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Mint Julep Cocktail - Home Bar Basics with Dave Stolte - Small Screen

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Sign up for the Small Screen Email Newsletter: http://vid.io/xdM <br />Be the first to know when new episodes air on our site!<br /><br />The Mint Julep: one that you've heard of, but most likely haven't had properly. Most places make these with a packaged mix or mint syrup -- for no good reason. The process is roughly as difficult as making a cup of tea: Steep fresh mint in bourbon whiskey with sugar, then add ice. The hardest part is waiting a few minutes for the flavors to infuse. Preparing this drink properly is a bit of a challenge and takes some skill. But you're up for it, right? Juleps as a style of drink go back farther than we have reliable records, as far back as 15th-century Europe, where a "julep" was a flavored sugar syrup mixed with medication. In Colonial America, mint juleps were first made with brandy, then whiskey as word got down south.<br /><br />For the full recipe and instructions, watch this video on Small Screen: http://www.smallscreennetwork.com/video/711/home_bar_basics_mint_julep/<br /><br />Buy great cocktail and bartending tools at http://www.kegworks.com

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