Flare, raw apple cider vinegar steeped with whole roots, peppers and spices

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What’s in the jar

Eight whole ingredients go into every jar and sit in raw apple cider vinegar for weeks, and nothing gets strained out at the end.

Raw Vinegar

Raw ACV with the mother

Every bottle starts with raw apple cider vinegar that still has the mother in it. It’s one reason the bottle goes cloudy, and why the label tells you to shake it.

Jalapeño and Ginger

Fresh, not dried

There’s no caffeine in it. In Bold Roots and Deep Heat the heat is fresh jalapeño and ginger root, steeped for weeks. Floral Fire keeps the ginger and leaves the chilli out.

Garlic

Fresh and raw

Bold Roots and Deep Heat get it fresh and raw, straight into the vinegar, so the bite you taste is the sharp raw-garlic one, not the mellow cooked kind.

Turmeric

Whole fresh root

Bold Roots and Floral Fire get it as fresh root, never powder, and it’s where the earthy, slightly bitter note comes from.

The rest

Citrus, herbs and spice

Depending on the blend that’s lemon and mint, rosemary and thyme, or cinnamon and clove, and we kept adjusting them until we could drink it without a chaser.

How we drink it

A teaspoon or two before a meal, straight off the spoon or stirred into water, still or sparkling.

Or pour it on dinner

It’s still vinegar, so it goes wherever vinegar goes. Use it instead of the plain stuff in a dressing and the salad picks up the ginger and the heat. It’s good in a Caesar too.

Pick a blend

All three blends are $21.99 and steeped in Brantford. Collect yours free from Our Kitchen Brantford, or get in touch and we’ll sort out delivery.

Pick your heat

A bottle of Flare Floral Fire

Floral Fire

The gentlest way in

Lemon and mint up front, ginger underneath, and no chilli in it at all.

Raw Apple Cider Vinegar, Fresh Lemon, Fresh Ginger Root, Fresh Mint, Fresh Turmeric Root, Whole Cinnamon Sticks, Whole Star Anise, Whole Cloves

236 mL, $21.99
A bottle of Flare Bold Roots

Bold Roots

The classic

The original recipe, with garlic, onion, ginger and jalapeño, and rosemary and thyme on top.

Raw Apple Cider Vinegar, Fresh Ginger Root, Fresh Garlic, Fresh Onion, Fresh Jalapeño Peppers, Fresh Turmeric Root, Fresh Rosemary, Fresh Thyme

236 mL, $21.99
A bottle of Flare Deep Heat

Deep Heat

The hottest of the three

More jalapeño than the other two, with cinnamon and clove to round it out. If you like heat, start here.

Raw Apple Cider Vinegar, Fresh Ginger Root, Fresh Garlic, Fresh Onion, Fresh Jalapeño Peppers, Whole Cinnamon Sticks, Whole Cloves, Fresh Rosemary

236 mL, $21.99

The Trio

One bottle of each, for when you can’t decide, or when it’s for someone else and you don’t know how much heat they can take.

Or the Full Rack, two of each, for $99.00.

1 × Floral Fire, 236 mL$21.99
1 × Bold Roots, 236 mL$21.99
1 × Deep Heat, 236 mL$21.99
Bought one at a time$65.97
As the Trio$60.00

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The title page of the 1748 Paris pharmacopoeia.An old engraved botanical plate of cinnamon.

1748

The vinegar in the pharmacy book

In 1748 a vinegar recipe made it into the Paris pharmacy book, with thirteen plants, twelve days in the sun and a nickname in its title. Then somebody struck it out.

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Pick a blend

All three are $21.99 for a 236 mL bottle. Collect yours free from our kitchen in Brantford, or get in touch and we’ll sort out delivery.

Write to us

Delivery, wholesale, or a question about a blend.

We read these ourselves and answer as fast as we can. You can also just email hello@flaretonic.ca.