Recipes · The classics

Moscow Mule

The story goes that in the 1940s Smirnoff’s American owner couldn’t sell vodka, a Hollywood bar owner couldn’t sell his ginger beer, and they put the two in one copper mug.

Ingredients

  • 2 oz 60 mlVodka
  • ½ oz 15 mlLime juice
  • 4 oz 120 mlGinger beer
  • built
  • copper mug
  • Lime wedge

Method

  1. Fill a copper mug with ice.
  2. Pour vodka and lime juice into the copper mug.
  3. Top with 4 oz ginger beer.
  4. Garnish with a lime wedge on the rim.

Taste

How the Moscow Mule tastes

It's mostly sour and spicy. In the app, your own taste shows on top of this chart as a dashed line.

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