Moscow Mule

Day 349

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