![]() Q: What is Kentucky’s official state soft drink?Ī: Now normally we might not care what the state soft drink is but in this case its Ale-8-One. In 2005, the state legislature declared milk as the official drink of Kentucky. Right in spirit but wrong in the eyes of the state legislature. ![]() Q: What is Kentucky’s official state drink?Ī: Well, if you said bourbon, you would be wrong. That’s a feat that requires more than 10,000 bottles of bourbon, 1,000 pounds of freshly harvested mint and 60,000 pounds of ice. Q: How many Mint Juleps are sold at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day?Ī: If you include Oaks Day, the Friday before the first Saturday in May and Derby Day, the first Saturday in May, the answer is about 120,000. Q: When did Woodford Reserve first offer the $1,000 Kentucky Derby Mint Julep?Ī: 2005. Q: When did the Mint Julep become the official drink of the Kentucky Derby?Ī: 1939. Mix the ingredients in your glass with ice then stir. How to Make a ‘Mocktail Mint Julep’īuild this drink in a tall glass with ice. The Woodford Reserve Mint Julep cups are now available for sale via. Top with fresh pomegranate arils and serve. Garnish by tucking in a fresh bunch of lemon mint, lemon and orange peels on the side. Then fill the cup ⅔ of the way with crushed ice.Īdd Woodford Reserve Bourbon and top the cup off with more crushed ice. In the Julep cup, add honey syrup, 1 peel each of the lemon and orange, 2 pomegranate arils, and muddle. honey syrup (½ part Honey from Versailles, France and ½ part water)Ģ fresh pomegranate arils, plus more for garnish Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon WhiskeyĢ tsp. ‘The French Mint Julep’ – The Official 2022 Kentucky Derby Mint Julep Cocktail RecipeĢ oz. Versailles Orangerie – With No Fruit Trees in Winter. The scale, height and pure lines of the Orangery, which sits just below the Palace, make it one of Jules Hardouin-Mansart’s crowning achievements, demonstrating his talent as a great architect. Orange trees from Portugal, Spain and Italy, lemon trees, oleander, palm and pomegranate trees, some more than 200 years old, are all housed in the Orangery during the winter and spread out across its parterre in warm summer months. The Palace is home to more than 1,200 fruit trees. The cocktail brings together the flavors of orange, lemon and pomegranate with Woodford Reserve Bourbon. This year’s $1,000 Mint Julep cocktail features ingredients found at France’s Palace of Versailles, once home to three of the country’s kings from the House of Bourbon: Kings Louis XIV to XVI. There is a right way and a wrong way to pronounce Versailles depending upon which side of the pond you are on at the time. “Cheers – or as the French would say “Sante” – to Derby 148.” ![]() “The French connections to Kentucky are significant – from Versailles, the home of our distillery – to Louisville, KY, the city where the Derby is run and which was named after King Louis XVI,” said Woodford Reserve Master Distiller Chris Morris. Stay Informed: Sign up here for the Distillery Trail free email newsletter and be the first to get all the latest news, trends, job listings and events in your inbox. Woodford Reserve Distillery Assistant Master Distiller Elizabeth McCall and Master Distiller Chris Morris. The charity was started by Mike Blowen, a retired journalist from The Boston Globe. Proceeds from 2022 will benefit Old Friends Farm, where famous thoroughbreds, including past Derby winners, are sent to retire peacefully. They offer a limited edition of $1,000 and $2,500 Mint Juleps and before you think that’s kind of steep for a Julep the proceeds go to fund a different group in need each year. Each year Woodford Reserve and Churchill Downs present a unique twist on the Mint Julep. Woodford has been the sponsor of the Kentucky Derby Mint Julep for the last 17 years and 2022 is no different. Woodford Reserve Distillery in Versailles, Kentucky is the home to Woodford Reserve bourbon. For today’s Day on the Trail and for the 2022 $1,000 and $2,500 Kentucky Derby Mint Julep, we are going with France! Some say it comes from Bourbon County, Kentucky some say it comes from Bourbon Street in New Orleans and some say it comes from the Bourbon Dynasty in France. No one really knows the true origin of how bourbon whiskey got its name. The connection between American made bourbon whiskey and the Bourbon Dynasty in France goes back centuries.
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