http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/fre...MzA2MTQ0NDQ0S0

I can't tell you how delicious this sounds to me. I don't want to
strain grated ginger through my teeth, so I'll make a ginger flavored
simple syrup instead. Putting vodka and club soda on my shopping
list!!!

2 oz. vodka
1½ oz. simple syrup
1 oz. fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon finely grated peeled ginger
2 oz. club soda
1 lime wedge
Candied ginger (for serving)


Combine vodka, simple syrup, lime juice, and ginger in a cocktail
shaker; fill shaker with ice. Shake until outside of shaker is frosty,
about 30 seconds. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice; top
off with club soda and garnish with lime wedge and candied ginger.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:32:53 -0700, sf > wrote:

>
>http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/fre...MzA2MTQ0NDQ0S0
>
>I can't tell you how delicious this sounds to me. I don't want to
>strain grated ginger through my teeth, so I'll make a ginger flavored
>simple syrup instead. Putting vodka and club soda on my shopping
>list!!!
>
>2 oz. vodka
>1½ oz. simple syrup
>1 oz. fresh lime juice
>1 teaspoon finely grated peeled ginger
>2 oz. club soda
>1 lime wedge
>Candied ginger (for serving)
>
>
>Combine vodka, simple syrup, lime juice, and ginger in a cocktail
>shaker; fill shaker with ice. Shake until outside of shaker is frosty,
>about 30 seconds. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice; top
>off with club soda and garnish with lime wedge and candied ginger.

Vodka and club soda with lime is my go-to drink. This sounds like it
would be extremely good. Thanks for posting it!

On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 19:46:26 -0500, barbie gee >
wrote:

> We've been on a Moscow Mule kick for the last few months here.
> There can never be too much gingery goodness, and don't be skimpy with the
> lime, either...
>
> I'm fond of using Stirring's Ginger Liqueur for Mules.
> <https://www.stirrings.com/real-products/liqueurs/ginger>
>
> We also have a regional "mixologist" who's put together some premixed
> cocktails, including a Moscow Mule. Pretty expensive, but on the rocks,
> it's still cheaper than going to a bar and faster than making your own.
> <http://crafthousecocktails.com/moscow-mule/>

I'm so glad I posted that recipe, because I didn't know about ginger
liqueur. Thanks for the tip!

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 20:45:27 -0400, Doris Night
> wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:32:53 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
>
> Vodka and club soda with lime is my go-to drink. This sounds like it
> would be extremely good. Thanks for posting it!

You're very welcome!

I ended up not getting what I wanted. I bought the ginger, so I'll
make ginger simple syrup tonight and resume purchasing the other parts
tomorrow. I didn't buy any club soda because the only container was
huge and I wanted individual small bottles, so I'll look for them
somewhere else. In any case, I need to find out what the difference
is between club soda, seltzer water and sparkling water is. They're
all fizzy, are they interchangeable?

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

sf > wrote in
:

>
> http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/fre...?mbid=ROD20140
> 724153503&spMailingID=10099113&spUserID=NzMxMjc3Nj QwMDYS1&spJobID=30614
> 4444&spReportId=MzA2MTQ0NDQ0S0
>
> I can't tell you how delicious this sounds to me. I don't want to
> strain grated ginger through my teeth, so I'll make a ginger flavored
> simple syrup instead. Putting vodka and club soda on my shopping
> list!!!
>
>
So what's the difference between this recipe and the original Moscow Mule
recipe which uses ginger beer?

BTW, in my own variation, I make a mango mule using mango vodka. And if
you can find it in your area, the best ginger beer I've ever had is Fever
Tree.

On Friday, July 25, 2014 4:32:53 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/fre...MzA2MTQ0NDQ0S0
>
Somehow, this conjured up thoughts of a Soviet past, where for some
arbitrary reason, ginger was banned from Moscow (maybe Stalin had
hated it, and branded it counter-revolutionary), and folks traveling
to the capital stuffing their asses with ginger roots. Lord help
them if the KGB subjected them to a cavity search.

To this very day, many older Muscovites thank Comrade Khrushchev for
access to ginger that doesn't "taste like ass."

--Bryan

On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 02:52:57 -0500, Alan Holbrook >
wrote:

> sf > wrote in
> :
>
> >
> > http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/fre...?mbid=ROD20140
> > 724153503&spMailingID=10099113&spUserID=NzMxMjc3Nj QwMDYS1&spJobID=30614
> > 4444&spReportId=MzA2MTQ0NDQ0S0
> >
> > I can't tell you how delicious this sounds to me. I don't want to
> > strain grated ginger through my teeth, so I'll make a ginger flavored
> > simple syrup instead. Putting vodka and club soda on my shopping
> > list!!!
> >
> >
> So what's the difference between this recipe and the original Moscow Mule
> recipe which uses ginger beer?

