Jim Beam® is kicking off Derby season with a Perfect Mint Julep Day Celebration on Thursday, April 30 at the Jim Beam distillery. Bourbon fans near and far who are of legal drinking age are invited to join seventh generation Beam Master Distiller Fred Noe for a day full of live music, delicious barbeque from Fred’s Smokehouse and samples of the Beam family mint julep recipe. Attendees will also be given an opportunity to meet whiskey authority Noah Rothbaum as he hosts the first-ever public reading of his newest release, “The Art of American Whiskey.”

Must be 21+ years old.