Peach Moscow Mule

This summer drink is bursting with the taste of sweet peach, the zing of ginger beer, and quality vodka.

Yes indeed, we took the classic Moscow Mule and flipped the script. Our version is peachy keen and filled with ripened peaches, limes, mint, ginger beer, and a peach and ginger mixer.

Grab our recipe for a Peach Moscow Mule down below, and start your weekend sipping on something sweet. 

Peach Moscow Mule

We are smack dab in the midst of a full-blown heat apocalypse and no time is a better time to enjoy our Peach Moscow Mule. I am not sure where the Moscow Mule got its name from but I am guessing there is an interesting story to tell.

I am going to have to get my Google on and see what I can find. Be right back! Okay, I am back! That didn’t take too long, did it?

Here’s what I found out on the Internets about the origins of the Moscow Mule, although it seems rather convenient, here goes nothing. Apparently, way back in the 1940s, a businessman by the name of John G. Martin obtained the U.S. rights to the French vodka distiller  Smirnoff. However, at the time vodka wasn’t popular in the United States.

Hard to imagine vodka not being popular, right? Here’s where the story sounds like “a story,” ready? So, a down on his luck Mr. Martin visits the well-known west coast bar, the Cock-n-Bull located in Los Angeles.

There he recants his dilemma to the bar owner, Jack Morgan. Also, in attendance was a manufacturer of copper mugs. Long story short, all three men concocted a plan which would benefit each of them, and so the Moscow Mule was born.

The peach of my eye!

Anyway, that’s the story. Not sure if that’s the way it all went down, but in the end what matters is the Moscow Mule is a real thing and a delicious and popular one to boot. Here, I played around with the flavors to create a version of the Moscow Mule which features the taste of sweet ripe peaches as the star of the cocktail show. We think it is a great play on the original, but you’ll have to be the judge of that.

 

A few months ago I picked up a bottle of Peach with Ginger cocktail mixer at Home Goods. I wasn’t exactly sure what I was going to do with it so I stocked it away in the liquor cabinet  and forgot about it. Not long ago when the summer peaches arrived at Horrock’s, our local and favorite green grocer, I grabbed a bagful.  A few days later I was thinking about making myself a Moscow Mule and the ripe peaches caught my eye. I opened up the liquor cabinet to grab vodka and pulled out the Peach with Ginger mixer too. So now, I had the perfect excuse to combine all of these wonderful ingredients into one super yumazing cocktail. Let us know what you think!

What You Need 

Grey Goose Vodka – Smooth and high quality vodka is going to really give this peach cocktail a refreshing taste. I love how the vodka adds a nice kick without altering the flavors of the quality. 

Peach With Ginger Mixer – If you can’t find the mixer with ginger in it you can easily do a straight peach as you will use ginger beer, so you will still have the ginger flavor. 

Ginger Beer – Do not mix up ginger beer and think it is a ginger ale. Very stout with a nice kick. This ginger beer really enhances the flavor of this cocktail. 

Peach Slices and Mint Leaves – Garnish your cocktail with a pop of color and showcase the flavor of this peach boozy Moscow mule! 

Ice – We serve this over ice, so it really gives you that chilled drink to cool you down after a long day, especially in the summer months. 

Good thing these cut in half, these sweet peaches look like hearts because we love ’em! Coincidence? I think not!

What a lovely cocktail! Well, at least we think so, but we may be a little bit biased.

 

Peach Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 ounce grey goose vodka
• 2 ounces peach with ginger mixer
• 2 1/2 ounces fever tree ginger beer
• peach slices
• sprigs of fresh mint
• ice

Directions:

1. Into a cocktail mixing glass add ice, vodka, peach and ginger mixer, and ginger beer.
2. Mix vigorously for 30 seconds using a long-handled bar spoon.
3. Strain mixture into a prepared copper mug and garnished with slices of peach, lime, and sprigs of fresh mint.
4. Serve.

Equipment:

• Moscow Mug
• Long-handled bar spoon
• Cocktail mixing glass

 

What is the difference between a Moscow Mule and an American mule?

Moscow mules are known for their vodka and ginger beer kick. Where an American is the same ingredients it just adds in a splash of lime. Some Moscow mules have lime as well. So essentially they are similar to say the least. 

Why is a Moscow Mule always served in a copper cup?

Copper is good at conducting the drink to stay nice and chilled. You will mix it up and then pour the ice cold drink into the mug, and it will help keep the temperature regulated longer than say a glass cup. So that way your ice doesn’t melt near as fast. 

What drink is similar to a Moscow mule?

Dark and Stormy’s and Greyhounds are both cocktails that are found to be served in a copper mug just like your favorite mules. The copper cups really help chill down your drinks to the ultimate level.