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The Proper Cocktail
Juleps
Juleps are cocktails with base spirit, sugar, and mint over ice. The most common is the Mint Julep. Other variations include Gin Julep, Whiskey Julep, Pineapple Julep, and Georgia Mint Julep. The Mojito is often classifyed as a Sling, which is also accurate. However, due to the addition of mint the Mojito is part of the Julep family.
Mojito
Havana is the birthplace of the Mojito, although the exact origin of this classic cocktail is the subject of debate. One story traces the Mojito to a similar 16th century drink known as "El Draque", after Francis Drake. In 1586, after his successful raid at Cartagena de Indias Drake's ships sailed towards Havana but there was an epidemic of dysentery and scurvy on board. It was known that the local South American Indians had remedies for various tropical illnesses; so a small boarding party went ashore on Cuba and came back with ingredients for a medicine which was effective. The ingredients were aguardiente de caña (a crude form of rum, translates as fire water from sugar cane) added with local tropical ingredients; lime, sugarcane juice and mint
Tall Glass
8 - 10 mint Sprigs
2 tablespoons Sugar
¼ ounce Fresh Lime Juice
Dash of Soda
Muddle
Fill with Ice
2 ounces of Bacardi
Pour ingredients into the shaker
Shake and pour back into the tall Glass
Garnish with a lime
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Mojito
Mojito
Tall Glass
8 - 10 mint Sprigs
2 tablespoons Sugar
¼ ounce Fresh Lime Juice
Dash of Soda
Muddle
Fill with Ice
2 ounces of Bacardi
Pour ingredients into the shaker
Shake and pour back into the tall Glass
Garnish with a lime
Julep Recipes
Champagne Julep
10-12 leaves of fresh mint, removed from the stems
1 teaspoon sugar (or 1-2 tsp simple syrup, to taste)
2 ounces cognac
Chilled brut Champagne or other brut sparkling wine
Plenty of crushed ice
Georgia Mint Julep
1 tsp powdered sugar
1 splash water
1 1/2 oz brandy
1 oz peach brandy
mint leaves
Gin Julep
1 table-spoon white sugar pulverized
2 1/2 table-spoon water mix well with a spoon
4 sprig mint
1 1/2 wine-glass gin (Jenever)
Mint Julep
2 to 3 ounces bourbon, to taste
1 teaspoon sugar, to taste, dissolved in 1 teaspoon water (or use 2 tsp. simple syrup)
8 to 10 leaves fresh mint
Mint sprigs, for garnish
Crushed ice
Pineapple Julep
4 fresh mint sprigs
3 ripe pineapple wedges
1 oz simple syrup
2 oz bourbon whiskey
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