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Moscow Mule
"The vodka drink with a kick" is simply vodka and ginger beer with a squeeze of lime served over ice. This drink's all-important enlivening spice is provided...
5th September 2025 at 17:31
A great classic, depends on quality of ginger beer ale/beer 🫚
If i was not too lazy il'l done it with some ginger shrub
If i was not too lazy il'l done it with some ginger shrub
23rd March 2024 at 02:27
A classic. Nothing too fancy, but a nice mule/ginger beer option if you want something lighter than the other variations, perhaps on a hot day.
17th March 2024 at 18:14
It's sweetened ginger beer with some lime. Just...inferior to all the other mules.
3rd March 2024 at 12:11
Why the first three ingredients are not shaken for this cocktail?
3rd March 2024 at 17:22
No reason not to shake, juts this cocktail is generally built rather than shaken.
30th March 2023 at 08:03
Might I suggest an Irish Poteen variation... The Donegal Donkey. Donegal not just for the alliteration, but because Donegal was once famous for the quality of it's Poteen.
30th March 2023 at 08:14
Thanks, Stephen. Watch this pace.
16th June 2022 at 06:27
Is Moscow Mule a Buck's family cocktail? Thanks ?
16th June 2022 at 12:43
Yes! I've added a link at the start of 'History' above.
26th December 2021 at 15:18
Since it was Christmas and I had cranberry juice, I added a shot and a dash of orange bitters - Christmas Mule! (alternatively, as it's a cross between a Moscow Mule and a Cosmopolitan, Cos-Play Mule!}
2nd October 2021 at 13:46
This is the first cocktail I ever had and the one that made me start my journey into the world of spirits.
25th November 2020 at 22:01
Made this and left out the sugar syrup in error - didn’t seem to miss it too much
7th October 2021 at 21:03
Personally i think its better without, thomas henry is sweet enough on its own...
14th July 2020 at 17:34
A cracking cocktail. The ginger beer warms, the li.e cuts through pleasantly. A well rounded, refreshing drink.
Digged it ✌️