American Vinegar Works Spritz Recipe

February 02, 2024By Rex Marketing & CX Team

Illustrated spritz glass with honey jar, vinegar bottle, sparkling water, and lemon on blue wall

American Vinegar Works Spritz

Name: Vinegar Works Spritz
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 Person
Cuisine: Modern American
Ingredients: 1 Tablespoon Honey Wine Vinegar; 1 Teaspoon Honey; ½ cup Sparkling Water; Fresh Lemon Peel Twist

Here’s a better way to drink your vinegar.

Vinegar cocktails and mocktails are a tasty, sophisticated way to drink vinegars in the raw and introduce a healthier adult (non-alcoholic) ‘soda’ to your routine.

We’ve shared other recipes before but I wanted to step back and share a super simple, foundational vinegar drink recipe for your daily routine or to help you reset for the week or weekend.

Here I am using our Honey Wine Vinegar and some raw honey to sweeten but you can easily experiment with any of our vinegars and decide to sweeten or not (And to add aromatics – fresh bay leaf or juniper anyone?—or not) as you would like.

The use of the citrus twist in this drink is a game changer for those that have vinegar-based drinks. Why? Using a lemon or orange twist over and then into your drink is a way to tone down the vinegar smell while still keeping the refreshing vinegar taste in the drink.

This recipe features our Honey Wine Vinegar, opens in a new tab.

Which vinegar to use, and why

A shrub is vinegar, fruit and fizz. Use a vinegar with fruit already fermented into it and you can skip the syrup. We use Pink Pacific Rosé Wine Vinegar here. It is slow-fermented and aged in oak at our mill in Worcester, Massachusetts, which is why it seasons the dish rather than just souring it.

Make it ahead and keep it

Mix to order. For a batch, combine everything except the ice and anything fizzy, chill it, and finish each glass as you pour.

What to cook next

Try Pink Spritz, or browse all our vinegar recipes. If you have not cooked with craft vinegar before, a mini bottle sampler set lets you taste across the range before committing to a full-size bottle. Orders over $85 ship free within the contiguous US.

Vinegar Works Spritz

American Vinegar Works

Servings

1 Person

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cuisine

Modern American

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon Honey Wine Vinegar
1 Teaspoon Honey
½ cup Sparkling Water
Fresh Lemon Peel Twist

Directions

Assembling this drink in a nicer glass, like a champagne coupe or low-ball glass, will lend to the feeling of treating yourself.
Add your chosen vinegar and sweetener together in the glass and stir to mix well. We are doing this step now so that you don’t dissipate the carbonization in the water with a lot of stirring after.
Add sparkling water to the glass, stir gently and briefly, and adjust vinegar or sweetness level as desired.
Important Step: Finally, use a sharp knife or vegetable peeler to cut a bit of lemon or orange rind. Over the glass containing your already mixed drink, hold the edges of the rind between the forefingers and thumbs of each of your hands and twist in opposite directions to produce a fine mist of lemon peel and drop the lemon twist in your glass. This twisting action will release a bit of lemon zest and oil over your drink. It not only adds a nice flavor it also “deodorizes” the drink so that you do not get a vinegar smell when you drink the Vinegar Spritz. You can use this technique in various vinegar mock and cocktails or any of your own creations.