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Gourmet
January 2008

Mint Julep

Moonlight-and-magnolia myths aside, this is one of the world's great libations.
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Mint JulepRomulo Yanes

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    5 min

  • Yield

    Makes 1 drink

Ingredients

6

mint leaves

2

teaspoons sugar syrup

1

1/2 ounces (3 tablespoons) bourbon

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Preparation

  1. Fill an 8- to 10-ounce glass with crushed ice (1 cup). Add mint, syrup, and bourbon and bruise mint with back of a spoon.

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