Name: Heather Julep
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 12 fresh Mint leaves; 75 ml Scotch whisky; 15 ml Honey herbal liqueur; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Heather Julep
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Serve in a Julep tin

Ingredients:
12 fresh	Mint leaves
2 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Blended Scotch whisky
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Honey herbal liqueur (e.g. Drambuie)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)

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Garnish: Mint sprigs

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with crushed ice. CHURN (stir) the drink using a bar spoon. Top the glass with more crushed ice so as to fill it and churn again. Serve with straws.

Review:

A Scotch whiskey twist on the classic bourbon-based Mint Julep.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe discovered in 2001 at Teatro, London, England.

Alcohol content:

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

28.4 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Chris Dimal

13th April at 08:33

It is pretty much if a Rusty Nail was transformed into a Mint Julep. Nice, but nothing special at all.

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Chris Dimal

13th April at 08:34

I also will add that I have went with Michelle's suggestion of only making it 7.5ml (1/4 oz of simple syrup). 15 ml (or 1/2 oz) is WAY too much.

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Robert Holen

23rd July 2025 at 16:07

This is probably the sweetest Julep on the site. I fixed it with 2 cl Ardbeg Wee Beastie (peated whisky) That's not for everyone though... 😂

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Michelle Bell

4th June 2024 at 01:48

Agreed with John…..a bit sweet. Probably use ⅓ or ¼ oz Rich Syrup next time.

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John Hinojos

28th July 2023 at 00:28

Great rift on the traditional Julep. We always find Juleps to be a bit sweet so backed off the sugar syrup. Drambuie add wonderful heather and honey notes to the Scotch Whisky.

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