I don't know, I've never had one... however, ginger beer is hard to
find. I looked specifically for it yesterday. It wasn't with the
beers so I snagged an upper level store worker. He looked in the soda
section and I told him if it was stocked there someone made a mistake,
because it wasn't a soft drink - so he looked with the beers. There
were lots of different hard cider brands, but no ginger beer. He was
absolutely positive they had it so he spent quite a bit of time in the
back searching for it and came back empty handed.... so at this point
in time, I'd say it's more convenient to make from scratch than it is
to run around town trying to find ginger beer.
>
> BTW, in my own variation, I make a mango mule using mango vodka. And if
> you can find it in your area, the best ginger beer I've ever had is Fever
> Tree.

Thanks, but I think I'll be lucky to find just one brand and will take
whatever brand I can get.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 04:30:54 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> wrote:

> On Friday, July 25, 2014 4:32:53 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> > http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/fre...MzA2MTQ0NDQ0S0
> >
> Somehow, this conjured up thoughts of a Soviet past, where for some
> arbitrary reason, ginger was banned from Moscow (maybe Stalin had
> hated it, and branded it counter-revolutionary), and folks traveling
> to the capital stuffing their asses with ginger roots. Lord help
> them if the KGB subjected them to a cavity search.
>
> To this very day, many older Muscovites thank Comrade Khrushchev for
> access to ginger that doesn't "taste like ass."
>
Did you just make that up?

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:32:53 -0700, sf > wrote:

>
>http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/fre...MzA2MTQ0NDQ0S0
>
>I can't tell you how delicious this sounds to me. I don't want to
>strain grated ginger through my teeth, so I'll make a ginger flavored
>simple syrup instead. Putting vodka and club soda on my shopping
>list!!!
>
>2 oz. vodka
>1½ oz. simple syrup
>1 oz. fresh lime juice
>1 teaspoon finely grated peeled ginger
>2 oz. club soda
>1 lime wedge
>Candied ginger (for serving)
>
>
>Combine vodka, simple syrup, lime juice, and ginger in a cocktail
>shaker; fill shaker with ice. Shake until outside of shaker is frosty,
>about 30 seconds. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice; top
>off with club soda and garnish with lime wedge and candied ginger.

If you don't have a cocktail shaker, I'd use a regular kitchen
strainer. I love ginger simple syrup and add it to a glass of
sparkling mineral water.

koko

On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 19:55:45 -0700, koko > wrote:

> If you don't have a cocktail shaker, I'd use a regular kitchen
> strainer. I love ginger simple syrup and add it to a glass of
> sparkling mineral water.

Thanks, Koko!

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

sf > wrote in
:

> I don't know, I've never had one... however, ginger beer is hard to
> find. I looked specifically for it yesterday. It wasn't with the
> beers so I snagged an upper level store worker. He looked in the soda
> section and I told him if it was stocked there someone made a mistake,
> because it wasn't a soft drink - so he looked with the beers. There
> were lots of different hard cider brands, but no ginger beer. He was
> absolutely positive they had it so he spent quite a bit of time in the
> back searching for it and came back empty handed.... so at this point
> in time, I'd say it's more convenient to make from scratch than it is
> to run around town trying to find ginger beer.
>>
>> BTW, in my own variation, I make a mango mule using mango vodka. And
>> if you can find it in your area, the best ginger beer I've ever had
>> is Fever Tree.
>
> Thanks, but I think I'll be lucky to find just one brand and will take
> whatever brand I can get.
>

U'mmm, ginger beer _is_ a soft drink. It's non-alcoholic, and if a store
carries it, it _will_ be in with the sodas. Basically ginger beer is
ginger ale on steroids, a much more concentrated, spicier ginger taste,
but again, non-alcoholic.

It's not really mainstream, so it's not surprising that your store
doesn't carry it, although most of the markets in my area (north central
Massachusetts) do. Since it's used as a mixer in several things (Moscow
Mules, Dark'n'Stormys, etc.) you can also often find it in liqour stores.

Frankly, I'd never even heard of making a Mule with club soda and fresh
ginger before your post. And neither had my daughter, who was a
bartender in Boston for a number of years. But it _does_ sound good.

