25 Tastiest Moscow Mule Recipes

Holiday Season is coming, and most of us are looking forward to celebrating all the things that we are all grateful for this year. One thing that is kind of necessary at the holiday gatherings is a festive cocktail. Moscow mules are one of the most popular drinks during the holiday season thanks to the strong ginger flavour.

So, to make the celebration more festive and fun, we have prepared you the 25 tastiest recipe that will surely bring a twist.

 What Are the 25 Tastiest Moscow Mule Recipes?

1. Skinny Moscow Mule Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1.5 ounces vodka
• 8 ounces diet or sugar-free ginger beer
• 1 dash angostura bitters
• 1 lime cut into wedges or wheels
• 1-2 sprigs fresh min

Directions:

1. Fill copper mug halfway with ice.
2. Add 1.5 oz vodka.
3. Top off with diet ginger beer.
4. Add dash (6-8 drops) of bitters.
5. Stir and garnish with lime and fresh mint. Sip away!
6. Cherry Limeade Moscow Mule

2. Cherry Limeade Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup vodka
• 3 limes , juiced
• 1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice
• 12 oz ginger beer

Directions:

1. Mix together vodka, lime juice, and cherry juice until well combined.
2. Divide into 4 glasses filled with ice. Top with ginger beer to serve.
3. Garnish with lime and cherries if desired.

3. Marvelous Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 1½ oz vodka
• 1 tbs fresh lime juice
• ⅔ cup ginger beer, chilled
• Ice
• Slice of lime

Directions:

1. Fill a 12 oz glass three-fourths full with ice cubes. Add vodka, lime juice and ginger beer and gently stir.

4. Gin and Ginger Beer Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 8ounces vodka
• 8ounces guava nectar
• 12ounces ginger beer
• 4tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 4basil leaves, plus more for garnish
• ice cubes
• lime wedges for garnish

Directions:

1. Fill 4 copper cups (or any cocktail glass) with ice. Pour 2 ounces of vodka, 2 ounces guava nectar, and 3 ounces of ginger beer into each cup.
2. Squeeze a tablespoon of fresh lime juice and a basil leaf into each cup. Stir then serve with more basil leaves and lime wedges. Enjoy!

5. Clementine Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons water
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons whole cloves
• ice cubes
• 2 strips clementine zest
• 2/3 cups clementine juice (about 2 to 3 clementines)
• 1/4 cup lime juice (about 1 to 2 limes)
• 3 oz vodka
• crushed ice
• 8 oz ginger beer
• 2 sprigs fresh mint

Directions:

1. In small saucepan, bring water, sugar and cloves to boil over medium-high heat. Cook until sugar is dissolved, about 1 minute. Remove from heat; strain through fine-mesh sieve into bowl. Set aside.
2. Fill cocktail shaker half full with ice cubes. Add clementine juice, lime juice, vodka and 1 tsp of the clove syrup; shake vigorously until well chilled. 
3. Strain through fine-mesh sieve into glasses half-filled with crushed ice. Top with ginger beer; garnish with zest and mint. 

 6. Cinnamon Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

Directions:

1. In a mixing glass, stir together apple cider, ginger beer, Absolut, and lime juice.
2. Pour over a copper glass or mug filled with ice.
3. Garnish with cinnamon stick, rosemary, apple slices, and lime.

7. Classic Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Vodka
• 1/2 oz Lime Juice
• 5 oz Ginger Beer
• Sprig of mint and lime for garnish

Directions:

1. Fill your Copper mugs with ice
2. Pour in Vodka, Lime Juice and Ginger Beer
3. Garnish with a sprig of mint and lime slices

8. Apple Cider Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup vodka
• 1/2 cup apple cider
• 1 cup ginger beer
• orange slices
• apple slices
• cinnamon sticks

Directions:

1. Pour vodka and apple cider in two copper mugs.
2. Add ice and ginger beer.
3. Garnish with orange slices, apple slices and cinnamon sticks.

9. Pomegranate Honey Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. vodka
• ½ oz. fresh lime juice
• 1½ tsp pure honey
• 2 oz. 100% pure pomegranate juice
• 4-6 oz. ginger beer
• Plenty of ice

Optional toppings:

• Sprigs of fresh mint
• Lime wedge

Directions:

1. Pour the vodka, lime juice, and honey into a Moscow Mule mug (or other glass). Stir until the honey is dissolved.
2. Fill up the mug with ice until it is ¾ full to the top. Add in the pomegranate juice and top it off with ginger beer. Stir to combine.
3. Garnish with fresh mint and a lime wedge if you like. Enjoy.

