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Ingredients

• Servings: 65
• 3 cups water
• 3 cups white sugar
• 4 cups fresh mint leaves, packed - divided
• 3 (1.5 liter) bottles kentucky whiskey
• 5 pounds ice cubes, or as needed
• 6 cups ice water, or as needed

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins Ready Time: 4 hrs 20 mins


• bring 3 cups water to a boil in a saucepan and stir in sugar until dissolved. bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and boil the syrup until it becomes clear, about 2 minutes. remove from heat.
• stir 1 cup mint leaves into the simple syrup and allow to cool thoroughly. pour syrup and mint leaves into a container with a lid. mix in 1 more cup mint leaves, cover, and refrigerate mint syrup at least 4 hours or overnight.
• pour whiskey and chilled mint syrup into a large cooler or drink dispenser.
• to serve, fill 10-ounce glasses with ice and dispense 2 to 4 ounces mixture into each glass. top with ice water and 1 or 2 mint leaves per cocktail and stir.