This crisp, refreshing strawberry kentucky mule combines strawberries, bourbon, ginger beer, lime juice and lemon juice to make a delightful cocktail.
It’s peak strawberry season here in Pennsylvania. If you follow along on my what up wednesdays posts you’ll see that we went strawberry picking. We came home with 2 big boxes of strawberries. It was a lot of fun but the next question is always- now what do we do with all of these strawberries? We make cocktails! Plus my son loves strawberries and eats them every single day. Which is awesome because he is a very picky eater.
Years ago I made this strawberry rhubarb moscow mule. So this time I decided to try a kentucky mule with just the strawberries, If you totally hate bourbon (I’m not sure if we can be friends) than you can make this into a moscow mule and just substitute vodka for bourbon.
A traditional mule contains lime juice, which I used, but i also added some lemon juice to compliment the strawberries.
I muddle the strawberries in the bottom of the copper mug (or glass or whatever you’re using). Then I add the bourbon and juices and stir. You could do these steps in a shaker and then strain the contents into your mug or glass but I like to keep the muddled strawberries in my cup.
Strawberry kentucky mule
(serves 1)
5 strawberries (mine were on the small side so use less if you have large strawberries)
juice of 1/2 a lime
1/4 ounce lemon juice( I prefer fresh squeezed)
2 ounces bourbon
ice
ginger beer (amount depends on the size of your glass/mug- usually about 4 ounces)
In a mug/cup/glass muddle the strawberries. Add the lemon juice, lime juice, and bourbon. Stir the ingredients and add ice. Top with ginger beer and gently stir.
Enjoy!!