Mint Julep
Old Fashioneds & Duos · Whiskey
- Strength
- 27.9%
- Std. drinks
- 1.52
- Calories
- 159
- Sugar
- 2.5 g
- 2 ozBourbon60 ml
- 4 sprigsMint
- 1 tspPowdered sugar
- 2 tspWater
The ratio · 6 : ½ : 1
Highlighted: not in the Treacle.
Head to head
Mint Julep and Treacle side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference, by the numbers
They have no ingredient in common: the Mint Julep has bourbon, mint, sugar and water, the Treacle simple syrup, Angostura bitters, dark rum and apple juice. In parts, a Mint Julep is 6 whiskey, ½ sugar and 1 water; a Treacle is ¼ syrup, 2½ rum and 1 apple juice. By volume, the Mint Julep is 81% spirit, 14% mixer and juice and 5% syrup and sugar; the Treacle is 67% spirit, 26% mixer and juice and 7% syrup and sugar. Different bottles, similar balance: that makes them close cousins on the ratio map.
The Mint Julep is the stronger drink in the glass (27.9% ABV against 22.8%) and holds more alcohol (1.52 standard drinks against 1.17). The Mint Julep has more calories (about 159 against 136), but the Treacle has more sugar (5.1 g against 2.5 g). Both are built; the Mint Julep is served in a julep cup, the Treacle in a rocks glass.
Old Fashioneds & Duos · Whiskey
The ratio · 6 : ½ : 1
Highlighted: not in the Treacle.
Old Fashioneds & Duos · Rum
The ratio · ¼ : 2½ : 1
Highlighted: not in the Mint Julep.
Each drink sits nearer the corners it has more of: spirit, vermouth and bitter, citrus, mixer, syrup or liqueur. The gray dots are the other classics. Explore the full ratio map.
Mint Julep vs.
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