Mint Juleps

• sugar syrup
• high quality Kentucky Bourbon
• fresh sprigs of mint (6-8 inches off the top of the plant)
• powdered sugar
• metal bar glass (or sturdy glasses)

1. Sugar syrup
   • lightly boil 1 part water to 2 part sugars (sugar in the raw is very good) for five minutes
   • let it cool (dangerous when hot)
2. combine one tablespoon sugar syrup and six medium size fresh mint leaves in bar glass and mix and bruise leaves with bar spoon to make a slurry
3. fill cold/frozen drink glass 3/4 with crushed ice
4. add 2-3 ounces Bourbon bar glass and stir the Bourbon-syrup-mint slurry