
Stone Rose Lounge
You've no doubt procured your gentlemanly seersucker suit for the Kentucky Derby and read about the magic horse named after a popular web browser, so now it's time to get to the real reason you're dressed like a Southern stereotype: drinking. That's why we enlisted the folks at New York's Stone Rose Lounge to concoct three takes on the classic julep.
Just because you can't make it to the Derby doesn't mean you can't drink every bit as much bourbon as the people who are.

Classic Mint Julep
- 2oz bourbon
- 1oz water
- 1tsp sugar
- 4 sprigs of fresh mint

Watermelon Julep
- 1 1/4oz bourbon
- 1/2oz simple syrup
- 5 sprigs of fresh mint
- 6 cubes of fresh watermelon

Ginger Peach Julep
- 1 1/2oz bourbon
- 1/2oz Mathilde Pêche liqueur
- 1 bar spoon of sweet ginger puree
- 10 sprigs of fresh mint
- Splash of water
Kristin Hunt is a food/drink staff writer for Thrillist, and always bets on the horse with the funniest name. Follow her to decadent and depraved Derby updates at @kristin_hunt.