I present to you…the very first 5:00 Fridays post I ever wrote. This is a classic standby in my house. If you ever drop by, the odds are good that we’ll have the fixins on hand to mix this up for you. We’ll sit on the porch or fireside on the patio and gab until it’s time for a refill.
I don’t know about you, but a refreshing cocktail at the end of a long week is just the ticket to paradise I need. Even when I worked full-time (in an office, as opposed to the more-than-full-time activities of being a mom), I loved Friday happy hours with my coworkers. We toasted some positively deadly Long Island Iced Teas and fruity concoctions served in fish bowls with multiple straws. Those happy hours inevitably turned into some rug cuttin’ long nights…and even even longer hangovers.
Happy hour is much tamer these days. There’s no room for hangovers in our lives anymore, but that doesn’t mean we can’t sip a tasty treat time to time.
Without further ado, drum roll, please…..
Introducing what we like to call our family’s signature drink: the Moscow Mule.
It’s traditionally served in a copper cup, but unless you live in Colonial Williamsburg, I’m guessing you didn’t get a set from your wedding registry. Nonetheless, we just use a highball glass here. Trust me, it’s just as tasty.
2 ounces vodka (not the cheap stuff you drank in college, pony up for Absolut at the least)
1 ounce freshly-squeezed lime juice (and NEVER Rose’s! Only the fresh stuff, this is key.)
4 ounces good, spicy ginger ale (like Blenheim’s) or ginger beer (NEVER EVER substitute ginger ale. That would make a crummy, wimpy Moscow Mule.)
Add ice and the ingredients in the specified order. Stir and garnish with a lime wedge.
Mmmmm….it’s only 8:00 AM, but my taste buds are dancing a jig just thinking about 5:00. It’s going to be 100 degrees here today so an icy, spicy, limey cocktail will be just what the mixologist ordered.
So what about you? What are your favorite summer cocktails? If you send me the recipe, I just might test it out and post it next week.
Cheers!
The Moscow Mule was one of the first “real” cocktails I ever drank (at a bar in Milwaukee) and stands as one of my favorites. Perfect for the first Friday of the Olympic games. Cheers!