The Kentucky Maid - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 ounce simple syrup
1 ounce lime juice
2 ounces Bourbon
5 -6 mint leaves
1/4 cucumber, cut into 5 thin slices

Preparation

Muddle mint, cucumbers, lime juice and simple syrup in shaker. Bruise, but don't abuse. Add bourbon. Shake with ice and strain into a chilled double old fashioned glass.
Garnish with mint sprig and a cucumber slice.