2 ounces Bulleit Bourbon.
0.5 ounce simple syrup
2 sprigs of Mint
Muddle one sprig of mint in bottom of a highball glass with sugar syrup. Add bourbon and fill with crushed ice. Swirl with a bar spoon until the outside of the glass frosts. Garnish with mint sprig.
The Belmont Breeze
Official drink of the Belmont Stakes
Created in 1997 by Dale DeGroff'
1.5 oz. Bulleit Bourbon
0.5 oz. Dry Sack Sherry
0.5 oz. fresh lemon juice
1 oz. fresh orange juice
1 dash Dale’s Pimento Bitters
4 mint leaves
1 mint sprig
1 orange zest
Assemble the first six ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with orange peel and mint sprig.
See Dale'sTRIBUTE DRINK to Rosie Napravnik,
the first woman to compete in all three Triple Crown
races in the same year when she
rides the filly Unlimited Budget tomorrow!