Ingredients:
4 spri mint
1 tsp. powdered sugar
2 tsp. water
21/3 oz. Kentucky Bourbon
Instructions:
In a silver julep cup, silver mug, or CoJlins glass, muddle mint leaves, powdered sugar, and water. Fill glass or mug with shaved or crushed ice and add bourbon. Top with more ice and garnish with a mint sprig and straws. Southern Style Mint Julep: Into a silver mug or Collins glass, dissolve one teaspoon powdered sugar with two teaspoons of water. Then fill with finely shaved ice and add 2 1/2 oz. Kentucky Bourbon. Stir until glass is heavily frosted, adding more ice if necessary. (Do not hold glass with hand while stirring.) Decor& with five or six sprigs of fresh mint so that the tops are about t-woinches above rim of mug or glass. Use short straws so that it will be necessary to bury nose in mint. The mint is intended for scent rather than taste.
Notes:
I include this as a remembrance of our fabulous trip to the J981 Kentucky Derby at Louisville Downs with Fred and Ann Erck. We saved the glasses from that trip, but this drink always tastes better when you actually drink it in Kentucky.
Servings Yield:
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