Gin-Gin Mule

Name: Gin-Gin Mule
Prep time: PT0D0H0M
Cook time: PT0D0H0M
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 1 Cocktail
Ingredients: 10 mint leaves; 1 oz. simple syrup; 3 ⁄ 4 oz. lime juice; 1 1 ⁄ 2 oz. gin; 2 oz. ginger beer; Mint sprig, for garnish

Serves
makes 1 Cocktail

PHOTOGRAPHY BY MURRAY HALL; FOOD STYLING BY JESSIE YUCHEN

By SAVEUR Editors

Published on May 10, 2014

According to Ted Haigh's Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails (Quarry Books, 2009), the Moscow Mule—a simple mix of vodka, ginger beer, and lime juice—was devised by Smirnoff owner John Martin and his pal Jack Morgan of L.A.'s Cock and Bull Tavern, who had branded a ginger beer. The drink has since inspired a myriad variations; at New York City's Pegu Club, Audrey Saunders serves this riff made with gin and mint. This recipe first appeared in SAVEUR DRINK Issue #1 with the story "Nice Spice."

Ingredients

10 mint leaves
1 oz. simple syrup
³⁄₄ oz. lime juice
1 ¹⁄₂ oz. gin
2 oz. ginger beer
Mint sprig, for garnish

Instructions

Step 1

Muddle mint leaves, simple syrup, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Add gin and fill with ice. Shake and strain into an ice-filled cocktail glass; top with ginger beer and garnish with a mint sprig.