Thirsty Thursday: Moscow Mule

Since being in Denver, I've discovered the most delicious drink and I just had to share it with you. Also, since researching this drink it's come to my attention that Oprah is also a fan. Drum-roll please....I give you the Moscow Mule!

It's low in sugar and relatively healthy as far as cocktails go. Made with vodka, ginger beer, and lime, this drink is not too sweet. And I just love how they're served in copper cups. Seriously, how cute?


Here's a fun little history of the drink from Wikipedia...


The mule was born in Manhattan but "stalled" on the West Coast for the duration. The birthplace of "Little Moscow" was in New York's Chatham Hotel. That was back in 1941 when the first carload of Jack Morgan's Cock 'n' Bull ginger beer was railing over the plains to give New Yorkers a happy surprise... Three friends were in the Chatham bar, one John A. Morgan, known as Jack, president of Cock 'n' Bull Products and owner of the Hollywood Cock 'n' Bull Restaurant; one was John G. Martin, president of G.F. Heublein Brothers Inc. of Hartford, Conn., and the third was Rudolph Kunett, president of the Pierre Smirnoff, Heublein's vodka division. As Jack Morgan tells it, "We three were quaffing a slug, nibbling an hors d'oeuvre and shoving toward inventive genius". Martin and Kunett had their minds on their vodka and wondered what would happen if a two-ounce shot joined with Morgan's ginger beer and the squeeze of a lime. Ice was ordered, limes procured, mugs ushered in and the concoction put together. Cups were raised, the men counted five and down went the first taste. It was good. It lifted the spirit to adventure. Four or five later the mixture was christened the Moscow Mule...




Does your area of the country have a drink they're known for?