Switchel & Shrubs Make & Take Workshop
Sat, Jun 20
|Bastrop Botanical Gardens
Lets usher in the Summer Solstice brewing a jar of herbal delicious wellness that will be ready for sippin' during the long summer days. Switchels & Shrubs have a long history of health benefits and make for great mocktail goodness.
Time & Location
Jun 20, 2026, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Bastrop Botanical Gardens, 316 Old 71, Cedar Creek, TX 78612, USA
About the event
Intro to creating switchels and mocktails using oxymels!
Find out how easy it is to infuse your favorite herbs into a delicious and nutritious oxymel elixir. An oxymel is a apple cider vinegar/ honey/ herbal infusion. It makes a fantastic base for healthy and delicious drinks this summer.
What is a Switchel & Shrub?
Switchels and Shrubs are both traditional, vinegar-based beverages with deep historical roots. While they share similar ingredients—namely vinegar and a sweetener—they differ in their primary flavor profiles and how they are served.
Shrubs are derived from drinking vinegars and is a concentrated, sweet-and-sour syrup made from made by macerating fruits or vegetables, sugar, and vinegar. Best used for mocktails, cocktails and cooking. Also referred to as a "drinking vinegar”. Shrubs gained popularity in Colonial America and 19th-century England as a way to preserve fresh summer fruit long before refrigeration existed.
Switchel is a non-alcoholic, ginger-forward beverage traditionally made with water,…
Tickets
General Admission
$30.00
+$0.75 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00