Mint julep

• The Kentucky Derby is tomorrow, marking the high holiday of one of the Great American Cocktails, the mint julep.
(Boston Herald)
• For nearly a century, the Mint Julep has been the "The Official Drink of the Kentucky Derby." But before it was the toast of the Kentucky Derby, the the mint julep was a political icebreaker in the nation's capital.
(Examiner)
• If youre anything like me, there is one thing you look forward to the most on Kentucky Derby day, and its not whether you hit a 1-20 bet. Well, yes, you look forward to that too. But there is a surer thing at your Derby party.
(The Stir)
• What a distinctly American mess it is! A mint julep is best when simply prepared, but it is always a complex drink—labor intensive and culturally knotty. For centuries, intraregional beefs have raged regarding its most correct preparation.
(Slate)
• Ah, the mint julep. One of the oldest, most revered and hotly debated fixtures of the drinking world. The name originates from the Arab word julab, which was likely a medicinal rose water concoction.
(KOAT 7)
• The 138th Kentucky Derby is being run Saturday, May 5 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY, which means thousands of people will be on hand to wear big hats, bet on their favorites and of course drink mint juleps.
(Zap2it.com)
• LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the past 25 years, the Early Times Mint Julep has proudly served as the Official Drink of the Kentucky Derby®.
(Yahoo Finance)
• Wash it down with a mint julep ($8) and enter the hat contest. Mint Hats and Big Drinks at Pour George, 3 p.m.; 35 W. Eighth St.; 212-253-2999, pourgeorge.
(New York Post)
• There is a man renowned across the land for his knowledge of the storied mint julep, and his name is Joe Nickell. So is mine. According to my father (whose name – Nick Nickell – was itself rather redundant), Joe and I are distant cousins.
(Missoulian)