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Your guide to the best juleps, hats, horses, and more
Drinks
It’s Time for a Mint Julep
Leading up to the Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports, celebrate Mint Julep Month with Garden & Gun and Maker’s Mark
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DrinksMint Julep Month: Bless Your Heart Julep
A spoonful of blueberry jam and an extra herb in the muddle help this julep go down
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Food & DrinkMint Julep Month: Carthusian Julep
Your new secret ingredient: a liqueur made by monks that is also available at your local grocery store
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DrinksMint Julep Month: Sparkleberry Mint Julep
Tart up your julep with a splash of blackberry sauce and a squeeze of lemon
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DrinksMint Julep Month: The Golden Gait Julep
Bring a splash of bubbly to the party with this cocktail’s key ingredient: champagne syrup
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EntertainingThe Derby Dozen
Twelve festive entertaining items for your Run for the Roses party
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TravelHit the Kentucky Bourbon Trail
Six reasons (beyond the obvious: tastings!) to plan a high-spirited trip through the Bluegrass State
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Food & DrinkBeer Cheese: A Match Made in Heaven—and Kentucky
A new book puts tasty spins on the classic Bluegrass State snack
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CollectionsAn Angel’s Share in Kentucky
On the menu at chef Sara Bradley’s Paducah restaurant: hundreds of bourbons from her private stash
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Southern FocusChurchill Downs, Louisville
Photographer Greg Keysar captures a Kentucky moment
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31 SlideshowSportingFabulous Hats at Churchill Downs
Photographer Nerissa Sparkman captured these spectacular styles at the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks over the weekend, proving again that sometimes the best action is off the track
Recipes with Kentucky Flavor
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Food & DrinkFreight House Beer Cheese
Just two ingredients, plus a few flavorings, are all you need for classic Kentucky beer cheese dip
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Food & DrinkPimento Cheese’s Kentucky Cousin
Try this simple recipe for Benedictine spread, a Louisville favorite
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RecipeKentucky Hot Browns
No matter how you slice it, this classic will feed—and please—a crowd
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Food & DrinkThe Ultimate Kentucky Burgoo
How do you burgoo?
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DrinksMint Julep: A Drink for All Seasons
The mint julep isn’t just for the Derby anymore
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RecipesThe Spread to Beat in Louisville this Year
Benedictine, the classic Kentucky recipe, gets a dill pickle update
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Food & DrinkHot Brown Quiche
A Derby-season snack from Louisville’s Brown Hotel
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Food & DrinkThe Art of the Beaten Biscuit
A perfect partner for your country ham
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Sporting SouthThe Legend of Black Gold
An unforgettable Indian horse that gave it all—and more
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Goings-OnMan o’ War’s Lasting Legacy
A new exhibit in Lexington celebrates the most famous racehorse that ever was
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SportingHorse Power: The Annual Sale at Keeneland
For twelve days each September, racing’s elite arrive in Lexington to bid on yearling Thoroughbreds
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Arts & CultureDelightful Derby Reads
Three new pony-related books just in time for race season—plus, one visual stunner to make your coffee table an ode to all things equestrian
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Drinks
20 of the South’s Best Bourbon Cocktail Recipes
Knockout cocktail recipes to celebrate the South’s favorite spirit
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Anatomy of a ClassicBourbon Pecan Pie
It’s hard to beat a fresh pecan pie, unless you add a little bourbon
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Food & DrinkSouthern Classic: Bourbon Balls
What’s not to love about bourbon, chocolate, and pecans?
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DrinksBourbon and Coke: A Match Made in the South
A grown up version of the classic Southern concoction
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DrinksBourbon “Tea”
Toast the Breeders’ Cup Classic with a fall-inspired drink from the Apiary in Lexington, Kentucky
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DrinksA Knockout Bourbon Punch Recipe
The potent punch recipe from our October/November cover
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DrinksA Spring Bourbon Tonic
Shake up your cocktail routine with a Queen Bee from Atlanta’s One Eared Stag
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DrinksFrozen Bourbon Milk Punch
A velveteen sipper from New Orleans
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DrinksHere’s to Ten: G&G Punch
An original anniversary libation by Houston bartender Alba Huerta salutes the South
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Food & DrinkBourbon Brown Butter Peach Ice Cream
Chef Joe Trull’s take on the perfect summer treat
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DrinksA Bourbon Sour with a Twist
A very Southern cocktail
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DrinksA Julep of a Different Color: The Concord Grape Julep
A smooth recipe to get you in mint condition for the Derby
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DrinksAmerican Orange Punch
Party like it’s 1829
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Anatomy of a ClassicClassic Cocktail: The Old-Fashioned
Bourbon the old-fashioned way
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DrinksHappy Hour: Ramblin’ Man
A bourbon cocktail built around local ingredients and homemade honey syrup
Entertaining
Throw a Knockout Kentucky Derby Party
Entertaining expert Camille Styles shares her tips
Southern Mint Juleps
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DrinksMaking the Perfect Mint Julep
We asked Alba Huerta of Julep in Houston, Texas, to share her tips for mixing perfect mint julep every time
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Drinks
A Southern Classic: Mint Julep
Two vintage recipes from the 1930s
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TravelA Mint Julep Drinker’s Guide to Louisville
When in bourbon country, these four bars and restaurants will do you—and your mint julep—proud
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DrinksAntebellum Julep
An early-nineteenth-century Southern julep
