Name: French Mule
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Cognac (brandy); 25 ml Lime juice; 12.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 75 ml Ginger beer

Ingredients

1 2/3 fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

5/6 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

5/12 fl oz

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

2 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

2 1/2 fl oz

Thomas Henry Ginger Beer

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of French Mule contains 200 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
9.14% alc./vol. (18.28° proof)
16 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Chris Brislawn 2y

This calls for a cognac with a spicy-woody profile; I used Braastad XO. Following J. Guerrero I used 1/4 oz ginger syrup instead of plain sugar syrup. Experimented with Bittermens Elemakule Tiki Bitters instead of Angostura and garnished with lime zest and slice of pickled ginger. Agree this is more interesting and flavorful than the Moscow Mule.

Asher Günther 3y

Surely it should be a Paris Mule, non?

Kasperi Ekqvist 3y

A more flavorful Moscow Mule. What a simple, great, refreshing drink. Will definitely go on my go-to list of drinks to make at home.

Jonathan Cope 5y

Better than a Moscow Mule, the Cognac works with the ginger. I usually add less sugar syrup for cocktails, but this amount worked well, but that depends on how sweet you ginger beer is.