Weekapaug Inn Hosts Annual Kentucky Derby Party

Westerly’s Weekapaug Inn celebrated the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby with a Derby Day party on May 3. Located on the Rhode Island shoreline overlooking Quonochontaug Pond and the Atlantic Ocean, the venue welcomed guests with Maker’s Mark Mint Juleps and bourbon-branded photo ops and lawn games, with a festively attired team, guests and friends. The viewing party at the Meeting House saw guests dressed in their “Southern best” and enjoying more cocktails featuring Roku Gin, Tres Generaciones Plata Tequila and Haku Vodka, with chef-prepared passed hors d’oeuvres and a buffet. Guests were also able to enjoy a photo wall with commemorative packages of mint leaves for planting. Maker’s Mark is a small-batch bourbon whisky produced in Loretto, Kentucky, by Beam Suntory. The brand’s history dates to the early 1950s and it is part of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.

: Westerly’s Weekapaug Inn hosted a Derby Day celebration with Maker’s Mark on May 3 to mark the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby.

: John Cappiello, Director of Restaurants, Weekapaug Inn.

: Maker’s Mark 46 French Oaked Bourbon Whisky and Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky.

: Roku Gin, Tres Generaciones Plata Tequila and Haku Vodka.

: Guests took photos in front of the Maker’s Mark Wall of Roses with its commemorative packages of mint leaves for planting Maker’s Mark Mint Julep spearmint seeds.