Strawberry Moscow Mule
As a kid, the best part of summer was going out to pick-your-own strawberry patches with my family. We’d cart home boxes of the sweetest strawberries you could imagine. Now that I’m an adult, I like to mix this joyful summertime nostalgia with the best perk of being an adult: alcohol. Sweet strawberries set off the spiciness of the ginger beer which can be amplified with (if you dare) a sprinkle of black pepper.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 5 oz. ginger beer
- 2 oz. vodka
- ½ oz lime juice
- 3 large fresh strawberries or 5-6 tiny ones, stems removed and sliced, 1 reserved for garnish
- 2 cranks of fresh black pepper optional
Instructions
- Using a muddler , smash the strawberry slices with lime juice in a shaker tin
- Add vodka
- Add ice and shake well
- Strain mixture into your chilled copper mug filled with ice
- Pour ginger beer over the vodka mixture
- Garnish with a strawberry
- If you want to add a complex, grown-up touch, finish the drink off with a couple of cranks of fresh black pepper. This adds a great, deep flavor that brings out the slight sweetness of strawberries.
