Mint Julep II

Description

The Mint Julep is a mixed alcoholic drink, or cocktail originating in the Southern United States. The word 'julep' is derived from the Persian 'julab' meaning rose water. There are a number of ways of making a mint julep. All are served over crushed ice in a julep glass with a narrow cocktail straw. It is correct to use the straw when drinking this .

Mint Julep from the Wikibooks Bartending Guide—original source of recipe, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License

• Serves: 1

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoons sugar syrup
• mint
• bourbon

Procedures

1. To make the sugar syrup, simply heat equal parts sugar and water, then cool.
2. Add syrup and mint to a glass of crushed ice.
3. Fill the glass with bourbon and serve.