On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 03:10:42 -0500, Alan Holbrook >
wrote:

> sf > wrote in
> :
>
> > I don't know, I've never had one... however, ginger beer is hard to
> > find. I looked specifically for it yesterday. It wasn't with the
> > beers so I snagged an upper level store worker. He looked in the soda
> > section and I told him if it was stocked there someone made a mistake,
> > because it wasn't a soft drink - so he looked with the beers. There
> > were lots of different hard cider brands, but no ginger beer. He was
> > absolutely positive they had it so he spent quite a bit of time in the
> > back searching for it and came back empty handed.... so at this point
> > in time, I'd say it's more convenient to make from scratch than it is
> > to run around town trying to find ginger beer.
> >>
> >> BTW, in my own variation, I make a mango mule using mango vodka. And
> >> if you can find it in your area, the best ginger beer I've ever had
> >> is Fever Tree.
> >
> > Thanks, but I think I'll be lucky to find just one brand and will take
> > whatever brand I can get.
> >
>
> U'mmm, ginger beer _is_ a soft drink. It's non-alcoholic, and if a store
> carries it, it _will_ be in with the sodas. Basically ginger beer is
> ginger ale on steroids, a much more concentrated, spicier ginger taste,
> but again, non-alcoholic.

OH! Well, that flies in the face of what I was lead to expect. Huh.
Well I guess I can substitute ginger ale for it then.
>
> It's not really mainstream, so it's not surprising that your store
> doesn't carry it, although most of the markets in my area (north central
> Massachusetts) do. Since it's used as a mixer in several things (Moscow
> Mules, Dark'n'Stormys, etc.) you can also often find it in liqour stores.

It's not worth the bother now that you've told me it's just another
soft drink. I'll buy it if I see it, but I'm not going to expend any
energy trying to find a soft drink that's basically ginger ale.
>
> Frankly, I'd never even heard of making a Mule with club soda and fresh
> ginger before your post. And neither had my daughter, who was a
> bartender in Boston for a number of years. But it _does_ sound good.

Agree. I was never very interested trying a Moscow Mule until I saw
that recipe. I made the ginger simple syrup last night, so I'm on my
way to making a Mule. Thanks and thanks for checking with your DD.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On 7/27/2014 4:10 AM, Alan Holbrook wrote:

> U'mmm, ginger beer _is_ a soft drink. It's non-alcoholic, and if a store
> carries it, it _will_ be in with the sodas. Basically ginger beer is
> ginger ale on steroids, a much more concentrated, spicier ginger taste,
> but again, non-alcoholic.
>

Ummm..._some_ ginger beer is non-alcoholic. Some is brewed.

On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 09:27:57 -0400, S Viemeister
> wrote:

> On 7/27/2014 4:10 AM, Alan Holbrook wrote:
>
> > U'mmm, ginger beer _is_ a soft drink. It's non-alcoholic, and if a store
> > carries it, it _will_ be in with the sodas. Basically ginger beer is
> > ginger ale on steroids, a much more concentrated, spicier ginger taste,
> > but again, non-alcoholic.
> >
>
> Ummm..._some_ ginger beer is non-alcoholic. Some is brewed.
>
Returning to the State of Confusion now. So, which one do I use with
a Moscow Mule?

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On 2014-07-27 9:27 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 7/27/2014 4:10 AM, Alan Holbrook wrote:
>
>> U'mmm, ginger beer _is_ a soft drink. It's non-alcoholic, and if a store
>> carries it, it _will_ be in with the sodas. Basically ginger beer is
>> ginger ale on steroids, a much more concentrated, spicier ginger taste,
>> but again, non-alcoholic.
>>
>
> Ummm..._some_ ginger beer is non-alcoholic. Some is brewed.
>



True that. I love the ginger beer soft drink, which is getting harder
and harder to find around here. I have also had ginger beer, which I was
not so keen on.

On 2014-07-27 9:43 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 09:27:57 -0400, S Viemeister
> > wrote:
>
>> On 7/27/2014 4:10 AM, Alan Holbrook wrote:
>>
>>> U'mmm, ginger beer _is_ a soft drink. It's non-alcoholic, and if a store
>>> carries it, it _will_ be in with the sodas. Basically ginger beer is
>>> ginger ale on steroids, a much more concentrated, spicier ginger taste,
>>> but again, non-alcoholic.
>>>
>>
>> Ummm..._some_ ginger beer is non-alcoholic. Some is brewed.
>>
> Returning to the State of Confusion now. So, which one do I use with
> a Moscow Mule?
>

Non.

On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:13:49 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2014-07-27 9:43 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 09:27:57 -0400, S Viemeister
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On 7/27/2014 4:10 AM, Alan Holbrook wrote:
> >>
> >>> U'mmm, ginger beer _is_ a soft drink. It's non-alcoholic, and if a store
> >>> carries it, it _will_ be in with the sodas. Basically ginger beer is
> >>> ginger ale on steroids, a much more concentrated, spicier ginger taste,
> >>> but again, non-alcoholic.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Ummm..._some_ ginger beer is non-alcoholic. Some is brewed.
> >>
> > Returning to the State of Confusion now. So, which one do I use with
> > a Moscow Mule?
> >
>
> Non.

