Buck / Mule
Sub-FamilyBalanced
Defaults
Method
BuiltGlass
HighballIce
Cubed- Structure
- Spirit, Citrus, Ginger
- Formula Detail
- Spirit, Citrus, Ginger
- Strength
- Light
- Served
- Cold
- Era
- 1940s onward - Moscow Mule origin
- Flags
- Carbonated, Citrus-Forward
- Canonical Examples
- Moscow Mule Dark 'n Stormy, Kentucky Buck Gin-Gin Mule, Mezcal Mule, Mexican Mule
- Key Technique
- Built
- Bar Notes
- Batchability 4/5 (Buck Base highly batchable, ginger beer stabilizes lime in kegged systems), Throughput Fast (standard build: ice/base/top), Survivability 3/5 (ginger spice masks dilution well). Strong flavor profile resilient to ice melt. Excellent draft candidate.
Combinatorial Matrix
17,052 possible combinations · 0 known recipes
Formula
Spirit, Citrus, Ginger
Spirit
294Citrus
58Ginger
1The Story
The highball that traded Victorian restraint for American ginger fire and became the mule.