Name: Kentucky Mule Cocktail Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ice; 1/2 Lime; 3 sprigs fresh mint leaves; 2 ounces good-quality bourbon; chilled ginger beer

Kentucky Mule Cocktail Recipe

Aida Mollenkamp

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Salt & Wind

Skill

Beginner

Course

Drinks

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

Hands-On Time

5 minutes

Total Time

5 minutes

Yield

1 drink

Servings

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I'm all for classics but sometimes I need a fun change, you know what I mean? The Kentucky Derby, the legendary horse race that’s been held annually in Louisville since 1875, is a great time that’s all about big hats and Mint Juleps but honestly, I've just never been convinced about the Mint Julep (big hats, on the other hand, yes!) But, as you may have figured out by now, I have a never-ending, deeply passionate love for all things ginger, so I tweaked my all time favorite ginger-y cocktail, the delightful Moscow Mule, to make it Derby worthy.

Ingredients

ice
1/2 Lime
plus one lime wheel for garnish
3 sprigs fresh mint leaves
divided
2 ounces good-quality bourbon
chilled ginger beer

Wrap a few handfuls of ice cubes in a clean towel and, using a rolling pin or muddler, tap on it until all the ice is broken up and crushed.

To Make The Kentucky Mule: Fill a tall glass or Moscow mule mug with a lime and the leaves of two sprigs of mint and muddle. Add ice, pour in the bourbon, and fill with the ginger beer. Garnish with mint and serve.

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Aida Mollenkamp

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Salt & Wind

Aida is a food and travel expert, author, chef, Food Network personality, founder of the travel services company, Salt & Wind Travel, and partner at the creative agency and educational platform, Border Free Media. She has made her career in food travel media and hospitality and has crisscrossed the globe to search out the best food destinations.

After graduating from the Cornell Hotel School and Le Cordon Bleu Paris, she joined CHOW Magazine where she ran the test kitchen and worked as Food Editor. Aida then moved to television, hosting the Food Network show, Ask Aida, FoodCrafters on the Cooking Channel, In The Pantry on Yahoo!, and the TasteMade series, Off Menu. Her cookbook, Keys To The Kitchen, is a go-to for home cooks who want to become more adventurous cooks and the Travel Guides For Food Lovers series she has co-authored are beloved among food travelers.

Through Border Free Media, Aida shares the lessons she’s learned as an entrepreneur with other creative businesses. From teaching our Cooking Club classes to cohosting our group trips, in all that she does Aida aims to help discerning travelers taste the world.

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