Tim prepping for the next day’s “Art of Culinary Cocktails – Flavors of Fall” class.
Mmm bourbon caramel dipped apples.
Prep for Culinary Cocktail Class –
Fall Flavors
Prep for Culinary Cocktail Class –
That’ll Be $1,000, Please
My fellow bartenders Ron and Keith and myself crafting the 2012 $1,000 Woodford Reserve Mint Juleps. (Yes, someone already made a boy band comment.)
The Woodford Reserve $1,000 mint julep is the 6th most expensive cocktail in the United States and the only one of the top 10 to be offered regularly. (Once a year, anyway.) BTW – the photo in the link is of the KY Derby Early Times mint julep. The 2012 Woodford Reserve $1k Mint Julep was made with Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon, Kentucky spearmint, California lemon mint, barrel-aged mint sugar and barrel-aged vanilla sugar, and looks like this:
It was interesting to watch people’s expressions when we told them the price. Many people thought we were joking …