Kentucky Mule

Name: Kentucky Mule
Yield: 1 drink
Ingredients: 2 ounces bourbon, preferably Wild Turkey 101; 1 ounce ginger syrup (see note); 1/2 ounce lime juice

Recipe from Larry Rice

Adapted by Robert Simonson

Kentucky Mule — Tyler Bissmeyer for The New York Times

Rating: 4(50)
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Larry Rice’s Louisville bar, the Silver Dollar, is all about whiskey. So its version of the Moscow Mule is bourbon based. Nothing complicated here, just good Kentucky whiskey subbed for the usual vodka. Ginger syrup is used instead of ginger beer, pushing the drink very close to whiskey sour territory, albeit one served under a mound of crushed ice. —Robert Simonson

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Ingredients

Yield:1 drink

2ounces bourbon, preferably Wild Turkey 101
1ounce ginger syrup (see note)
½ounce lime juice

Ingredient Substitution Guide

Preparation

Step 1
Fill a mug, preferably copper, three-quarters full with crushed ice. In a cocktail shaker three-quarters filled with ice cubes, shake all ingredients for 15 seconds and strain into the mug. Top with more crushed ice.

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