How do you make a Mint Julip?!
How do you make a Mint Julip?
Every keeps mentioning Cinco De mayo, but also it is the day of the kentucky derby well known for mint julips.
Answers:
here ill make it easier
1 shot bourbon iin a glass muddle in tsp sugar and mint leaf
put in a straw fill cup half way with crushed ice and pack down pour 2 shots bourbon over ice fill cup with loose ice garnish with another mint leaf.
The Early Times Mint Julep Recipe
2 cups sugar
2 cups water
Sprigs of fresh mint
Crushed ice
Early Times Kentucky Whisky
Silver Julep Cups
Make a simple syrup by boiling sugar and water together for five minutes. Cool and place in a covered container with six or eight sprigs of fresh mint, then refrigerate overnight. Make one julep at a time by filling a julep cup with crushed ice, adding one tablespoon mint syrup and two ounces of Early Times Kentucky Whisky. Stir rapidly with a spoon to frost the outside of the cup. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint.
You will need:
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups water (branch water is ideal)
Fresh Mint
Crushed Ice
Kentucky Bourbon (2 ounces per serving)
Make a simple mint syrup* by boiling sugar and water together for 5 minutes; cool. Place in a covered container with 6 or 8 bruised mint sprigs. Refrigerate overnight.
Make a julep by filling a julep cup* or glass with crushed ice, then adding 1 tablespoon of mint syrup and 2 ounces of bourbon. Stir rapidly with a spoon to frost outside of cup or glass. Garnish with a fresh mint sprig..
*This makes enough syrup for about 44 juleps.
Extra Tips:
Always use a premium Kentucky bourbon
Use crushed or shaved ice and pack in cup.
To bruise mint, place in a cup and gently pass the back of a spoon between cup and the leaves a time or two. You want the mint to release some of the fragrant oils.
Add a straw cut to protrude just above the rim of the cup and serve. You should be able to get a faint whiff of the mint sprig when you're sipping.
Keep the covered syrup in the refrigerator (after removing the mint leaves) if you don't plan on drinking all the servings.. Enjoy later....
You will need:
2 cups of water
2cups of sugar
a handful of mints
1 bottle of Makers Mark Bourbon Whiskey(Kentucky Tradition)
mint simple syrup
handful of mints
Crushed Ice
(This all depends on how many people you have.
Simple Syrup:
Put the water and the sugar in a saucepan, bring to a boil. Let it cool and pour it into a container add a handful of mints and let steep overnight.
Drink:
You'll nedd some glasses about eight ounces. Take some of the extra mint leaves and cruch in the bottom of the cup, add 4 oz. of mint simple syrup, add the crushed ice, then about 1-2oz. of Maker's Mark. Stir and Enjoy!
Please. please. please. Stop making mint syrup! You muddle the mint, period! Not crush it, not bruise it ... MUDDLE it! Mint syrup is the Wal Mart or McDonald's version of the Julip.
a few (4-6) sprigs of fresh mint and a tsp of granulated sugar MUDDLED at the bottom of a mint julip cup
fill w/ ice + Bourbon
Enjoy in the shade
Philistines!