On offer were two different shrubs~ one made with red fruits, the other citrus. Very easy to make at home
I tried a mockail with sparkling water~ the Ketel One was so much better.

Hardly a cordial! But that vodka is tasty. I enjoy it with soda and a grapefruit slice.

I went unto the ABC store (Florida private chain with >100 shops) and the cordial selection was quite poor. I ended up bringing home a bottle of limoncello which is satisfying for now but I crave more. I’m going to have to look into getting things shipped to me.

What exactly are you looking for?

I picked up the last bottle of Drambuie from my local liquor store over the weekend.

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Any of the ones Orchids posted upthread would interest me. Something with berries or cherries sounds nice.

I have just subjected the SF Bay sewer system fishies to instant diabetes. I bought a couple of items today for some interesting cocktails and took a peek in the bottom shelf cabinet where some cordials and related spirits have been hiding for years. I opened them all, smelled and tasted most, spit out everything I tasted, and sent the remainder of the contents down the drain. These were:

Triple Sec - age unknown, barely any discernible flavo(u)r - maybe a hint of orange left.
Creme de Cacao - age unknown, barely a hint that some chocolate once lived in there.
Campari Cordial - I think I had it when I moved here, 19 years ago. Some thickened syrup went down the drain.
Creme de Banana - maybe the least disgusting of the bunch, and perhaps the newest. I do recall purchasing it for some recipe once upon a time, maybe a cooked fruit dessert.
Apple Pucker - it had a caramel (not green) colo(u)r and an odd smell. Someone must have once come over and made green appletinis or something.
Peach schnapps - ok, maybe the really least disgusting, and do not recall who brought it and left it here. Or maybe I flambeed it with something. Anyway, it now swims with fishes, if the sewer rats and flies don't consume it before the wastewater treatment plant.

These have been replaced with the following, for two interesting cocktail recipes:
1) Allspice dram
2) Creme de Cacao (Drillaud brand)

My house now weighs less, and will weigh even less than that when 6 glass bottles go out to the street next Thursday. Two of the bottles had actual price tags on them, one was $3.99.

Blue and white faux Delftware, tulip shaped cap? My parents had one like that.

Baileys and Amaretto mix nicely.

Drambuie ages well.

Chartreuse has been hard to find since Covid.

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/dini...l#post36352212 (Posts # 1892 & 1898)

I LOVE Amaretto (Disaronno) in coffee. Baileys is what people gravitate to for that, and don't get me wrong, its good, but nowhere near as good as Amaretto and coffee IMO.

On the cordial/liqueur note, about a year ago I added St Germain to a typical Gin & Tonic and it really enhances the drink - the Elderflower and the botanicals in the gin combine to create a more elegant (and fragrant) version of a G&T and as a result, that's how I have been making G&Ts ever since.

I have added St. Germain to a margarita 🍹. Good stuff.

Yup! And mine still do.