Fresh blueberries, lime, ginger beer — a fruity American riff on the Moscow Mule
The Moscow Mule was invented in 1941 to sell Smirnoff vodka and Cock 'n Bull ginger beer simultaneously. The Blueberry Mule strips the vodka, amplifies the fruit, and becomes a genuinely interesting mocktail rather than a hollowed-out version of a cocktail. The copper mug tradition keeps everything exceptionally cold.
Premium ginger beer (Fever-Tree, Bundaberg, Reed's) makes a significant difference — the spice should be real, not sweet. For a deeper blueberry flavour, make a blueberry syrup by simmering blueberries with equal weight sugar and water, then cooling. Frozen blueberries work year-round and are often sweeter than fresh.