Julep

"It is for what you call a julep-cocktail," she replied gravely. ❋ Bret Harte (1869)

The classic Derby drink is the mint julep, which is made with bourbon and a lot of sugar. ❋ BETHENNY FRANKEL (2010)

As the mint and one or two other necessary ingredients were lacking to our family stores, the idea of julep was dismissed as a vain dream, and its place supplied by iced Congress water, a liquid which my cousin characterized, in a hasty aside to me, as being a drink fit only for imbecile infants of a tender age. ❋ Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1871)

With me, at least, gratitude for repeated refreshment shall long keep your memory green -- green as the mint-sprays that, when your last "julep" is mingled, should surely be strewn, unsparingly, on your grave. ❋ Unknown (1851)

I did not have the courage to order the spaghetti-squash-and-grilled-tofu entrée, but I can report that the funky-tasting lamb "julep"

A 'cobbler,' or a 'julep' has lost its attractions; but get up some new name for an old compound, and you go all before the wind again. " ❋ Unknown (1847)

You stroll into a tavern and order a mint julep -- one of the oldest cocktails still consumed today. ❋ Tony Sachs (2011)

Photographs by Caroline Allison for The Wall Street Journal The Comfy Cow: Ice cream flavors like mint julep at Derby time and a Georgia butter pecan with chocolate chips and a splash of Old Forrester bourbon make this retro-soda fountain a local hot spot. ❋ Unknown (2011)

How could Kentucky ever have been anything but a peaceful paradise of bluegrass fields where thoroughbred horses frolicked under the indulgent gaze of mint-julep-sipping colonels? ❋ Max Watman (2010)

Down that mint julep and just forget about race; let the reality of slavery secede from your mind as a cause of war. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Comfy Cow: Ice cream flavors like mint julep at Derby time and a Georgia butter pecan with chocolate chips and a splash of Old Forrester bourbon make this retro-soda fountain a local hot spot. thecomfycow.com ❋ Unknown (2011)

When the nation's attention focuses on Churchill Downs again next spring and Louisville turns on the charm, we will now know — thanks to "How Kentucky Became Southern" — what exactly it is that we're drinking to when we raise that first mint julep. ❋ Max Watman (2010)

Fortunately, racing and drinking have always been inseparable and there are many tasty classics created in the name of equine pursuits that are far easier to pull off than the popular julep. ❋ Unknown (2011)

As intended, it works beautifully in cocktails -- try it instead of whiskey in a julep or Sazerac, or in a lesser-known vintage cocktail like a Chanticleer. ❋ Tony Sachs (2011)

Jerry Slater, director of restaurants at the Seelbach Hilton Hotel in Louisville, Ky., demonstrates how to make a classic mint julep. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Crushed ice Finely crushed ice is great for creating frosty tiki drinks, swizzles and smashes—and creates a pretty drink when packed high in a julep cup or double Old-Fashioned glass. ❋ Kimberly Chou (2011)

I suspect Baker included these in his collections by sly design — true adventure, after all, means occasionally encountering a churlish viper or the chance monsoon before sipping a julep on the veranda of a Tahitian vanilla plantation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Matt should have been pissed when that guy hit his car, but he just gave him an [insightful] [pep talk] and sent him on his way. What a [fuzzy] little julep! ❋ Limited_Edition (2016)

- [boo]! - oh! [what a] julepe! you [soab] ❋ Garethfc (2007)

[Pass] me that sneaky julep before the [railroad] [cops] find us! ❋ Guitarmakerx (2017)

[Charise] [sat out] on the porch one hot evening and sipped her [mint julep] lightly ❋ MasterGrief (2005)