mint julep in a frosty silver cup on a bar

Mint Julep

Ingredients

  • 2 parts Kentucky Bourbon
  • ½ part simple syrup
  • Fresh Kentucky Colonel mint

Instructions

  1. In a julep cup, combine ~8 fresh Kentucky Colonel mint leaves with simple syrup and lightly muddle
  2. Add Bourbon and crushed ice to ¾ full, and stir until the silver cup is chilled on the outside
  3. Mound with ice and pack tightly, garnish with a sprig of mint and an eco-straw (the straw was invented just for mint juleps!)

    Glassware: silver julep cup
    Served: crushed ice
    Garnish: large sprig of mint, eco-straw


    (cocktail photos shot on site at Trouble Bar in Louisville)
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