🫐 Blackberry & Ginger Mule

Blackberry, fresh ginger & ginger beer — Veeraswamy, Regent Street London

5 min
Berry & Spiced
Copper mug over ice
Veeraswamy
0% ABV
Ingredients
  • 80g fresh blackberries
  • 15ml fresh lime juice
  • 15ml simple syrup
  • 1 cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated
  • 150ml ginger beer (Fever-Tree or Bundaberg)
  • Ice
  • Blackberry skewer & lime wedge to garnish
Method
  1. 1
    Muddle — In a copper mug (or tall glass), muddle blackberries with simple syrup and grated ginger until berries are completely broken down.
  2. 2
    Add — Add lime juice. Fill with ice.
  3. 3
    Top — Pour ginger beer gently over the back of a spoon to avoid excessive foam.
  4. 4
    Stir — Stir gently once.
  5. 5
    Garnish — Thread 2–3 blackberries on a cocktail pick and rest on the rim. Add a lime wedge.

About This Drink

The Moscow Mule arrived in America in the 1940s. In Veeraswamy's hands — the restaurant that has been on Regent Street since 1926, that served Indian dignitaries, Nehru, and generations of curious Londoners — it becomes a Blackberry & Ginger Mule: the copper mug stays, the vodka is removed, and British blackberries (one of the UK's most abundant wild fruits, hedgerow-gathered across England in late summer) replace the spirit. Ginger (adrak) is India's oldest spice, and its use in drinks from kashayam (ginger tea) to masala chai to the contemporary ginger mule is continuous. At £11, this is one of the best-value non-alcoholic options in Mayfair.

Bartender Tips

British blackberries peak from August to October — at their best they are deeply sweet with minimal bitterness. Out of season, use frozen blackberries (thawed) or substitute with fresh blackberries from M&S or Waitrose year-round. Bundaberg ginger beer has real ginger root and significant spice; Fever-Tree is lighter. The copper mug is optional but does change the drinking experience — the metal chills the drink rapidly.

Origin
Restaurant
Veeraswamy, Regent Street London
Origin
Regent Street, London — the UK's oldest Indian restaurant (1926)
Flavour
Berry & Spiced · Easy
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Where to drink this
Restaurant
Veeraswamy
Address
101 Regent St, London W1B 4RS
Style
Classic regional Indian fine dining
Accolades
Est. 1926 · London's oldest Indian restaurant · Michelin Bib Gourmand

The first and oldest Indian restaurant in the UK, Veeraswamy has been serving authentic regional Indian cuisine on Regent Street since 1926. A true London institution — every dish and drink traces a line back to a specific corner of the subcontinent.

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