1 cup water : 1 cup white sugar Combine ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil while stirring until sugar is dissolved. Let cool completely. Store in airtight container for up to 30 days. Alternatively, freeze in ice trays.
METHOD
Combine basil, blueberry, lime and simple syrup in a mixing tin and muddle. Add cranberry juice and ice. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass over fresh ice. Top with soda water.
Smugglers would sink barrels of illegal spirits to avoid taxes. To make the recovered spirits drinkable, bartenders would make a shrub using vinegar, sugar, and citrus fruit. This shrub skips the ocean and the spirits and goes right to the flavor. Allow extra time to create the Cranberry Orange Shrub and let cool.