What the Internet has done to the mint julep

(Baltimore Sun) The Internet has crowd-sourced the mint julep, encouraging the addition of alien ingredients to this once hallowed beverage, the signature drink of today's Kentucky Derby.
There was a time, before social media, when hidebound traditionalists mocked any change in the julep's sacred makeup of mint, simple syrup, crushed ice and Kentucky bourbon. Back in the 1920s, for instance, H. L. Mencken suggested using rye instead of bourbon, and his contemporary Irvin S. Cobb, objected mightily. Any man who put rye in his mint julep, Cobb said, "would put scorpions in a baby's bed." Continued