Irish Mule

Name: Irish Mule
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients: 2 oz irish whisky; 4 oz ginger beer; 1 oz Fresh lime juice; 1 lime wedge (optional); 1 fresh mint (optional); Ice cubes (optional)

Medium
spicy
citrus

summer

A spicy and citrus, medium-strength cocktail, built in the glass, served in a copper mug.

Serve in: copper mug glass

Ingredients

2 ozirish whisky
4 ozginger beer
1 ozFresh lime juice
1lime wedgeoptional
1fresh mintoptional
Ice cubesoptional

How to Make an Irish Mule

Instructions

Fill a copper mug or similarly sized glass with ice.
Pour in the irish whisky and lime juice.
Fill the glass with ginger beer and gently swirl it with a spoon once to mix.

Garnish

Decorate with a lime wedge and mint.

Tips & substitutions

No ginger beer? Try ginger ale.
No limes? Try lemons.

The glass

Serve this one in a copper mug. These small copper mugs are used to serve vodka based Moscow Mule cocktails. The cold metal keeps the cocktail fresh and cool.

Did you know

An irish twist on the classic Moscow Mule.