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Julep (Generic Name)

Name: Julep (Generic Name)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 12 fresh Mint leaves; 75 ml; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 3 dash Aromatic bitters

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Ingredients
12 fresh	Mint leaves
2 1/2 fl oz	Brandy, whisk(e)y, gin, rum etc.
1/3 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
3 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Garnish: Mint sprig

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Method:

Lightly MUDDLE mint leaves with spirit in base of shaker (just enough to bruise). (At this stage, if time allows, you should refrigerate the shaker, mint and spirit, and the glass in which the drink is to be served, for at least two hours.) Add other ingredients to shaker, SHAKE with ice and strain into glass filled with crushed ice. CHURN (stir) the drink with the crushed ice using a bar spoon. Top with more crushed ice to fill glass and churn again. Serve with straws.

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

24 grams of pure alcohol

History

Juleps are tall drinks generally served in Collins or ideally in julep cups, and based on a spirit, liqueur or fortified wine. They are most often served with fresh mint over crushed ice.

The name ultimately derives from the Arabic word 'julab', meaning rosewater. Although this had been used to describe any sweetened drink, up to and including medicines. The Julep is thought to have originated in Persia, or thereabouts, and it travelled to Europe (some say Southern France) where the rose petals were substituted for indigenous mint. The drink is then believed to have crossed the Atlantic where cognac was replaced with peach brandy and then whiskey - the Mint Julep we recognise today.
Julep history

Review

The key to this drink is serving it ice cold and giving the flavours in the mint time to marry with the spirit. Hence, Juleps are ideally prepared hours in advance of serving. Adjust sugar to balance if using a fortified wine in place of a spirit.

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 75 cocktails
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Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 128 cocktails
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Makes a minimum of 75 cocktails.
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Florian Ruf Premium Member 4y

Simple and excellent. I kept the mint for about 3 hours in Havana Club 3 Yo. and sieved it before shaking (as mentioned on the general Julep page). The resulting taste was wonderful. Next time I would cut back the syrup by half. Without any acids it is way too sweet.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

Agreed. Thanks. I've knocked sugar back.

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