Tennessee Mule

This Tennessee mule is a nice whiskey twist on a classic cocktail. This one is super easy to make and has a delicious light and refreshing flavor

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• 🥃 What is a Tennessee Mule?
• ⭐ When to Make This Drink
• 📖 Variations
• 🥄 Equipment
• 📋 Ingredients
• 👩🏻‍🍳 Instructions
• Recipe

🥃 What is a Tennessee Mule?

A Tennessee mule is a combination of Tennessee whiskey, ginger beer, lime juice, ice and a sprig of mint is garnish. This lightly fizzy and spicy cocktail is refreshing with a little citrus bite and a smooth caramel flavor from the whiskey.

There’s no stirring, shaking or glass rubbing needed for this cocktail. So it’s super easy to whip up in 5 minutes or less. Just pour everything together and you’re good to go.

This cocktail is essentially a twist on the classic Moscow mule cocktail. He simply replace the vodka and a Moscow mule for Tennessee whiskey.

There are a variety of mule cocktails including the Jamaican mule where you used Jamaican rum, the French mule where you use Brandy or cognac and the Irish mule where you use Irish whiskey.

Mule cocktails are typically served in a copper mug. The copper mug is the traditional serving glassware for the Moscow mule. And, it also serves as an insulated cup so that your refreshing cocktail is ice cold.

There are wide variety of Tennessee whiskeys you can use in this cocktail. Probably the most well-known and the brand we enjoy the most is Jack Daniels.

The main star of the show in this cocktail is the ginger beer. So, try to pick a high quality Brand so you have a really nice spicy and refreshing flavor.

⭐ When to Make This Drink

With how refreshing and easy this cocktail is to make It fits in well out of variety of serving times including:

• Cocktail hour
• Brunch drinks
• Summertime sipping
• Spring celebrations

📖 Variations

If you’d like to try out some variations on this cocktail, give one of these ideas a shot:

• Fresh squeeze the lime juice. If you want the freshest brightest citrus flavor, squeeze your own lime juice instead of using store-bought.
• Use a different Tennessee whiskey. As we mentioned, Jack Daniels is the most popular brand and what we prefer in this cocktail. However, you can use any type of Tennessee whiskey you prefer.
• Use a flavored Tennessee whiskey. Want to add an extra dimension of flavor to this drink? Try out a honey flavored Tennessee whiskey, and apple flavored Tennessee whiskey or even a salted caramel flavored Tennessee whiskey.
• Skip the copper mug. Don’t feel like you have to have copper mugs in order to make this drink. Though they look pretty and have a nice insulation effect they are not essential to the drink. You can use any other type of glassware you prefer.

🥄 Equipment

• Copper Mug
• jigger

📋 Ingredients

• 2 oz Jack Daniels
• 4 oz Ginger Beer
• .5 oz Lime Juice
• Sprig of Mint
• Ice

👩🏻‍🍳 Instructions

Step one

Gather up everything you need for this cocktail including copper mug, jigger, ice, lime juice, sprig of mint, Tennessee whiskey and ginger beer.

Step two

Stuff your copper mug full of ice until it is filled to the tip top.

Step three

Grab your lime juice. Using the jigger, measure out 0.5 oz of lime juice and pour it into the mug.

Step four

Grab your Tennessee whiskey. Using the jigger, measure out 2 oz of whiskey and pour it into the mug.

Step Five

Grab your ginger beer. Using a jigger, measure out 4 oz of ginger beer and pour it into the mug.

Alternatively, you can just pour the ginger beer straight into the mug to top it off.

Drop a sprig a mint on top and enjoy!

Recipe