That being said, I wanted to cut down the
proportion of ginger beer to make myself feel better about drinking one of these at happy hour.
I'm a huge
fan of ginger beer and I sometimes have it as a mixer with vodka and a squeeze of lime when I'm drinking.
While I could definitely open a
bottle of ginger beer for my Moscow Mules with any hard surface (a trick I learned in college), this is definitely a classier way to get the job done.
Here in NY you can find many
brands of ginger beer, including some great ones that are made in the USA, as well as those imported from Australia or the UK.
My husband is a huge Bourbon lover, so I knew these would be a hit at my upcoming party, and the icing on the cake is the addition
of ginger beer for a bit of fizz -LCB- I fell in love with Ginger Beer from Moscow Mules! -RCB-.
I am not a soda drinker, but when it comes to Moscow mules, I'll make an exception for a
splash of ginger beer.
To add a seasonal twist to this delicious drink, I substituted half
of the ginger beer with vanilla - infused pear juice.
To keep it light and not weighed down with using actual cream I decided to model it after a Moscow Mule by using cream soda to replace the cream and give the
effervescence of ginger beer.
Dark in color and complex in flavor, the
combination of ginger beer, tequila, and black - currant liqueur will be your new go - to for anytime you want to consider yourself a mixologist, rather than a bartender.
Build colorful fruit, vegetable or sandwich kabobs and serve with a hard boiled egg sprinkled with sea salt along with a
glass of ginger beer or other fermented brew you have ready in the fridge.
Most guess that the «Moscow» was due to Americans associating vodka with Russians, and some say «Mule» refers to the flavor
kick of the ginger beer.
In
terms of ginger beer brands, either stick with a classic like Barritt's or Reed's or go the full artisanal route with Fever Tree or Fentiman's.
Use a shot glass to pour the alcohol over ice in a chilled copper mug, followed by a glug - glug -
glug of the ginger beer.
Add one to two ounces of vodka (we used Tito's, but any kind will do), plus three to four ounces of your
choice of ginger beer.
Don't make the mistake of grabbing ginger ale
instead of ginger beer at the store; the former is essentially a carbonated beverage made from water and ginger, whereas the latter is brewed and fermented, which adds a unmistakably sharp, gingery flavor.
So next time you're drinking a Dark»N Stormy, a
blend of ginger beer and rum — make sure that what you're drinking is Gosling's.
Thousands of law students will forever remember the case involving the snail and the bottle
of ginger beer which gave birth to the law of negligence.
In a bowl, combine the juice of 5 limes, the
bottles of ginger beer, blood orange juice, and lime zest from half of the extra lime (you can use the other half for garnishing).
We use 4
ounces of ginger beer to 2 ounces of Ruby Red Grapefruit vodka plus the 1/2 ounce of lime juice.
For every
cup of ginger beer, add one ounce of dark rum and the juice of one lime (pulp included).
An earlier snake sighting kept us from exploring its nooks and crannies in great detail but we still had fun dreaming of adventures and
lashings of ginger beer!
To make a traditional Moscow Mule, you'll need about four ounces
of ginger beer, two ounces of vodka, and a splash of lime juice.
If the Sale of Goods Act doesn't apply, then clearly we are in need of a judicially created remedy (the bug in the bottle
of ginger beer) or a legislated one.
No matter how many telecoms we build, stadium rock concerts we manage, or war criminals we prosecute, the inner lawyer needs to know that scattering peppercorns over an agreement gives the document the strength of the King's law, and that modern tort law started with a snail caught in a bottle
of ginger beer.
It is easy to see how the company that allowed a snail to get into its bottle
of ginger beer had acted in a morally reprehensible way and «must pay» for the harm it caused.