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Mint-Infused Bourbon
Source: Posted: 04-23-2009 at 05:00:13
| pFiled under: a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/whisky/" rel="tag"Whisky/a, a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/how-to/" rel="tag"How To/a, a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/spirits/" rel="tag"Spirits/a, a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/summer/" rel="tag"Summer/a, a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/cocktail-hour/" rel="tag"Cocktail Hour/a/pa href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/galant/"img hspace="4" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="5" align="right" vspace="4" alt="Mason jar of mint" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.slashfood.com/media/2009/04/mintjar.jpg" //aWith a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2008/06/07/kentucky-burgoo/"Derby Day/a racing round the bend and summer hot on its tail, it's mint julep time. Considering the current rage for a href="http://www.slashfood.com/search/?q=infusion"infusing/a one's booze, it's only natural to combine a href="http://www.slashfood.com/tag/bourbon"bourbon/a with mint before the two even hit a glass.br /br /Some folks just toss the two together, steeping a few handfuls of leaves in a glass jar. Here's a slightly more precise recipe: Combine about 2 cups loosely packed mint leaves with 3 cups of bourbon, cap tightly and let sit for 4 to 5 days. If short on time, steep overnight (though another cupful of leaves will be necessary -- perhaps more if a very minty taste is desired). Once the liquor is infused, it's a quick jump to a href="http://www.slashfood.com/search/?q=mint+julep"mint julep/a time: Just mix with simple syrup and pour over crushed ice, no messy muddling required. Some prefer to combine liquor, mint and sugar for an all-in-one infusion, but this mint-only rendition allows more flexibility for various levels of sweet tooths. The concoction also makes for a fine aJack n' Ginger/a (be wary of bourbon a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/14/bourbon-in-the-u-s-a-when-are-mixers-not-ok/"purists/a!), or an excellent Manhattan.h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/h6a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/23/mint-infused-bourbon/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry"Permalink/anbsp;|nbsp;a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/1525530/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email"Email this/anbsp;|nbsp;a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/23/mint-infused-bourbon/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry"Comments/a
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