Message 14718 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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George,
From whence springs thy canonical Julep?  The clever and entertaining faux 
acrimony among earlier julep-ists is more rewarding than half the juleps I 
encounter.  Indeed, mentioning the various bones of contention regarding the 
julep's construction seems to be part of the process too, at least among the 
overly-informed. I'd hate to see the end of all the fun by discovering the 
Julep's Rosetta Stone. 

And AB's julep was a disaster.  Fine sugar and mint muddled with the wrong end 
of a stick until the consistency of pesto, then loosened with charged water, 
and held down by ice cubes and bourbon. The final insult came in the form of 
more charged water.  The fact that it was stirred, I will consider a 
misdemeanor.

myers