Drink untouched? Record after a short month (4,5)

'drink' is the definition.
(mint julep is a kind of drink)

'untouched? record after a short month' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'record' could be 'ep' and 'ep' is located in the answer.
'month' could be 'jul' and 'jul' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mint' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?