Captain Morgan has partnered with Top Chef judge Hugh Acheson to stage a mutiny during the Derby weekend – and we’d love for you to join us by swapping out your boring, old Mint Juleps for a Mint Mutiny, a cool, white rum cocktail, and encouraging your friends, family, and social network to do the same!
Having spent some time in the south I became a fan of the traditional Mint Julep, so when I was asked to participate in this with Captain Morgan White Rum I have to say, I was intrigued. Swap out my bourbon for rum? But hey we’re down for new things.
I got my supplies and headed into the kitchen to make my very first Mint Mutiny. Lucky for me we actually have lots of mint growing wild around the house, and a neighbor with a lemon tree! Now you must know that I will be tweeting about this and on Instagram because I need a bunch of retweets and I’ll tell you why after the recipe is done.
Mint Mutiny
- crushed ice
- 1 teaspoon fresh mint, torn into pieces
- 1½ ounces Captain Morgan White Rum
- ½ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ½ ounce Rose Water-infused Simple Syrup
- Club Soda
- Fresh mint, muddled
- 1 cucumber spear
Directions: Fill a julep glass with crushed ice. Add the Captain Morgan White Rum, lemon juice, Rose Simple Syrup, and then fill with club soda until the glass is almost full. Top the glass with a mound of more crushed ice and garnish with a cucumber spear and mint sprig.
Surprisingly this was a really incredible twist on an old classic! I wasn’t sure I was going to like the white rum since I really don’t drink light colored spirits but mixed in with the other ingredients made this a solid beverage for the Kentucky Derby.
Now for why I’d love to have you retweet my #MintMutiny posts on Twitter. Well apparently there are some stakes involved here and that is a we can win a trip for two to our choice of either the Preakness Stakes (Baltimore) or the (New York). Come to think of it I haven’t been to the Belmont track since I was a kid but I digress.
Of course I would love to win this and to make it even better, I will pick one person at random from those who retweet to be my traveling companion if we should win! Fair enough? Then let’s get it on!
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