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Kentucky Maid

Name: Kentucky Maid
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 4 slice Cucumber (fresh); 6 fresh Mint leaves; 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 30 ml Lime juice; 20 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

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Ingredients
4 slice	Cucumber (fresh)
6 fresh	Mint leaves
2 fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
1 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
²⁄₃ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

Garnish: Cucumber slice

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Method:

MUDDLE cucumber in base of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass.

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

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2005 by Sam Ross at Milk & Honey in New York City, USA.

More cocktails by Sam Ross

Review

Julep-like flavours with cucumber and mint freshness.

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L L 1y

Too easy to drink! Very refreshing in flavour profile, we loved it.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 3y

So I "misread" the recipe and used 16 mint leaves. Used bottled-in-bond Evan Williams... Oh my! It's gone all too soon. What happened?!?

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