Name: East Meets West Julep
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Pomegranate juice; 7 fresh Mint leaves; 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Honey sugar syrup; 7.5 ml Grenadine syrup

East Meets West Julep
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ oz	Pomegranate juice
7 fresh	Mint leaves
2 oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₂ oz	Honey sugar syrup
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of mint sprig & pomegranate seeds.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass filled with crushed ice.

Review:

Reminiscent of honeyed Mint Julep with pomegranate fruit.

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History:

Adapted from a drink created in 2008 by Nidal Ramini at Montgomery Place in London, England.

The contentious history of the Julep, along with its variants can be found on our page.

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Marie-Therese Straus

23rd December 2020 at 05:11

This was nice but a bit too sweet. I cut the final sugar syrup dose in half and might leave it out altogether next time. Also added just a bit of lemon juice to brighten the drink (which is against julep rules, I know, but it tasted better with it).