Move Over Mint Julep

In Lexington, KY at Stella's Kentucky Deli I was first introduced to the delicious cocktail called the "Double Wide" also-more-sordidly-known-as (AMSKA) the "Kentucky Motherfucka". It's basically Ale-8-One, a Kentucky made ginger soft drink, with a generous amount of bourbon. However as derby day approaches we must mint-ify our drinking habits. Ladies and gentlemen I present to you the TRIPLE WIDE?!?!

the shaved iced melted at this point. only the icebergs were left.

The Triple Wide

-Fill glass halfway up with shaved ice.

-Cover shaved ice with MB Rolland's Kentucky Mint Julep Liqueur

-Fill the rest of the glass with Ale-8-One soda.

-Garnish with rinsed mint leaves.

-Serve with a teeny tiny straw.

For those folks reading this outside of Kentucky I would suggest Maker's Mark Mint Julep and any quality ginger ale/soda as a substitute for the above ingredients.

Please enjoy Derby Day and all of its neighboring days responsibly. And just to make this interesting, I'll send the commenter with the best AMSKA name for the newly "minted" Triple Wide a bottle of MB Rolland's Kentucky Mint Julep Liqueur. If you're under 21 you'll get a six pack of Ale-8-One. Let the games begin!

New Blog Design! Plus Country Boy Brewing and New Columbia Distillers!

I am so sorry to all three of my faithful blogger followers as well as to our numerous other fans. Our extended hiatus was not only inappropriate, it was downright sad. I'll make this brief and interesting. If you're in Lexington, KY it is imperative that you check out: Country Boy Brewing. The silly aluminum warehouse may not look like much, but she made the kessel run in under 12 parsecs, I guarantee it. See a shot below of their Jalapeno Smoked Porter. Delicious!

While I was at Country Boy Brewing with my brother-in-law, Ryan Camenisch, I had the privilege of running into John Uselton, co-owner & distiller at New Columbia Distillers in Washington, DC. Read the linked article and check out the business card of their soon to be released gin.

And all you judgers out there, don't be hatin' on my instragrams. All the cool mid-late 20 somethings who are afraid of Twitter are doing it.