Mint Julep

  • As Noted In: Contemporary Classics, International Bartenders Association
There are many varieties [of Mint Julep], such as those composed of Claret, Madiera, &c.; but the ingredients of the real mint-julep are as follows. I learnt how to make them, and succeeded pretty well. Put into a tumbler about a dozen sprigs of the tender shoots of mint, upon them put a spoonful of white sugar, and equal proportions of peach and common brandy, so as to fill it up one-third, or perhaps a little less. Then take rasped or pounded ice, and fill up the tumbler. Epicures rub the lips of the tumbler with a piece of fresh pine-apple, and the tumbler itself is very often incrusted outside with stalactites of ice. As the ice melts, you drink. Frederick Marryat
The mint leaves fresh and tender, should be pressed against the goblet with the back of a silver spoon. Only bruise the leaves gently and then remove them from the goblet. Half fill with cracked ice. Mellow bourbon, aged in oaken barrels, is poured from the jigger and allowed to slide slowly through the cracked ice. In another receptacle, granulated sugar is slowly mixed with chilled limestone water to make a silvery mixture as smooth as some rare Egyptian oil, then poured on top of the ice. While beads of moisture gather on the burnished exterior of the silver goblet, garnish the brim of the goblet with choicest sprigs of mint. Henry Clay

Mint Julep is a notable spearmint julep (sweeten drink) cocktail. - AsNotedIn

Directions

In a highball glass gently muddle the mint, sugar and water. Fill the glass with cracked ice, add Bourbon and stir well until the glass is frost. - from the experts at International Bartenders Association



Ingredients

Ingredient Quantity
Bourbon Whiskey 6 cl
Mint 4 Fresh sprigs
Water 2 teaspoons
Powdered Sugar 1 teaspoon
Mint 1 garnish

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Y/M/D Person Association Description Place Locale Event
1838/00/00 Henry Clay Life Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky teaches Capt Frederick Marryat the proper way to mix a Mint Julep, at the old Willard Hotel, Washington DC. Willard Hotel Washington, DC
1838/00/00 Frederick Marryat Life Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky teaches Capt Frederick Marryat the proper way to mix a Mint Julep, at the old Willard Hotel, Washington DC. Willard Hotel Washington, DC
1864/10/05 George Washington Custis Lee Guest The President (Davis) was watching me prepare a mint julep for Custis Lee when Colonel McLean came to inform us that a great crowd had gathered and that they were 'coming to ask the President to speak to them at one o,clock. - MBC Chesnut Cottage Columbia, SC
1875/05/17 In front of a crowd of about 10,000, Oliver Lewis, a black jockey on a colt named ARISTIDES beats out 14 three-year-old horses to win the First Kentucky Derby, 1.5 mi (2.4 km). Churchill Downs Louisville, KY
1877/00/00 James A Garfield Visitor James Garfield enjoys his first Southern Mint Julep on the front gallery of Oakleigh mansion. Oakleigh House Museum Mobile
1877/00/00 Thomas K Irwin Host James Garfield enjoys his first Southern Mint Julep on the front gallery of Oakleigh mansion. Oakleigh House Museum Mobile
1893/00/00 William F Cody Life As early as 1893, Buffalo Bill Cody enjoys mint julips at George T Beck's Ranch, which were made in water buckets, after hunting trips in the bighorn Mountains. Bighorn National Forest Wyoming

Food Attribute American Southern Cuisine

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Food Attribute Alcohol
Food Attribute American Food
Cultural Affiliation Antebellum
Food Attribute Cocktail
Food Category Drink
Product Kind Food
Food Attribute Longdrink




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