How to make it
1 Fill a copper mug or rocks glass with ice. 2 Pour in the vodka and ginger beer. 3 Add the lime juice and stir gently.
Garnish: A lime slice.
1 : 2¾ : ¼
In parts, a Moscow Mule is 1 vodka, 2¾ ginger beer and ¼ lime. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.
Vodka · 1 Ginger beer · 2¾ Lime · ¼
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By the numbers Estimated per drink, as served
Vodka ≈ 99 Ginger beer ≈ 48 Lime juice ≈ 3 How we estimate