Mint Condition (Lemon-Chocolate Mint Edition)

Name: Mint Condition (Lemon-Chocolate Mint Edition)
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 2 oz Aviation gin; 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice; 0.75 oz mint simple syrup; 1 sprig chocolate mint; 2 dashes Regans Orange Bitters (optional but great)

Bob Sawyer

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Bourbony Original, Gin, Recipe, Sour

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July 24, 2025

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last updated

December 14, 2025

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I know, this site is called “Bourbony,” not “Ginny,” but I whipped this up the other day and thought it was pretty delicious.

You ever pull a chocolate mint leaf from the garden and think, “This needs gin”? Same. The Mint Condition is is a sour, but it’s bright, crisp, and loaded with herbal depth thanks to Aviation Gin, fresh chocolate mint, lemon juice, and a mint simple syrup that does all the heavy lifting. The Regan’s Orange Bitters are optional, but make it even tastier. It’s summer in a glass—with a little mischief.

This one’s a great excuse to pull out the good glasses, even if it’s just you and your garden. Pair it with a little goat cheese crostini (see below), something salty, or a square of dark chocolate and you’re basically doing self-care. It’s low effort, high reward—and that’s our kind of cocktail moment.

Goat cheese crostini with lemon zest and honey.

Crisp toast, creamy tangy goat cheese, a drizzle of honey, and a hit of lemon zest — it’s effortless, classy, and perfectly mirrors the cocktail’s citrus-herb balance without competing.

Other fast options:

Marcona almonds with sea salt
Cucumber slices with herbed cream cheese
Dark chocolate bark with mint or citrus bits (plays nicely with the chocolate mint)

Mint Condition (Lemon-Chocolate Mint Edition)

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Difficulty: Easy

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Prep time

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Total time

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Ingredients

US Metric

2 oz 2 Aviation gin
0.5 oz 0.5 fresh lemon juice
0.75 oz 0.75 mint simple syrup
1 sprig 1 chocolate mint
2 dashes 2 Regans Orange Bitters (optional but great)

Directions

Clap the chocolate mint between your palms to release oils.
Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.
Shake well and double strain into a chilled coupe or over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
Garnish with a chocolate mint sprig and a lemon twist for aroma.

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AUTHOR

Bob Sawyer

I’ve always (well, since I was of legal age to do so) enjoyed whiskeys of all stripes, but really became interested in creating my own concoctions, or learning/figuring out how to mix cocktails that I’d had elsewhere, when I helped a web design client build her own mixology/cocktail recipes site, mixnsip.com. In fact, I appear in a number of her videos sampling the results of her experiments. She even created a special scotch-based cocktail, “The Bob,” just for me. So now I’m sharing the wealth, so to speak. When I try a unique bourbon-based cocktail (really the only kind I drink), I then like to figure out how to make them at home. It’s easy when the bar or restaurant includes the ingredients on their menus — then it’s up to me to figure out the ratios, and let me tell you, half the fun is just getting there! Feel free to try any of these at home, and if you have one you’ve tried you’d like to share, send it to me and I’ll feature it on the site! Cheers!

Hi! I’m Bob!

If it’s got bourbon in it, I’m drinking it. And if it’s really good, I’m gonna figure out how to make it, and share it with you. Because I’m good like that.

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