SANDSTORM 12 sprigs fresh mint 2 ounces bourbon Sweetened iced tea.
The menu is eclectic American, with dinner choices including rack of lamb with brandy mint sauce and bourbon glazed pork.
The signature cocktails are substantial ones a Ningroni (Farmer's organic gin, Aperol, sweet vermouth), a Westside Manhattan (Woodford Reserve bourbon, mint, peach, ginger ale).
The bonus here is this elegant summer sipper is easier to make than its Cuban cousin (no muddling required) and contains bourbon, mint and sugar.
This is clearly a sipping whiskey of wonderful complexity, which would be wasted in even the finest mint julep or bourbon punch.
WHISKY Mint Julep 1¼ measures bourbon 6/8 fresh mint leaves 2 tsps caster sugar 3-4 icubesbes, crushed Wash mint, dry on paper towel, crush lightly with pestle.
Also on the menu are "raspberry lemonade," made with raspberry vodka, fresh lemonade and Pimms, served with raspberries; and the "Red Cat" julep, with Maker's Mark bourbon, fresh mint, sugar syrup and bitters served on the rocks.
They have added a big sweet hit of reduced Concord grape juice, along with lime juice, to the traditional julep recipe — bourbon, sugar, mint — and blend their juleps in a 22-gallon frozen-drink machine tucked at end of the marble bar, serving them slushie-style.
If you were Jimmy Cannon or Red Smith or any of the big columnists, you saw basketball as a banal game of "up and down," played by curious overgrown gland cases; you preferred an afternoon at Churchill Downs, the grandstand redolent of bourbon, crushed mint, and horseshit.
There's no better way to enjoy the most exciting two minutes in sports than with a bourbon or mint julep in hand.