10. Blue Mule 

Ingredients:

• ½ oz Fresh Lime Juice
•  2 oz Vodka
•  1 oz Blue Curaçao
• 3 oz Ginger Beer
• Crushed Ice
• 8 Blueberries (dusted with sugar)
•  1 Lime Slice
• 1 Rosemary Sprig

Directions:

1.  Pour the fresh lime juice into a copper mug (a glass mug may be substituted).
2. Add Vodka and Blue Curaçao.
3. Pour in ginger beer.
4. Add crushed ice.
5. Top with sugar-dusted blueberries
6. Garnish with a slice of lime and sprigs of rosemary.

11. Raspberry Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 10 oz. frozen raspberries about 3 cups
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 1/2 cups water
• 6 Tbsp. fresh lime juice 1 large lime
• 1 part Absolut Elyx
• 2 limes
• ginger beer
• 1 cup fresh raspberries for garnish

Directions:

1. For the raspberry cordial: Combine 10 oz. (about 3 cups) frozen raspberries, a heaping 1/2 cup sugar, and 3 1/2 cups water in a small sauce pan. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a low boil/high simmer. Boil the mixture for 20 minutes at a low boil, stirring occasionally. The fruit will dissolve and the water will become thick and syrupy. Remove from heat after 20 minutes.
2. Let the raspberry cordial cool to room temperature. Once it has cooled, strain the mixture into a bowl using a fine mesh strainer (try to remove the seeds and chunks). Add the juice of 1 large lime (about 6 Tbsp.)
3. Pour the mixture into a sterilized jar.
4. For the drink: Combine 1 part Absolut Elyx, 1 part raspberry cordial, and 1 part fresh lime juice over ice. Top with ginger beer and garnish with fresh raspberries.

12. Pumpkin Spice Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 2-4 oz vanilla vodka (or traditional vodka for a less-sweet cocktail)
• 1 heaping tablespoon pumpkin puree plus more for garnish
• 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• squeeze of lime
• spicy ginger beer (such as Fever Tree)

Directions:

1. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice shake together vodka, pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice and lime juice.
2. Pour into a copper mule mug filled with ice and top with ginger beer.
3. Garnish with a sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice and serve.

13. Cranberry  Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup Ice
• 1/2 cup or 120 ml ginger beer
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 3-4 tablespoons cranberry juice or lingonberry juice
• 1 oz or 30 ml vodka or any other spirit of your choice 
• grenadine to taste to taste (optional)
• cranberries or lingonberries, lime wedges, rosemary stalks to garnish 

Directions:

1. Fill your copper mug with ice. Pour ginger beer until the mug is half full. Add lime juice, cranberry or lingonberry juice (see notes below) and vodka or any other spirit of your choice.
2. Stir and add grenadine to taste (optional). Garnish with lime wedges, rosemary stalks and cranberries or lingonberries. Enjoy!

14. Vanilla Pear Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 6 ounces vanilla vodka
• ¾ cup pear juice or nectar
• ½ cup ginger beer
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• Enough ice for 4 mugs
• lemon slices and pear slices for garnish, optional

Directions:

1. Combine vodka, pear juice or nectar, ginger beer and lemon juice in a pitcher. Stir to combine. Divide ice among 4 mugs, preferably copper. Divide pear mixture among the mugs. Garnish with pear and lemon if desired.

15. Pineapple Coconut Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

Directions:

1. In a large pitcher, add pineapple chunks and fresh cilantro.
2. Pour in vodka and stir for a minute until well blended.
3. Pour in ginger beer and pineapple-coconut juice and continue to stir.
4. Slice the lime in half and squeeze one half of the lime into pitcher and continue stirring until blended.
5. Add ice to the copper mugs and pour pineapple mix. Add a few additional pineapple chunks, if you choose, and top off with fresh cilantro then serve.

16. Cucumber Watermelon Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• ½ cup of fresh cut watermelon
• 1 lime, juiced
• 4 ounces of watermelon flavored vodka
• Ginger beer to top off cocktail (about 4oz per mug)
• ½ medium cucumber, sliced
• Watermelon wedges, for garnish
• Mint, for garnish
• Sliced cucumber, for garnish
• Ice

Directions:

1. Fill two copper mugs with ice. Set aside.
2. Add the watermelon and lime juice to a mason jar and break down with a wooden muddler or spoon until it looks like pulp.
3. Add crushed ice to the jar, cover tightly with lid and shake vigorously. Strain into the prepared copper mugs, dividing between the two.
4. Add 2 ounces of vodka to each mug and top off with ginger beer and cucumber slices. Stir to combine.
5. Garnish with watermelon wedge, cucumber slice, and mint.
6. Serve immediately.

17. Blackberry Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 1 cup blackberries, plus more to garnish
• 10 fresh basil leaves, plus more to garnish
• 8 ounces (1 cup) vodka
• Juice of 2 limes, plus sliced lime, to garnish
• Lightly crushed ice
• Ginger beer, to top

Directions:

1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the blackberries and basil in the vodka, making sure to get the blackberries to fully release their juices. Add the lime juice to the shaker and fill three quarters of the way with ice. Shake until chilled, about 15 seconds.
2. Fill copper mugs with lightly crushed ice. Double strain the mixture into the mugs through a fine mesh strainer to ensure that no seeds wind up in the drinks. Top with ginger beer and garnish with additional blackberries, basil, and lime slices.

