The $1,000 mint julep will be back at this year’s Kentucky Derby. For $1,000, you’ll get a beverage of whiskey, honey and muddled mint inspired by the Palace of Versailles…created by Woodford Reserve’s master distiller Chris Morris. The Woodford distillery lies just outside the town of Versailles, Kentucky.
Only 148 of these cocktails will be served at the May 7 race at Churchill Downs and 130 of them will be poured into silver julep cups featuring red rubies in the shape of a horseshoe and engraved with a thoroughbred.
For people with even more money to burn, 18 cups will be made from gold and cost $2,500.
Both are made by Louisville-based jeweler From the Vault. All that cash goes to a good cause: These cocktails benefit Old Friends Farm, where thoroughbreds, including past Derby winners, are sent to retire in peace.
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