Post #226078 by johnman on Mon, Apr 10, 2006 9:49 PM

I was watching Unwrapped on the Food Network earlier and they ran a segment on a company named Stirrings. They produce premium mixers and have recently gotten into the "ingredient" business. I googled them and to my surprise I find grenadine and it doesn't sound like the standard corn syrup stuff we usually have to settle for. Here's the description from their site:

AUTHENTIC GRENADINE

Over the last 40 years, commercial grenadine has devolved from its regal origins to nothing more than red #40 and corn syrup. Derived from the Spanish word "Granada," meaning pomegranate, grenadine was made by crushing lush pomegranate seeds and blending them with sugar. We've gone back and created the product the way it was intended: bold red, sweet, with a bright pomegranate flavor.

** Available in April 2006 **

Its not available yet but should be out soon (it's April now!).

There were some other interesting items there as well like blood orange bitters and clarified key lime (not sure how that will be).

See their site for more info:
http://www.stirrings.com/