Easy, 4 Ingredient Strawberry Moscow Mule Cocktail

You can use frozen strawberries to make the simple syrup, which means this is no longer just a summer cocktail. While it is perfect for a hot sunny day, using strawberry syrup means you can make it any time of year.

Moscow mule recipes are especially easy cocktails to make, because they skip the cocktail shaker. Add your vodka, strawberry simple syrup, and fresh lime juice directly to your copper mug with ice before pouring over your ginger beer.

Traditional Moscow mules are served in a copper mug. Are copper mugs - aka Moscow mule mugs - necessary? That depends on who you ask. There are those who say that the vodka interacts with the copper in the mug to create more flavor in the drink.

Does that mean if you don’t have a copper mug you can't enjoy a Moscow mule? Absolutely not. Grab your favorite double rocks glass - or even a tall juice glass - from the cupboard and mix up this easy delicious drink.

Ingredients 

• Vodka - Choose your favorite plain vodka for this recipe.
• Strawberry Simple Syrup - You can use store bought strawberry syrup, but I highly recommend making your own from fresh or frozen strawberries. It only takes 10 minutes! Get the recipe over on my Strawberry Simple Syrup page.
• Fresh Lime - There's only 4 ingredients in this cocktail, so don't skip the fresh lime juice. You'll need about half a lime per drink.
• Ginger Beer - Choose your favorite brand for this recipe. Ginger beer is a sweet soda pop that has zero alcohol in it, like root beer. Ginger beer has a stronger ginger flavor to it than traditional ginger ale. Look for ginger beer in the cocktail mixer section of your grocery store. It is often displayed separately from the other soft drinks.  Goslings makes my favorite spicy ginger beer, but if you're looking for less of a punch, try Fever Tree ginger beer. 

How to a  Make Strawberry Moscow Mule 

Fill a copper mug or rocks glass with ice cubes. 

Garnish your strawberry mules with a lime wedge, fresh strawberries, and/or a sprig of mint.

Stir, sip, and enjoy!

Recipe Tips

• Use real lime juice. They’re very few ingredients in this cocktail, so using real juice will make a difference in the flavor. You should need about half a lime per cocktail. 
• Give your syrup time to chill. After you make your syrup, be sure to put it in the refrigerator for a few hours before you need to use it. Using warm syrup in a drink will melt ice faster than you want and put more water in your cocktail than is needed.
• Chill your ginger beer ahead of time. While not absolutely necessary, having cold ginger beer ready for this cocktail will help your ice melt slower and keep your drink colder for longer.

How to Make Strawberry Simple Syrup

Homemade strawberry simple syrup uses only three ingredients and takes about 10 minutes to make. It keeps in the refrigerator for a couple weeks, so you can make it well in advance and have it on hand when you’re ready to make your strawberry Moscow mules. 

Why is a Moscow Mule Served in a Copper Cup?

The copper mug is part of the experience of a Moscow Mule. The copper keeps the drink colder longer and the vodka in the drink coming in contact with the copper on the side of the mug supposedly improved the tastes of the vodka. Moscow Mule purists will disagree, but you can absolutely put a Moscow Mule in a non-copper glass. If you’re new to Moscow Mules or don’t have room to store glasses you only use once in a while, grab a large rocks glass or even a highball glass for serving your mule. 

Make it a Fresh Strawberry Mule

If you don’t have any strawberry syrup on hand, you can muddle fresh strawberries in your glass before making the drink to use the sweetness of the strawberries. If you prefer a sweeter but non-strawberry cocktail, you can use simple syrup, honey syrup, or another fruit flavored syrup in place of the strawberry simple syrup in this recipe.

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Looking for More Moscow Mule Recipes?

Moscow mules are easy, delicious, and endlessly customizable! Try my Apple Moscow Mules with apple vodka for a fall twist, a summery Peach Moscow Mule, or these tasty Mexican Mules made with tequila.

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