The Mint Julep Cocktail
About the Mint Julep Cocktail
Celebrate Derby Day year-round with this bourbon-and-mint refresher.
Ingredients in the Mint Julep Cocktail
- .25 oz Raw sugar syrup (one part raw sugar, one part water)
- 8 Mint leaves
- 2 oz Bourbon
Garnish: Bitters (optional) and mint sprig
Glass: Julep or rocks
How to make the Mint Julep Cocktail
In a Julep cup or rocks glass, lightly muddle the mint and syrup. Add the bourbon and pack tightly with crushed ice. Stir until the cup is frosted on the outside. Top with more crushed ice to form an ice dome and garnish with a few drops of bitters, if desired, and a mint sprig.
Watch Liquor.com advisory board member Dushan Zaric make a proper Mint Julep in our How to Cocktail video.
I’m not much of a bourbon drinker (in fact I could use a bourbon for dummies book) but a couple of times a year when the sun is high and I can relax in the shade I really enjoy a julep. Usually I just mix Jim Beam or Wild Turkey but I’ve been reading a few things about Four Rose’s of late, so maybe that will be my choice this year.
try some of the more smaller batch bourbon. such as Bakers or Jeffersons. I am a small batch drinker and collector . I also carry a book where ever i travel so that i can check on other bourbons. I recently found a new one. Called Jesse James. This has to be the smoothest one i have ever had. Will be definetly drinking this for a long time.
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Cheers!