A tart & sweet vinegar mixer for cocktails, sodas, & cooking. Virginia Agriculture. Virginia's finest. Virginia Food & Beverage Expo: Best New Product - 2016. For recipes and more visit mothershrub.com. Shrubs, or drinking vinegars, date back to Colonial America when fruit was preserved with vinegar and sugar then mixed with water or spirits to make a refreshing beverage. Mother Shrub is a modern take on this colonial quencher. Batch No: 032317.