Gin Gin Mule
A minty gin mule with lime, ginger beer, and muddled mint.
Base spirit
Gin
Style
Highball
Glassware
Highball glass
Technique
Shake
The Gin Gin Mule combines gin, lime, mint, sugar, and ginger beer into a tall refreshing highball. Mint and gin echo a mojito, while ginger beer pulls it into mule territory. Created in the modern craft-cocktail era, it became a warm-weather standard because it is aromatic, spicy, and easy to drink. Fresh mint and a spicy ginger beer define the drink.
Ingredients
Servings
- • 2 oz gin
- • 0.75 oz fresh lime juice
- • 0.75 oz simple syrup
- • 8 mint leaves
- • 3 oz ginger beer
Did you know?
“Audrey Saunders created the Gin-Gin Mule at New York’s Pegu Club, helping popularize ginger beer highballs in craft cocktail bars.”
Source:Pegu Club cocktail histories; Audrey Saunders attributions
Bartender's Note
Muddle mint gently. Audrey Saunders’s original uses a shaken mint-gin-lime base topped with ginger beer.
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How to make the Gin Gin Mule
- 1Gently mint with syrup in a shaker
- 2Add gin and lime juice; shake with ice
- 3Strain into a highball glass filled with ice and top with ginger beer
- 4Garnish with mint and lime
