Bourbon Mule

Name: Bourbon Mule
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup (217 g) ice; ¼ cup (2 ounces / 60 ml) bourbon; 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice (from 1 lime); 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice (from 1 lime); ½ cup (120 ml) nonalcoholic ginger beer (from one 12.7-ounce / 375-ml bottle); Mint sprig, for garnish

Preparation info

Serves
1

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
5 min

Appears in

My Southern Kitchen

By Ivy Odom

Published 2025

About

While I do love a Moscow mule, I love it with bourbon even more. But trust me when I say, I don’t recommend serving this with the copper straws that come with your mugs—unless you want to recreate the tongue-stuck-to-a-flagpole scene from the film A Christmas Story.

Ingredients

1 cup (217 g) ice
¼ cup (2 ounces</

Americas
United States
Drinks
Vegan
South America

Method

Fill a copper mule mug or silver julep cup with ice. Add bourbon and lime juice; stir. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with a mint sprig.