Christmas Moscow Mule
This Christmas Moscow mule is refreshing and has all the flavors of a traditional Moscow mule in addition to a rosemary simple syrup, cranberry juice, and sugar coated garnishes to make it extra festive.
Ingredients
Sugar Coated Garnishes and Rosemary Simple Syrup
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup granulated sugar plus ⅓ cup
- ½ cup cranberries fresh
- 2-4 sprigs rosemary fresh, plus 2 tablespoons removed from stems
Christmas Moscow Mule
- 4 ounces vodka
- 2 ounces rosemary simple syrup (recipe above)
- 6 ounces cranberry juice
- 1 ounce lime juice
- 6-12 ounces ginger beer or enough to top off each glass
- sugar coated cranberries and rosemary (recipe above)
Instructions
Sugar Coated Garnishes and Rosemary Simple Syrup
- Start by making the sugar coated cranberries and rosemary (if desired). In a small saucepan, add water and ½ cup sugar and bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is just melted and bubbling. Remove from heat and let cool for 5-10 minutes. Drop cranberries and sprigs of rosemary into simple syrup the remove with a slotted spoon, spreading them out on a wire rack for about 25-30 minutes. Reserve leftover simple syrup.½ cup water, ½ cup granulated sugar, ½ cup cranberries, 2-4 sprigs rosemary
- While cranberries and rosemary sprigs are drying, add 2 tablespoons of fresh rosemary to saucepan with simple syrup, return to a boil, then simmer over low heat for 5-10 minutes. Remove rosemary and set rosemary simple syrup aside.2-4 sprigs rosemary
- Add remaining ⅓ cup sugar to a shallow plate, and gently roll each cranberry and drag each rosemary sprig through the sugar until they're coated.½ cup granulated sugar
Christmas Moscow Mule
- Add vodka, rosemary simple syrup, cranberry juice, and lime juice to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into copper mugs filled with ice. Top with ginger beer.4 ounces vodka, 2 ounces rosemary simple syrup, 6 ounces cranberry juice, 1 ounce lime juice, 6-12 ounces ginger beer
- Garnish with additional cranberries and sugar coated garnishes.sugar coated cranberries and rosemary
Notes
If you don't have or like vodka, we think gin would be a good substitute which would pair well with the rosemary simple syrup!
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