Tag: Kentucky Derby

Looking for a new place to grab a drink after the Kentucky Oaks or the Derby? Try the temporary pop-up bourbon bar that Angel’s Envy has conjured up in a vacant storefront at 400 E. Main St., across from Louisville’s Slugger…

Pluck the mint gently from its bed, just as the dew of the evening is about to form on it. Select the choicer sprigs only, but do not rinse them. Prepare the simple syrup and measure out a half-tumbler of…

If there is anything more Southern than cruising down the river on a steamboat while wearing a big hat and sipping a bourbon, I don’t know what it is. That was the scene yesterday during the Kentucky Derby Festival’s Great…

Because this is Derby week, and because Woodford Reserve is the official bourbon of the Kentucky Derby, you might reasonably expect that today’s cocktail is a version of that old Derby standard, the mint julep. Unless, that is, you are…

I finished off a bottle of Blanton’s the other night, which means I can now go shopping for a different letter. In case you aren’t familiar with this stroke of marketing genius, each Blanton’s stopper is stamped with a tiny…

To mark the 75th year that the mint julep has been the official drink of the Kentucky Derby, Woodford Reserve – the official bourbon of the Kentucky Derby – is offering 75 special (read: pricey!) mint julep cups for sale. Through…