18.Spiced Pear Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• Spiced Pear Simple Syrup
• 1 cup pear juice, I use 100% pear juice
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon cardamom
• 1 pear, diced
• Spiced Pear Moscow Mule
• Spiced Pear simple syrup (recipe above)
• 1 can ginger beer
• 1 lime
• 1 pear, cut into wedges

Directions:

1. Spiced Pear Simple Syrup
2. Place the pear juice and sugar into a medium pot and bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved.
3. When the sugar has dissolved, add in the cinnamon stick, nutmeg, cardamom and pear. allow to cool to room temperature and then strain to remove any residuals.
4. To assemble cocktail
5. Fill your cooper mugs with crushed ice.
6. Place 4 oz of simple syrup and 4 ounces of vodka into a cocktail shaker. shake vigorously.
7. Pour half the liquid into each mug.
8. Squeeze in half a lime into each mug.
9. Top off each mug with ginger beer and garnish with a cinnamon stick and wedge of pear.

19. Pineapple Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 2 cup Vodka
• 3 cup Pineapple Coconut Juice
• 3 cup Ginger Beer
• 1 cup Chopped Fresh Cilantro
• 2 cup Pineapple Chunks
• 1 Lime

Directions:

1. In a large pitcher, add pineapple chunks and fresh cilantro.
2. Pour in vodka and stir for a minute until well blended.
3. Pour in ginger beer and pineapple-coconut juice and continue to stir.
4. Slice the lime in half and squeeze one half of the lime into pitcher and continue stirring until blended.
5. Add ice to the copper mugs and pour pineapple mix. Add a few additional pineapple chunks, if you choose, and top off with fresh cilantro then serve.

20. Ginger Peach Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 1/4 c. peach nectar or juice
• 1/4 c. ginger beer
• 2 oz. (2 shots) good quality vodka
• 1/2 oz. lime juice (juice of 1/2 lime)
• Crushed ice
• Garnish:
• Lime slices

Directions:

1. Fill a copper mug with crushed ice. Pour in the peach juice and ginger beer. Add in the vodka and lime juice.
2. Top with lime and peach slices, if desired! Enjoy right away while cold.

21. Orange Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. vodka
• 2 oz. orange juice
• 4 oz. ginger beer non-alcoholic
• juice of 1/2 lime
• orange slices
• optional: basil for garnish

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a copper mug (or any glass).
2. Add ice and stir.
3. Garnish with orange slice and basil (optional).

22.Frozen Watermelon Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 4 cups cubed watermelon, frozen
• 3 ounces lime juice
• 3 ounces vodka
• 1 12-ounce ginger beer
• Lime slices, for garnish
• Ice, optional

Directions:

1. In a blender, add watermelon, lime juice, vodka and 6 ounces ginger beer (1/2 bottle). Blend until watermelon is incorporated. Add remaining ginger beer and blend until smooth.
2. Serve in copper mugs, ice optional.

23. Maui Moscow  Mule

Ingredients:

Blue Crushed Ice

• Liquid butterfly pea flower extract
• Cold water

Directions:

1. In a cocktail shaker filled halfway with crushed ice, combine KINKY vodka, KINKY liqueur, and lime juice. Shake for 30 seconds.
2. Fill a clear mule mug with crushed ice. Strain vodka mixture into glass. Top with hard ginger beer. Add a layer of crushed blue ice. Garnish with fresh mango and lime wedges.
3. To make the blue ice: add 4-5 drops of liquid butterfly pea flower extract to each ice cube square in a tray. Fill with water & freeze. Crush ice and layer on top of drinks, and watch the magic happen!

24. Frozen Mango Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 2 cups frozen mango chunks
• 12 ounces ginger beer
• 2 ounces vodka, or more, if desired
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 3 cups ice
• Lime wedges and/or Tajin/chili salt for garnish

Directions:

1. In a blender, add frozen mango, ginger beer, vodka, lime juice and ice. Blend until slushy. Pour into Moscow mule copper cups.
2. Garnish with a lime wedge and sprinkle with Tajin or chili salt on top. Enjoy!

25. Citrus Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
• 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 1 ounce fresh grapefruit juice
• 1 ounce orange liqueur (such as Grand Marnier or Triple Sec)
• 2 ounces ginger beer
• 2 ounces vodka
• Ice
• Mint for garnish

 Directions:

1. Stir together all the ingredients, serve over ice and garnish with grapefruit and mint.

Conclusion

Moscow mule is not only for the holiday season but also perfect during summer as well. Can't decide which one to try? Then, you better try them all!

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