Shannon and I did some food shopping today, so we are circling back to the Jocose Julep. This delightful concoction starts with 2.5 oz bourbon, 0.5 oz creme de menthe, 1 oz lime juice, 1 tsp sugar and 5 chopped mint leaves. Mix these ingredients in a blender, pour into a collins glass full of ice, and top it off with club soda.
I should say at the outset that I half-assed this drink. I neither chopped the mint, nor used the blender. The blender is difficult to get at and I just did not feel like chopping mint.
Anyway, the drink isn't bad. It is pretty minty, and I like mint. The club soda gives it smoothness, but you can still taste that sweet, sweet bourbon in the aftertaste. It is a great drink, but a pain to make.
Shannon also really likes it, but thinks it is really strange nonetheless. In spite of the popularity of the mint julep, she does not think bourbon and mint intuitively go together, but it works.
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