Moscow Mule
4 shots out of 5
Two sickies in the house.......I feel like I'm going to be getting it soon too.
Our second patient has had a fever since last night.
Gosh I feel so sad for my kids when they get sick. I wish I could take it away from them so that they don't have to suffer.
I didn't sleep much last night, as I was giving motrin, many sips of water and going along on potty breaks all night long.
Needless to say......I SO needed that coffee this morning.
I gave tonight's cocktail 4 shots out of 5.
I have made a cocktail with Ginger Beer before which was a Dark & Stormy.....and I didn't like it much at all.
I had tasted the Ginger Beer I used by itself and......de-scust-ing.
A friend of mine, Jen, gave me her recipe for a Moscow Mule and told the name of her favorite Ginger Beer, Bundaberg.
WOW was she right!!
I braved it (already thinking I wouldn't like it) and tasted the Bundaberg by itself right from the fridge and it was actually pretty darn good.
It tastes more like a ginger ale then the de-scust-ing Ginger Beer I had tried before........that beer just tasted like I bit off a piece of ginger, bleh.
If you haven't yet noticed, I do not have a copper cup for my Moscow Mule, they were selling for $30 and I didn't feel the need to spend THAT much money on a cup, especially with all of the new glasses I have thanks to my blog.
I did enjoy this cocktail, to my surprise.
Thank You Jen for sending me the recipe, it's so simple to make and very, very refreshing to drink!
Here is a photo of the end result:
Here is a photo of the ingredients:
Here is the recipe for a Moscow Mule:
- 2 oz vodka
- 4 oz ginger beer
- juice from 2 lime wedges (I totally squeezed and measured it out.....ready for this? It came to 2/3 of 1/2 an ounce......or 5/16 of 1 ounce)
In a copper mug or cocktail glass filled 3/4 with ice, pour in your ingredients above, stir and then drop in your already squeezed lime wedges and enjoy!
Here's to me actually enjoying ginger beer!
Cheers!!
The Cocktail Lady
I had one of these at my very overpriced Rith's Chris steakhouse dinner- cost me $14!! They put some ginger liquer in it too - it was delicious!! Hope the kids feel better!
ReplyDeleteI like Moscow Mules, but we're really limited in the kind of ginger beer we can get here. The only type I can get is Reed's, but I'll be on the lookout for Bundaberg.
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