Mint Julep
This file appears in: Bourbon Whiskey/Jacob Spears
R. Gerald Alvey's recipe for a mint julep:
"Cold and frosty to the touch, the mint julep is a delicious concoction traditionally composed of mint, sugar, bourbon, and water. A genuine mint julep must be served in a frosted silver julep cup – originally coin silver, about four inches tall and three inches in diameter – and all the ingredients must be native to Kentucky: the water must be cold and fresh from a limestone spring; the Bourbon at least eight year old Kentucky straight; and the mint, picked after the most recent dawn, when the dew is still fresh on its leaves." Courtesy of Hopewell Museum.
This file appears in: Bourbon Whiskey/Jacob Spears
Bourbon Whiskey/Jacob Spears
Historical Marker #2295 in Bourbon County explains the history of bourbon whiskey and Jacob Spears, one of the first distillers in the county.
Early settlers first came into central Kentucky in the 1770s. One thing they often did after staking…