Bourbon, built
Kentucky Mule
Barline 2,h,t,HLw
The code is the shorthand off my printed menu; the Key tab decodes every letter.
- 2 oz Bourbon
- 1/2 oz Lime juice
- top with Ginger beer
Build in the glass over ice, then lift once with a barspoon.
Highball, iced, lime wheel.
Taste
Two ounces of bourbon, half an ounce of lime, and ginger beer over ice. Ginger sits on the corn sweetness and the whiskey still reads through the heat. Lime keeps it from going syrupy.
History
The Mule became a template the moment the Moscow Mule sold vodka: spirit, lime, ginger beer, ice. The bourbon version is the Kentucky Mule, which Difford's also files as the Bourbon Mule. It is the older Buck pattern, spirit with citrus and ginger, under a newer name, and no bartender or date is attached to it. This menu pours two ounces of bourbon, half an ounce of lime, and ginger beer over ice, with a lime wheel.
Same shape, other bottles
The Highball family, with the bottle that changed.
- Dark and Stormyaged rum for bourbon
- Gin Rickeygin and soda water for bourbon and ginger beer
- Mezcal Mulemezcal for bourbon
- Moscow Mulevodka for bourbon
- Gin & Tonicgin and tonic water for bourbon and ginger beer
- Scotch and Sodascotch and soda water for bourbon and ginger beer
This is one drink on my home bar's menu. Tick the bottles you own and the menu lists which of all 185 drinks they pour.