Double-Barrel Julep
A bourbon and aged rum julep with peach liqueur and demerara syrup, topped with a float of Jamaican rum and whiskey barrel bitters. It is sweet and strong at about 33% ABV.
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Add the syrup, peach liqueur, Diplomático rum and bourbon to a julep tin and half-fill it with crushed ice. Using a teaspoon, stir and churn the ice for about 10 seconds, gripping the tin at its rim so all of it can frost. Top up with crushed ice to two-thirds and keep stirring until the tin is fully frosted, then mound more ice into a cone above the rim. Now float the Smith & Cross rum on the surface and dash the bitters on top. Set the mint bouquet in the middle of the ice to garnish; serve with a straw.
Double-Barrel Julep
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Volume112 ml
Strength33% ABV
Alcohol37 ml (29 g)92 ml of vodka (40%)3 shots (of 30ml)
Sugar6.8 g (6.1%)1.5 sugar cubes
Acidity0.01%
SweetnessSweet
Joaquín Simó (2009)
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Double-Barrel Julep