Name: Prescription Julep
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 7 fresh Mint leaves; 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 7.5 ml Brown sugar syrup; 2 dash Orange bitters

Prescription Julep
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Serve in a Julep tin

Ingredients:
7 fresh	Mint leaves
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₂ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₄ oz	Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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

How to make:

Lightly MUDDLE mint (just to bruise) in base of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and strain into a julep cup filled with crushed ice. Churn to redistribute ice and top with more ice to fill cup if necessary.

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Review:

Rye whiskey and cognac combine harmoniously in this delicious julep.

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Chris Brislawn

2nd September 2024 at 04:53

My favorite julep variation, though I prefer equal proportions of cognac & rye. What does the name mean? I can understand something like "Cognac Julep," and this is a mash-up of the cognac and whiskey versions, but "Prescription Julep"? Is this particular variant some 19th Century medical cure-all, as prescribed for whatever ails you by Doctor Jerry Thomas?

David M.

2nd July 2023 at 00:15

Tasty and pretty. Though I’m with everyone else and would cut back on the sugar syrup (and that’s without even the powdered sugar on top).

Simon Difford

5th July 2023 at 17:18

Agreed, David. Also in keeping with the comments below, I've cut the sugar syrup back to 7.5ml (1/4oz) and also switched from white to brown sugar.

Cathy Mauger

6th December 2022 at 06:37

I like this more than the regular Mint Julep, I used 5 ml of Rich Demerara Syrup.

John Hinojos

30th June 2022 at 00:23

I like this better than the regular mint julep. It has a burst of more flavours with the rye and cognac. Perfect on a warm afternoon before supper. We used half the amount of sugar syrup and it was perfect for us. We have always found Juleps sweet, so we knew to adjust the sugar.

Alice-Amanda Hinton

19th September 2021 at 22:47

I prefer with a touch less sugar syrup - about 7.5ml. Wonder about trying a hint of mint syrup instead?

Christopher Day

3rd June 2022 at 15:53

I agree, I was surprised by how sweet this came out. I don't have any mint syrup but might keep some cane syrup and try adding a little Branca Menta for some minty herbal heresy!

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