# Mint Julep

A cold, fragrant bourbon drink in which mint and a little sugar open the whiskey without obscuring it.

Strength: 32% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Bourbon](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/bourbon.md)
- 4 sprigs [Mint](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/mint.md)
- 1 teaspoon [Superfine sugar](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/superfine-sugar.md)
- 2 teaspoons [Water](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/water.md)

## Glassware

Julep cup

## Garnish

- Mint sprig — Clap the mint gently before placing it beside the straw.

## Method

1. Gently muddle the mint with the sugar and water in a julep cup.
2. Fill the cup with cracked ice, add the bourbon, and stir until the outside frosts.
3. Crown with more cracked ice and serve with a short straw.

## Related drinks

- [Whiskey Smash](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/whiskey-smash.md): Muddled lemon flesh and peel make this bourbon-and-mint cooler more pulpy and aromatic than either a Whiskey Sour or a Mint Julep.
- [Gold Rush](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gold-rush.md): A bourbon sour sweetened with rich honey syrup instead of sugar.
- [Whiskey Sour](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/whiskey-sour.md): Bourbon, lemon, and sugar with optional egg white for a soft, foamy texture.
- [Fancy Free](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/fancy-free.md): Maraschino replaces sugar entirely in this modern rocks-glass reading of an early whiskey cocktail, with two bitters keeping bourbon's sweetness taut.
- [Old Fashioned](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/old-fashioned.md): A spirit-forward mixture of whiskey, bitters, sugar, and water served over ice.
- [Brown Derby](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/brown-derby.md): Grapefruit's fragrant bitterness and honey's rounded sweetness pull in opposite directions around bourbon, producing a leaner sour than the three ingredients imply.
- [Heart of Glass](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/heart-of-glass.md): Troy Sidle’s room-temperature Manhattan-scaffa measures its own dilution, saturates bourbon with Cynar and bitters, and turns a whiskey rinse into ritual.
- [Port Light](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/port-light.md): Bourbon becomes unmistakably tropical when sharp lemon meets passion fruit and pomegranate over crushed ice in Sandro Conti's direct Midwestern tiki sour.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/mint-julep
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/mint-julep-a199cef4.webp
- Recipe source: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/mint-julep/