Name: Bourbon Mule
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Bourbon whiskey; 12.5 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 75 ml Ginger beer

Ingredients

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

⁵⁄₁₂ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

2 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Thomas Henry Ginger Beer

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COPPER MUG OR COLLINS GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime slice and mint sprigs.

Method

POUR first 3 ingredients into mug/glass and briefly stir.

Two-thirds fill glass with cubed ice.

TOP with ginger beer.

FILL mug/glass with a crown of crushed ice.

Garnish

Garnish with lime slice and mint sprigs bouquet.

Serve with a straw.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Bourbon Mule contains 195 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
12.22% alc./vol. (24.43° proof)
17.7 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 3w

Made this again with 113 proof rye and 3 dashes of ginger bitters. Not nearly as sweet as I originally found it. But now I'm craving a more distinctive sugar character. Might want to sub the basic sugar syrup with demerara or honey syrup, or possibly maple.

Bill Crawford Premium Member 32w

Agree with others, depending which ginger beer you use, it can overpower your bourbon.added 2 dashes of Peychauds. Might try rye on my next

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 2y

May be a stretch, but this presented itself to me like a hybrid of a Mint Julep and Moscow Mule. I found it had much (cane) sugar flavor that made it seem more sweet than it probably was. I agree the key may be adding some appropriate, contrasting bitters.

István GT 1y

agree, I missed the bitters from it too

Peter M Premium Member 2y

Tasty and spicy. I might advise starting with a smaller amount of ginger beer and adding more, if necessary, to taste, as the bourbon was a little buried for me. (Especially since this balance will probably vary quite a bit based on your choice of bourbon and ginger beer.)

Kevin Haynes Premium Member 3y

Added a dash of Peychaud's and it was absolutely delightful. Of course, sour mash, lime and ginger beer are some of my favorite things, so this one is definitely made for me!