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Highball · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 2/5

Gin Julip

Grohusko's Gin Julip keeps the decorated mint-service line alive with dry gin rather than whiskey or brandy.

mint · refreshing · botanical · sweet · summer · refreshing · casual

Served in Julep glass. Ice: Fine ice.

Family

Variants (2)

Jack's Manual by J. A. Grohusko (1908, p.36) — Grohusko 1908

1London dry gin — Gordon dry ginbase
0.5 tbspsugar — sugarbase
Seasonal fruit — fruit in seasongarnish
0.5 glassice — fine iceother
3 sprigmint — mintother
  1. Stir the sugar, mint, fine ice, and gin well in the glass.
  2. Trim with fruits in season and serve.

Garnish: Seasonal fruit and mint

Ice: Fine ice

Nose
Mint and dry gin rise brightly from the glass.
Palate
This is a useful survival entry because it shows full julep service still alive in the dry-gin branch, not only in whiskey or brandy forms.
Finish
The finish is cool, minty, and botanical.
Summary
A dry-gin julep from the decorated summer-service line.

Jack's Manual by J. A. Grohusko (1910, p.55)

1 portiondry gin — Source gives 100% dry gin.base
0.5 tablespoonfulsugar base
fruit — seasonal fruitgarnish
1 glassice — fine iceother
3 sprigsmint other
  1. Build the sugar, mint, fine ice, and dry gin in a glass.
  2. Stir well, trim with fruits in season, and serve.

Garnish: Seasonal fruit

Ice: Fine ice

See also: Brandy Julip, Gin Smash