Maker's Mark Bourbon
27/01/08 11:26
1 liter Maker’s Mark
Lots of fresh spearmint
Distilled water
Granulated sugar
Powdered sugar
1. To prepare the mint extract, remove about 40 small mint leaves – wash and place in a small mixing bowl. Cover with 3 ounces of Maker’s Mark. Allow the leaves to soak for 15 minutes. Then gather the leaves, vigorously wring the mint bundle over the bowl of whisky. Dip the bundle again and repeat the process several times. Then set aside.
2. To prepare the mint julep mixture, pour 3 ½ cups of Maker’s Mark into a large glass bowl or glass pitcher. Add 1 cup of the simple syrup to the Maker’s Mark.
3. Now, begin adding the mint extract a tablespoon at a time to the julep mixture. You are looking for a soft mint aroma and taste – generally about 3 tablespoons.
4. Pour the whole mixture back into the empty liter bottle and refrigerate it for at least 24 hours to “marry” the flavors.
5. To serve the mint julep, fill each glass half full with shaved ice. Insert a sprig of mint and then pack in more ice to about an inch over the top of the cup.
When frost forms on the cup, pour the refrigerated julep mixture over the ice and add a sprinkle of powdered sugar to the top of the ice. Then serve.
U.S. Mint
(Created by Jim Hewes, mixologist at the Round Robin Bar in Washington, D.C.)
2 parts Knob Creek Bourbon
1 part DeKuyper Triple Sec
1 teaspoon sugar
6 mint sprigs
Splash of DeKuyper Pucker Raspberry Schnapps
Fresh raspberries and blueberries to garnish
Add sugar, bourbon and mint into an old-fashioned glass with crushed ice and muddle the fruit. Garnish with berries and mint.
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23/01/08 15:20
"The Hurricane"
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add
3/4 oz Bacardi Superior
3/4 oz Bacardi Select
3/4 oz passion fruit syrup or 1 1/2 oz passion fruit
juice and the juice of 1/2 fresh lime
Shake
sharply and strain into a hurricane glass filled with
crushed ice. Garnish with a slice of lime, and
serve.
2oz Makers Mark
1oz Maple Syrup
3/4 Strawberry Puree
1/4oz Lemon Juice
Build drink from juice up, add ice, shake and strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with a strawberry slice
11/2oz Courvoisier Cognac
1oz Belle de Brillet
1/2oz fresh lemon juice (squeeze 3 wedge into glass)
1oz cranberry
Build drink from juice up, add ice, shake and strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with sugared rim and 3 cranberries
