A Julep of a Different Color: The Concord Grape Julep – Garden & Gun

Ingredients

• 8 oz. bourbon
• 4 oz. lime juice, freshly squeezed
• 4 oz. mint simple syrup (recipe below)
• 4 oz. Concord grape reduction (recipe below)
• 4 cups ice
• Mint sprigs, for garnish
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 bunch mint
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 star anise
• 3 cloves
• 1/2 tsp. black peppercorn
• 1/2 tsp. white peppercorn
• 1/4 tsp. anise seed
• 1 quart Concord grapes
• 1/2 cup water