Just Another Julep

Name: Just Another Julep
Ingredients: 2 piece mint sprigs; 2 oz Buffalo Trace bourbon; 0.25 oz demerara syrup; 0.5 oz gosling's black seal rum

SwizzledJulep_tin

Ingredients

Fractions

2 piece
mint sprigs
2 oz
Buffalo Trace bourbon
¼ oz
demerara syrup
½ oz
gosling's black seal rum

Garnish: 1 mint bouquet

Preparation

1.
Rub the mint around the inside of a julep tin and discard.
2.
Fill the tin with crushed ice and add the bourbon and syrup.
3.
Swizzle briefly, then top with crushed ice.
4.
Pour the rum over the top.
5.
Garnish with the mint bouquet in the center of the ice and serve with a straw.

Notes

The Kentucky-born humorist Irvin S. Cobb once said, 'Any guy who'd put rye in a mint julep and crush the leaves would put scorpions in a baby's bed.' Taking this to heart, I rub the inside of the julep tin with mint leaves, then discard them before building the drink.