Name: Prickly Pear Mule
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 37.5 ml Pear & cognac liqueur; 37.5 ml Poire William eau-de-vie; 90 ml Pear juice (freshly pressed); 7.5 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 2 Angostura or other aromatic bitters; Ginger beer

Serve in

Collins glass

Garnish:

Pear slice

How to make:

SHAKE first five ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with ginger beer.

1 1/4 fl oz	Belle de Brillet pear liqueur
1 1/4 fl oz	Poire William eau-de-vie
3 fl oz	Pear juice (freshly pressed)
1/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
Top up with	Thomas Henry Ginger Beer
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Review:

Subtle pear with ginger spice. Fill the glass with ice and go easy on the ginger beer which can predominate and overpower the pear.

History:

Created in 2002 by yours truly (Simon Difford).

A detailed history of the Moscow Mule cocktail, of which this drink is a variant, can be found on our page.

Difford's Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.