Too bad, because I do like the San Jose style Chavela (Chabela) which
is light or dark Mexican Cerveza (beer) with a shot of tequila (no
Clamato juice) - so I visualized a Moscow Mule as being similar.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

sf > wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 03:10:42 -0500, Alan Holbrook >
> wrote:
>
>> sf > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> I don't know, I've never had one... however, ginger beer is hard to
>>> find. I looked specifically for it yesterday. It wasn't with the
>>> beers so I snagged an upper level store worker. He looked in the soda
>>> section and I told him if it was stocked there someone made a mistake,
>>> because it wasn't a soft drink - so he looked with the beers. There
>>> were lots of different hard cider brands, but no ginger beer. He was
>>> absolutely positive they had it so he spent quite a bit of time in the
>>> back searching for it and came back empty handed.... so at this point
>>> in time, I'd say it's more convenient to make from scratch than it is
>>> to run around town trying to find ginger beer.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, in my own variation, I make a mango mule using mango vodka. And
>>>> if you can find it in your area, the best ginger beer I've ever had
>>>> is Fever Tree.
>>>
>>> Thanks, but I think I'll be lucky to find just one brand and will take
>>> whatever brand I can get.
>>>
>>
>> U'mmm, ginger beer _is_ a soft drink. It's non-alcoholic, and if a store
>> carries it, it _will_ be in with the sodas. Basically ginger beer is
>> ginger ale on steroids, a much more concentrated, spicier ginger taste,
>> but again, non-alcoholic.
>
> OH! Well, that flies in the face of what I was lead to expect. Huh.
> Well I guess I can substitute ginger ale for it then.
>>
>> It's not really mainstream, so it's not surprising that your store
>> doesn't carry it, although most of the markets in my area (north central
>> Massachusetts) do. Since it's used as a mixer in several things (Moscow
>> Mules, Dark'n'Stormys, etc.) you can also often find it in liqour stores.
>
> It's not worth the bother now that you've told me it's just another
> soft drink. I'll buy it if I see it, but I'm not going to expend any
> energy trying to find a soft drink that's basically ginger ale.
>>
>> Frankly, I'd never even heard of making a Mule with club soda and fresh
>> ginger before your post. And neither had my daughter, who was a
>> bartender in Boston for a number of years. But it _does_ sound good.
>
> Agree. I was never very interested trying a Moscow Mule until I saw
> that recipe. I made the ginger simple syrup last night, so I'm on my
> way to making a Mule. Thanks and thanks for checking with your DD.

My Trader Joe's carries Reed's ginger beer if you want to find it.
--
jinx the minx

On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:46:59 +0000 (UTC), jinx the minx
> wrote:

> My Trader Joe's carries Reed's ginger beer if you want to find it.

Thanks, I'll ask next time I'm in there and see what my local store
carries.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

S Viemeister > wrote in
:

> On 7/27/2014 4:10 AM, Alan Holbrook wrote:
>
>> U'mmm, ginger beer _is_ a soft drink. It's non-alcoholic, and if a
>> store carries it, it _will_ be in with the sodas. Basically ginger
>> beer is ginger ale on steroids, a much more concentrated, spicier
>> ginger taste, but again, non-alcoholic.
>>
>
> Ummm..._some_ ginger beer is non-alcoholic. Some is brewed.
>
>

I stand corrected. I'd never heard of alcoholic ginger beer before, but
yes, indeed, it does exist.

But mixed drinks like the Moscow Mule or the Dark'n'Stormy are made with
the non-alcoholic stuff. Frankly, mixing ginger, sugar, vodka, and an
alcoholic brewed substance doesn't sound very appealing to me.

BTW, you probably _can_ make a Moscow Mule using ginger ale. You could
_probably_ make one using tomato juice or milk. But it just wouldn't be
the same...oh, forgot: IMHO!

On Saturday, July 26, 2014 10:53:55 AM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 04:30:54 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
>
> > wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Friday, July 25, 2014 4:32:53 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:
>
> > > http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/fre...MzA2MTQ0NDQ0S0
>
> > >
>
> > Somehow, this conjured up thoughts of a Soviet past, where for some
>
> > arbitrary reason, ginger was banned from Moscow (maybe Stalin had
>
> > hated it, and branded it counter-revolutionary), and folks traveling
>
> > to the capital stuffing their asses with ginger roots. Lord help
>
> > them if the KGB subjected them to a cavity search.
>
> >
>
> > To this very day, many older Muscovites thank Comrade Khrushchev for
>
> > access to ginger that doesn't "taste like ass."
>
> >
>
> Did you just make that up?
>
Of course I did. When I saw the word, "mule," I thought of drug mule.
I saw something the other day where some Right-wing nutcase was saying
that more of undocumented kids coming across the southern border were
drug smugglers than legitimate refugees.

I assumed that no one would take it seriously. Only Sheldon would post
something that nutty and expect folks to believe it.

--Bryan