Cuba Libre
Highballs & Fizzes · Rum
- Strength
- 10.1%
- Std. drinks
- 1.13
- Calories
- 165
- Sugar
- 12.5 g
- 1¾ ozWhite rum50 ml
- 4 ozCola120 ml
- 2 tspLime juice10 ml
The ratio · 1 : 2½ : ¼
Highlighted: not in the Moscow Mule.
Head to head
Cuba Libre and Moscow Mule side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference, by the numbers
Both have lime juice. Only the Cuba Libre has white rum and cola; only the Moscow Mule has vodka and ginger beer. In parts, a Cuba Libre is 1 rum, 2½ cola and ¼ lime; a Moscow Mule is 1 vodka, 2¾ ginger beer and ¼ lime. By volume, the Cuba Libre is 67% mixer and juice, 28% spirit and 5% citrus; the Moscow Mule is 68% mixer and juice, 26% spirit and 6% citrus. That makes them close cousins on the ratio map.
The Cuba Libre is the stronger drink in the glass (10.1% ABV against 9.4%) and holds more alcohol (1.13 standard drinks against 1.01). The Cuba Libre has more calories (about 165 against 150), with about the same sugar (12.5 g and 12.2 g). Both are built; the Cuba Libre is served in a highball, the Moscow Mule in a copper mug.
Highballs & Fizzes · Rum
The ratio · 1 : 2½ : ¼
Highlighted: not in the Moscow Mule.
Highballs & Fizzes · Vodka
The ratio · 1 : 2¾ : ¼
Highlighted: not in the Cuba Libre.
Each drink sits nearer the corners it has more of: spirit, vermouth and bitter, citrus, mixer, syrup or liqueur. The gray dots are the other classics. Explore the full ratio map.
Cuba Libre vs.
Moscow Mule vs.