Liquid Therapy from Cocktail Virgin/Slut

Becherovka (Photo by Flickr/Juliano Mattos

Now that the weather’s turned cool and autumnal, sipping a Mint Julep, a drink so closely associated with the warm days of summer, hardly seems seasonally appropriate. But there are options. As long as you’re willing to lose the bourbon in favor of something with a more northerly spirit, you can still revel in that julep vibe.

At Cocktail Virgin/Slut, they seem to have found just the ticket with the Czech Julep cocktail from Citizen Public House in the Fenway. The drink features one of my favorite spirits, Becherovka. Combining the herbaceous liqueur with mint, the smokiness of Scotch and two kinds of bitters, the drink sounds like a pitch-perfect fall julep. You can find the recipe here.