Name: Prescription Julep
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 7 Mint leaves; 45 ml Cognac; 15 ml Whiskey - Rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.); 10 ml Sugar syrup (rich) 2 sugar to 1 water; 2 Orange bitters

Serve in

Julep tin

Garnish:

Orange zest twist (discarded) & mint sprigs dusted with icing sugar

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into julep cup filled with crushed ice.

7 fresh	Mint leaves
1 1/2 fl oz	Rémy Martin 1738 Cognac
1/2 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.)
1/3 fl oz	Sugar syrup (65.0°brix, 2 sugar to 1 water rich syrup)
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
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