It's mint julep time again. As Kentucky Derby spectators gather at Churchill Downs for the 151st Run for the Roses on Saturday, those hosting watch parties at home are likely to treat their guests to ...

The Kentucky Derby has something for everyone, from an incredible history as a sporting event (since 1875!) to its pageantry and elaborate hats. But for us, it comes down to one thing: the mint julep.

Few sporting events and beverages go together quite like the mint julep and the Kentucky Derby. The fresh and minty drink is a Churchill Downs tradition, and it's been that way for more than a century ...

It's 2 ounces of Kentucky bourbon, 0.5 ounces of simple syrup, 3 fresh mint leaves, crushed ice, and if you're headed to the Kentucky Derby… more than $20. Where baseball has its hot dogs and apple ...

Each year, over the course of one spring weekend in May, nearly 120,000 mint juleps are sipped, slurped and supped at the Churchill Downs Racetrack during the Kentucky Derby. It’s been that way for ...

We all have our vision of the perfect Mint Julep, that Southern elixir of fine bourbon, simple syrup, fresh mint and plenty of crushed ice served in a frosty silver cup. But even on Kentucky Derby day ...

(CNN) — It’s impossible to think of another cocktail and sporting event so closely interwoven as the potent, leafy Southern sipper and America’s most famous horse race. “The mint julep has probably ...

EVENT OF THE YEAR FOR ME. WE’RE ALWAYS SO WELCOMING TO EVERYBODY WHO COMES INTO TOWN FOR THE DERBY, BUT WE LOVE SEEING THE CELEBRITIES. HOPEFULLY THEY HAD A FEW MINT JULEPS LAST NIGHT, SO LET’S TALK ...

Key: make the simple syrup (boiling sugar and water together for 5 minutes) and then add 8 mint sprigs and cool mix overnight in the fridge. Make the drink: Start with crushed ice in cup, add 1 ...

BRING IT RIGHT HERE TO WLKY. ALL RIGHT. FROM THE HOLIDAYS TO NEXT YEAR’S DERBY TODAY, CHURCHILL DOWNS UNVEILED THE OFFICIAL MINT JULEP GLASSES AND ARTWORK FOR THE 152ND KENTUCKY DERBY AND OAKS. IT IS ...

The Kentucky Derby takes off today, and if you’re like me, that means Mint Julep time (I think there might be horses involved as well, but I’ve never been). Wild Turkey’s Master Distiller Jimmy ...