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This mocktail version of a classic Moscow mule is more than just a glass of ginger beer with lime. Fresh ginger, ginger syrup, and mint bring more complex flavors to this delicious drink.
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Traditional recipes for Moscow mules don’t have lots of mint. But this version puts a fun and flavorful twist on your favorite cocktail recipe by using bright, fresh mint and other simple ingredients to highlight the ginger flavor.
A non-alcoholic cocktail is a great way to include everyone in your festivities. Since everyone deserves a delicious drink, this is the perfect mocktail to serve at your next party, or when you’re hosting a special occasion like a bridal or baby shower. During the holiday season a ginger beer mocktail recipe is a favorite way to provide great drinks for all.
Ingredients
- A lime
- Fresh mint leaves
- Fresh ginger
- Ginger simple syrup
- Club soda or sparkling water
- Ginger beer
How to Make a Moscow Mule Mocktail
Combine mint leaves, fresh ginger, and lime juice in a copper mug or rocks glass.
Gently muddle to break up the ginger.
Fill the glass with ice cubes.
Add ginger simple syrup, club soda, and ginger beer.
Stir gently to combine.
Garnish with a sprig of mint and/or lime wedge.
Recipe Tips
- Use fresh limes, ginger and mint. All three of these can be found at your local grocery store. Don’t skip the fresh ingredients. They make a huge difference.
- Ground ginger is NOT a substitute for the fresh ginger in this recipe. It will not dissolve and will make your drink gritty. Don’t use it in your mocktail.
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Make Your Own Ginger Simple Syrup
Ginger simple syrup takes only 3 ingredients and a few minutes to make! Get the recipe and all the instructions over on my How to Make Ginger Syrup page.
FAQs and Substitutions
Squeeze a fresh lime for this mocktail. There isn’t a lot of ingredients in it and you only need a little bit of lime juice. Plan on half of a lime per drink.
No. All ginger beer is non-alcoholic ginger beer. Ginger beer is a soda pop, like root beer. There is no alcohol in ginger beer.
While Moscow mules are traditionally served in a copper mug or copper cup, a rocks glass works just as well for serving this drink.
If you can’t find it or aren’t a big fan of spicy ginger beer, you can use ginger ale. It has much less of a ginger flavor, but will still give your drink the sweetness and fizz it needs.
This virgin mule recipe was designed to not need non-alcoholic spirits, but if you have alcohol-free vodka in your home bar that you’d like to use, add 1.5 oz to your glass alongside the simple syrup.
Looking for another delicious mocktail featuring ginger beer? Try my Pomegranate Punch, or this tasty Grapefruit Ginger Beer Mocktail from my friend Elizabeth at Entirely Elizabeth.
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PrintNon-Alcoholic Moscow Mule Recipe
Full of fresh ginger and mint, these refreshing non-alcoholic Moscow Mules take minutes to make and are the perfect sip for a hot day.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Total Time: 5 min
- Yield: 1 mocktail 1x
- Category: Mocktails
- Method: Stir
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 3-4 fresh mint leaves
- 1 - 1” slice fresh ginger
- 0.5 oz fresh lime juice
- 1.5 oz ginger simple syrup
- 2 oz club soda
- 3 oz ginger beer
Instructions
Combine mint leaves, fresh ginger, and lime juice in a copper mug or rocks glass.
Gently muddle to break up the ginger.
Fill the glass with ice.
Add ginger simple syrup, club soda, and ginger beer.
Stir gently to combine.
Garnish with a sprig of mint and/or slice of lime.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mocktail
- Calories: 128
- Sugar: 33 g
- Sodium: 22 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 34.4 g
- Fiber: 0.1 g
- Protein: 0.1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Keywords: Non alcoholic drink, mock cocktail, virgin drink, mocktail, zero proof cocktail, non alcoholic cocktail, drink with mint and lime, moscow mule with mint
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