Yule Mule
This festive, red-and-green holiday cocktail stars ginger beer, cranberry juice, lime juice, vodka and rosemary.
Servings 2 cocktails
Calories 193kcal
Ingredients
- 4 ounces vodka bourbon, rum, gin or tequila
- 1.5 ounces lime juice fresh-squeezed from about 1 lime
- 4 ounces cranberry juice unsweetened, see note
- 6 ounces ginger beer
- 4 to 6 cranberries for garnish
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake together the vodka, lime juice and cranberry juice.4 ounces vodka, 1.5 ounces lime juice, 4 ounces cranberry juice
- Fill two copper mule mugs or old-fashioned glasses with ice. Strain half of the cocktail into each glass.
- Top each glass with ginger beer. Garnish with cranberries and a sprig of rosemary. Serve immediately.6 ounces ginger beer, 4 to 6 cranberries, 1 sprig fresh rosemary
Notes
Make a big batch: Use the +/- buttons at the top of this recipe card to scale the recipe as you need to.
Cranberry juice tips: I prefer to use cranberry juice that has no added sugars. You may use cranberry juice cocktail if you wish, but I usually find it to be too sweet. Cranberries are naturally sweet and tart, and the sugar in the ginger beer is sweet enough that 100% juice makes for a more balanced cocktail.
Best spirits: Mules are so much fun because they taste great with just about any spirit. You can use vodka, gin, tequila, bourbon or rum in the Yule Mule. But in my opinion, vodka is safest if you don't know your guests well!
Non-alcoholic version: Substitute a zero-proof spirit for the vodka for a similar depth of flavor without the alcohol. You can also omit the alcohol entirely, just use a little more of the cranberry-lime base.
Nutrition
Serving: 8ounces | Calories: 193kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 0.3g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.02g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.05g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Sodium: 8mg | Potassium: 75mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 52IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 0.4mg
