![]() At Hugh Acheson's Empire State South in Atlanta, “A Study in Pink” is a brighter-hued take on the julep, with bourbon, sherry, macerated strawberry, raspberry, and mint, sold for Derby week only.Īnd as the Derby coincides with Cinco de Mayo in 2018, Louisville’s iconic Brown Hotel envisioned a high-roller julep of its own: the “Agave Julep,” sold at the hotel for a cool $1500. “He takes very little nourishment-only beef tea and a mint Julep four times a day."īeyond Louisville, the “Witherow Julep” at Sean Brock’s Husk in Savannah unites Tennessee whiskey with Amaro Ciociaro and a cola reduction with smoked cocoa nibs and chocolate rye, garnished with chocolate mint from the restaurant’s own garden. “Brother William has been very feeble,” one of my 19th-century relatives penned to another, reporting on an illness in the family. I recently came across a preserved letter, in a correspondence between two Civil War-era ancestors. But there are, of course, any number of ways to experiment with a classic: a standard bourbon, or something more refined sugar, or another sweetener cocktail accents that traditional julep drinkers could hardly have imagined other spirits brought into service.Īccording to cocktail guru David Wondrich, the mint julep’s roots stretch back to the late 18th century, and the drink became a beloved fixture of Southern life well beyond Kentucky, the spiritual homeland of bourbon. ![]() ![]() The classic drink of bourbon and mint, with a bit of sugar and plenty of crushed ice, is an American classic. Yet the julep is a cocktail that wears many hats, if you will. The julep is to the Kentucky Derby as Champagne is to New Year’s Eve, or perhaps as turkey is to Thanksgiving one simply does not exist without the other.
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