Highball · 1941
Moscow Mule
Vodka, lime and ginger beer in a copper mug that keeps it brutally cold.
Specification
| Vodka | 50 ml |
| Fresh lime juice | 15 ml |
| Ginger beer | to top, ~120 ml |
| Lime wedge | 1 |
Method
- 01Fill a copper mug to the brim with cubed ice.
- 02Add vodka and fresh lime juice.
- 03Top with a spicy ginger beer and stir once.
- 04Garnish with a lime wedge.
Where it comes from
Devised in Los Angeles in 1941 to shift stock nobody wanted: unsold Smirnoff vodka, slow-moving ginger beer, and a warehouse of copper mugs. It worked so well it created the American vodka market.
If you change one thing: Ginger beer, not ginger ale. Ale is a soft drink flavoured with ginger; beer is brewed and hot, and it is the entire point of the drink.