Mint leaves, sugar, and a base spirit will create a smash. The brandy smash is the most popular of these.
In an Old Fashioned glass muddle 10 mint leaves and a tablespoon of simple syrup or sugar- you may wish to add a splash of your spirit of choice or water if using sugar. Fill the glass with ice , preferably crushed, and add 2 1/2 ounces of liquor. Stir. Garnish with a sprig of mint.
Smashes are commonly made with brandy, scotch, bourbon, whiskey, or rum. You can use bourbon and less mint, serve in pewter, and you’d have a Mint Julep. Muddle with half a lime, use rum, add soda water and you have a mojito. I prefer turbinado (raw sugar) for mojitos.
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