Name: Julep Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 8 fresh Mint leaves; 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 10 ml Chilled water

Ingredients

8 fresh

Mint leaves

2 fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.

Prepare garnish of mint leaf or sprig.

Method

Gently MUDDLE mint in base of shaker (just to bruise).

Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with a mint leaf or float the tip of a mint sprig.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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:

21.3 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Benedikt Premium Member 39w

Found this way too sweet. Pretty much only tasted liek sugar to me. Added 15ml more bourbon to the finished drink and found it too sweet still.

MiRiNaeJM 1y

If you want mint julep but want no ice, here it is. I suggest to add 2 dash of angostura just like Difford's mint julep and reduce sugar because there's no more dilution.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 1y

This recipe works better as a shot than a cocktail.

Miguel Perales Premium Member 3y

For my taste, this is too sweet. Re-mixed it with 1/4 oz/7.5 ml rich syrup and it was more enjoyable. The Bourbon was more prevalent at that ratio.
For those commenting that it was too minty, a "julep" has mint as a predominant flavor. Something you can try, instead of muddling the mint leaves, is to just add them to the shaker without muddling. As you are shaking the cocktail, the ice will bruise the mint leaves just enough to give the cocktail a more subtle mint flavor.

Olga María Gómez Henderson 3y

Very nice, though you must be careful with the mint.

Calvin R 3y

Do not overdo the mint like I just did. Used 8 big leaves and let it sit in the tin with the bourbon too long while looking for my strainer. Ended up way too minty, pretty much the flavour of mouthwash.

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Julep Martini