Dark rum gives the Mule its tropical accent.
Why you are pouring this tonight
The Jamaican Mule is what happens when the Moscow Mule stops in Kingston for fuel and never leaves. Funky aged Jamaican rum, lime, cold ginger beer, copper mug. The hogo-and-banana ester profile of a properly aged Jamaican rum is the sound of a calypso bassline if a calypso bassline were a smell, and the ginger beer carries it like a tide. The right rum here matters more than in any other mule in the family.
Use Smith and Cross at navy strength if you want the kick, or Appleton 8 if you want a smoother evening. Wray and Nephew if you want to have a story to tell at brunch tomorrow. Cold real ginger beer (Bundaberg, Fever-Tree, Three Cents). Crushed ice in a copper mug. A fat lime wedge and a slap-mint sprig to finish. Drink on a thirty-degree Sunday with jerk chicken, rice and peas, and the kind of music that makes the neighbours either join in or move out.
What to pour it alongside
Jerk chicken, grilled prawns, fried plantain.
Notes
The funky high-ester rums (Smith & Cross, Hampden Estate) push the drink toward overproof tiki territory. If you’re after a milder version, use Appleton 8 or Plantation Original Dark.
The recipe
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