Mint Julep recipe from Webbspun Ideas

2 cups sugar
2 cups water
Sprigs of fresh mint
Crushed ice
Kentucky Bourbon
Silver Julep Cup or just a nice glass

Make a simple syrup by boiling sugar and water together for five minutes. Cool and place in a covered container with six or eight sprigs of fresh mint, then refrigerate overnight. Make one julep at a time by filling a julep cup with crushed ice, adding one tablespoon mint syrup and two ounces of Kentucky Whisky or Bourbon. Stir rapidly with a spoon to frost the outside of the cup. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint.

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Steeplechase Packages at Vinea

A note from Mark...

Hello, lovers of things that do not break!

For Steeplechase, no glass on the grass, so we've got your wine and spirits in plastic and in box. Come by and pick up your bar in a box that will get you past the guards and onto the infield.

For the spirits lovers, we have two vodkas to start your screwdriver off right. Fifths of Smirnoff ($14.99) and Skol ($5.99).

We have four rums for your lunchtime mojito. Cruzan Light ($13.99), Cruzan Dark ($14.99), Bacardi Select ($14.99), and Captain Morgan ($16.99).

Of course we can't leave the mint julep lovers out of the mix, so to satisfy that flavor, we have Jim Beam ($15.99) and Southern Comfort ($20.99)






For another option we also have boxes of BIBO Pinot Grigio Chardonnay and BIBO Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz ($18.99).

VINEA would of course never leave premium wine news out of the mix!

So for your sipping pleasure, we have two frogs in a pond. Oops, I mean a box - la Petite Frog Picpoul de Pinet ($38.99) and la Faux Frog Pinot Noir ($24.99). And remember that the Boxes of wine are 3 liters, that equals 4 bottles apiece.
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BIBO Pinot Grigio-Chardonnay and BIBO Cabernet-Shiraz
Here are two contemporary new wines fresh from thevineyards of Sicily. Pronounced BEE-Bo (Latin for “I drink”), BIBO is the first premium three-literbag-in-box brand to debut from Italy.

BIBO is an upscale boxed wine designed for the discerning wine drinker. The attractive, modern,easy-to-carry, easy-to-use package is tailor-made for picnics, parties, barbeques, tailgating, atthe campground, and more. And thanks to an airtight bag that contracts from within as the wine is poured, BIBO wine stays fresh for weeks after opening.

Le Petite Frog
100% Picpoul, aka Folle Blanche. Pale yellow color with green tints. Fresh and fine aromas of grapefruit and exotic fruit. Lime flavors, with typical focusing acidity, are hallmarks of Picpoul. Our best value, this wine impresses novices and hardened geeks equally.

Known as “the Muscadet of the South” in France, this is to the Mediterranean coast of France what Albariño is to northwest Spain…the default wine for fresh fruit, shellfish & seafood.