Since 2013, the city of Louisville has designated the entirety of April as “Mint Julep Month,” celebrating the famous Bourbon cocktail as well as the arrival of Spring in Kentucky (not to mention a moderately successful horse race that runs in early May).
Accordingly, our columnist Sara “The Bar Belle” Havens brings a deep well of perspective on the classic Derby cocktail to the current print edition of F&D (Spring 2024). Read her thoughts about mint juleps, then peruse the remainder of the magazine at issuu.
BAR BELLE – The misunderstood Mint Julep: The Mint Julep, made of four simple ingredients (bourbon, sugar, ice and mint), should be as much of a Southern staple as sweet tea and backhanded compliments. There are so many ways to dress it up – add blackberries, powdered sugar or chocolate bitters, try brown sugar or even mix in molasses – but you mean girls and gents won’t give it a chance after experiencing dreadful versions of the cocktail in Derbies past.
Today’s cover photo credit goes to the official Louisville Tourism website, and let’s not forget the suggested musical accompaniment.
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