Swap vodka for tequila and the Moscow Mule picks up agave warmth and a lime brightness.
Why you are pouring this tonight
The Mexican Mule is the Moscow Mule with tequila instead of vodka. The lime in the Mule was always Mexican-adjacent; swapping the spirit makes the connection explicit. Tequila, lime, cold ginger beer, copper mug, slap-mint sprig and lime wheel. The drink for a Sunday at six pm when the weather has decided to be summery.
Use a 100% agave blanco tequila (Patron Silver, Espolon, Casa Noble). The cheap mixto stuff with caramel colour is not a tequila, it is a mistake. Real ginger beer (Bundaberg or Fever-Tree), never the sweet supermarket ginger ale. Build over crushed ice in a copper mug, slap-mint sprig, lime wheel. Pair with carnitas tacos, ceviche, fresh fish from the grill, anything where you would squeeze a lime.
What changes from the Moscow Mule
Vodka out, blanco tequila in. Everything else stays.
What to pour it alongside
Al pastor tacos, carnitas, anything from the Mexican grill.
The recipe
Ingredients
Method
- Fill a copper mug with ice.
- Add tequila and lime juice.
- Top with ginger beer. Stir once.
- Garnish with lime wedge.
Nutrition
Want the classic? Our Moscow Mule recipe is here.
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