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Hey, I'm Jocelyn and this is Sandra, my very dearest friend
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And today we are going to make something that is indicative of the South
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It is a mint julep. I'm just going to say this. When I worked in a restaurant and I bartended
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people would come down to Savannah all the time and ask for mint julep
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And I always said, do you love bourbon? And if the answer was no, I kind of tried to talk them out of it
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because this is a really, it's just bourbon, essentially. So I'm going to let you go ahead and make it
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and we can kind of discuss the nuances of making a midjulip
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And there are so many nuances. There are debates and rage for generations
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about whether you put in powdered sugar and muddle it, or can you use simple syrup and is that okay
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You know what? We're going to do it this way. you can do the research and come to your own conclusions. Right. Um, I also, I'm a simply
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I'm a simple syrup kind of girl, but that's also because it's just easier. And it, this is simply
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Jocelyn. And so we're going to cut out some of the stuff, right. And make it as simple as possible
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But one thing you kind of can't do about, you can, if you don't have one, it's okay
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But a pewter cup is, this is a julep cup. It's a proper julep cup. Um, this one's pewter thing
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It's a thing. You can make your julep in an everyday rocks glass
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Do you hear the thunder? Yes. God is disagreeing with that. I agree with God on this Because it metal it gets your drink really cold it helps keep it cold the drink is very ice based
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This is sort of a bourbon slushie basically when it comes down to it. That's a really good description
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It's just a bourbon slushie. It's a bourbon slushie. But such a delicious, delicious drink
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And it's been so mythologized I think in some ways. Okay. meantime so you saw that a pretty healthy handful of yeah in the bottom of the glass because that's
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really it's just bourbon and mint flavor essentially don't be shy it's a mint yeah get
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get with the mint enjoy it i'm gonna put in about half an ounce you were saying that this has been
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really mythologized yes by the derby right by the derby um it's obviously the official drink of the
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Kentucky Derby. I think just in the South in general, people really associate this drink with Southern Ness
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whatever that means. They really do because all these people would come to the restaurant where I worked in Savannah and they would order this
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And I'm like, it's not dirty time. Oh, the surprise. Yeah. Oh, I can already smell this
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And all I'm doing is just press and twist, press and twist
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This is one where when you're muddling, you don't actually, you know, I talk sometimes about when you're muddling things, take your anger out
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This is one where you don't want to. This is like you need to be a little reserved
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You need to press it and get that out, but you don't want to macerate it
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Right, exactly. You don't need to tear up the munch. You just want to release all this beautiful oil
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It makes it smell so good And then we going to put in and it already mixing in with the sugar so that why I like to use syrup because it releasing right into that liquid and it infusing the simple syrup as I doing
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When you do it with powdered sugar, personally, I've found that the powdered sugar ends up sticking more to my mother
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than it does in the glass. I feel like half the powdered sugar comes out on my mother
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So I feel like this is just a more efficient use of your sugar
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Right. So there are two things you could do. One of two things you could do. You go ahead and put in your ice or you put in your bourbon
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I'm going to put in some ice. You're going to do the ice, bourbon ice
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Yeah? I'm going to put in some ice. Right. I'm going to put in two
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Two? Two in a scotch. You put two. Oh, oh, oh. It's a big two
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Oh gosh, I love mint juleps. But as you guys know, if you watch any of these videos, Sandra and I are both big fans of bourbon in general
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So mint juleps are kind of right up our alley. But if you're not a big bourbon drinker or you like bourbon mixed with a lot of stuff, then this is probably not the drink for you
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Or go ahead and try it, but don't be disappointed if it's not what you expected
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Um, because I remember so many people, they would just send their drink back
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They were like, this is terrible. What did you do to it? I'm like, well, I made you a proper mint julep
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And um if you don like it I sorry I happy to make you something else but this is what it really is Right So I going to put in a big old bouquet Make it pretty sister
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I love it. It is bouquet, isn't it? And because it's a metal glass and it's cold and it's going to, it's dry right now, but it will get wet
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So I'm going to go ahead and wrap it in a napkin. Absolutely needs to be served with an napkin. I totally agree
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Thank you for this. See what you think. I love it. You know I already love it. And the mint on the top is important
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It's not just for looks. That nose full of mint is part of the treat
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And it's literally a nose full of mint because in a julep cup
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your nose is probably going to touch. If you've made your bouquet of mint right
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it's probably going to touch your nose just about anywhere. Some people say to mound the glass, you can do that
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I find that you will end up spilling ice onto yourself. You can make it a little bit cleaner
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Right over the top, and I think that is adequate. This is a lovely mint julep
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Thank you. I absolutely do. And I hope that you guys, all of you out there, try this
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And, you know, maybe it will teach you to really love the nuance of bourbon
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And different bourbons are going to give you such a different bourbon
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Because you're going to find what, if there's any good way to find what bourbon you like, this is a great way
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Absolutely. You're a maker's girl. I am a maker's girl. You know, I love Gentleman Jack
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You know, there's all sorts of different things that you can do with this. But it's a lovely way to just experience bourbon on its own with a little bit of kick
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Yeah. All right. So cheers. Happy Derby Day. And we'll see you next Friday for our next cocktail
