Make one julep at a time by filling a julep cup with crushed ice, adding one tablespoon mint syrup and two ounces of Early Times Kentucky Whisky.

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Stop first at Brazilian restaurant Feijao do Luis for a delicious caipirinha, where crushed ice and brown sugar are doused with potent cachaca and lime juice, before continuing on to Mexico via taco-toting Casa Morita and El Panzon.

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