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Derby
and
Cinco
FOR MAY

And well, don't forget Mother's Day, The Preakness

May. And lavish gambling frenzies usually call for some-

and World Whiskey Day. Let's get to celebrating!

It makes sense to note that at its core the Mint Julep

thing supremely strong and systematically slingable.
is merely a modified Old Fashioned: whiskey, sugar,

M

aromatic, ice. In other words; medicine. Mint has long
ay is a month of celebration. It's the threshold of

been a key element in any healer's pouch. And whis-

summer; it's the start of fruit season. There's May

key is a well known cure-all. Just ask your grandpa.

the Fourth, of "Star Wars" fame, and Cinco de Mayo, and

Sugar and ice simply help them go down easy.

the birth of many a Taurus. Plus Mother's Day and World

The earliest proto julep was a tonic of booze (likely

Whiskey Day. And there's that famous horse race with

gin) mixed with granular raw sugar off a dense loaf and

the hats and mint juleps.

steeped with dried mint leaves like tea before going on
to elixirize and numb patients' pain-but the evolved

THE KENTUCKY DERBY IS DECADENT AND
DELICIOUS .

classic bourbon cocktail popularized by Kentucky
Senator Henry Clay is made with fresh mint and either

You'd be hard pressed to find a closer-knit cocktail-

confectioner's sugar or a simple syrup to spread the

and-event relationship than the Kentucky Derby. More

silky sweetness smoothly throughout and give more

even than spectacular headpieces and seersucker

body to the drink.

suits, the Mint Julep is the fundamental element of

But don't muddle the mint!

what makes the derby the Derby. That and the horses

And don't let your bartender do it either. Muddling

of course.
It's generally hot in Kentucky on the first Saturday of

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a delicate leaf like mint rips apart the plant matter and
smears bitter green chlorophyll all over the bottom of
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