Strawberry kentucky mule

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!!