Mint Julep - Party-Size Recipes
Ingredients
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3 cups water
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3 cups white sugar
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4 cups fresh mint leaves, packed - divided
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3 (1.5 liter) bottles Kentucky whiskey
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5 pounds ice cubes, or as needed
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6 cups ice water, or as needed
Directions
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Bring 3 cups water to a boil in a saucepan and stir
in sugar until dissolved. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and
boil the syrup until it becomes clear, about 2 minutes. Remove from
heat.
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Stir 1 cup mint leaves into the simple syrup and
allow to cool thoroughly. Pour syrup and mint leaves into a container
with a lid. Mix in 1 more cup mint leaves, cover, and refrigerate mint
syrup at least 4 hours or overnight.
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Pour whiskey and chilled mint syrup into a large cooler or drink dispenser.
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To serve, fill 10-ounce glasses with ice and
dispense 2 to 4 ounces mint julep mixture into each glass. Top with ice
water and 1 or 2 mint leaves per cocktail and stir.
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