After a month off, I’d best be back to Mixology Monday. The illustrious Stevi over at Two at the Most is October’s host with a most intriguing topic: Guilty Pleasures.
As Heather my wife likes to say, there is no guilt in pleasure. I myself find guilt (and for that matter regret) is a useless emotion. You should learn from your mistakes and not make them in the future, or accept yourself for who you are. However, who you are (no matter how healthfully introspective you are) can be quite embarrassing.
I might be a “Tiki Blogger.” but I really love whiskey. It’s usually Old Crow or Even Williams white label bourbon. But most often It’s the mixed whiskey Seagram puts out under the Seven Crown label. I top it with 7-UP. This is also the first drink I’ll go to when ordering from a bar where lets just say I won’t get something depeche mode. When I’m at home and I don’t feel getting out a shaker or even a jigger, I make myself a delicious 7 & 7.
7&7
~2 oz Seagram’s Seven Crown Whiskey
7-UP to fill
Add whiskey to rocks glass filled with crushed ice. Fill with 7-UP and stir. You’re welcome.
1oz Creme de Menthe
1oz Silver Rum
½oz Lime Juice
½oz Simple Syrup
1 dash Fees Bros Mint Bitters
7-UP to fill
Add all but 7-up to 6oz crushed ice, shake and pour into Collins glass. Top with 7-UP and garnish with lime wheel
Guilty as charged! But how delicious does this sound? Creme de Menthe, 7-Up, and Mint Bitters? Are you kidding me? This one is definitely reserved for a Saturday afternoon of frivolity. We’re sure we won’t be able to stop at just one. Cheers, Craig!
Holy Cow! Rum and Creme de Menthe?!?!?!?! In a Mint Julep?
There will be folks in Knox, KY, as well as Lexington and Louisville, who are gassing up the truck as we speak. I’d lay low for a while….. they will be heavily armed.
Awesome! I’m ashamed to say I’ve never had a 7&7, but your glowing review and juicy photo will change all that….very soon.
The guilt is over calling it a “Mint Julep.” It is in no way a Mint Julep, other than being purchased under that name from the Mint Julep bar at the back of New Orleans Square next to the train station at Disneyland. Call it a Mickey Mouse Mint Julep.
Hey, is this THE Craig Hermann from Western High School? If it is, you and I used to go to Disneyland all the time back in the ’80’s. I just Googled “Craig Hermann” and “Disneyland” and I wound up here. I’m really hoping that this is the right person. I’ve always been wondering what you’ve been doing for the last 18 years. I left my e-mail, and I would love to hear from you!
Ken