Early Times Mint Julep 131st Kentucky Derby Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky 1Lt
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The Early Times Mint Julep 131st Kentucky Derby edition is a bottled piece of Churchill Downs history. Issued for the 2005 running of the Derby, the race where longshot Giacomo stunned the field at 50-1, this commemorative liter celebrates the first Saturday in May the way trackside tradition demands: with a mint julep already mixed and ready for the silver cup.
Early Times earned this stage honestly. For decades the brand supplied the official mint julep of the Kentucky Derby, with well over a hundred thousand juleps mixed and served across Derby weekend each spring. The annual commemorative bottle, dressed for that year's race, became a ritual of its own, and early-2000s editions like this one are increasingly hard to find intact.
Inside is a ready-to-serve mint julep cocktail built on Early Times Kentucky whisky with mint and sugar, bottled at 60 proof (30% ABV). It asks nothing more than crushed ice and a sprig of fresh mint, though plenty of collectors keep the bottle sealed and let the label do the celebrating.
As a bottle now two decades old, it stands at the crossroads of drinkability and memorabilia: a conversation piece for Derby parties, a thoughtful gift for horse-racing devotees, and a time capsule from the year Giacomo rewrote the odds. Display it with the julep cups, or crack it open next May when the bugle sounds.
- Size: 1 Liter
- Proof: 60 (30% ABV)
- Class: Ready-to-serve mint julep cocktail made with Kentucky whisky
- Origin: Kentucky, USA
- Producer: Early Times
- Style/Class: Commemorative Kentucky Derby edition (131st running, 2005)
- Composition: Early Times Kentucky whisky, mint, and sugar
- Condition: Vintage bottle from 2005; expect minor label wear and natural fill variation consistent with a two-decade-old collectible
- Tasting Notes: Sweet mint, caramel, gentle whisky warmth; serve over crushed ice with fresh mint
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