CocktailsCharles Sieg
Vilnius Mule, served in a copper mule mug

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Vilnius Mule

A Moscow Mule made with Russian vodka straight from the freezer, with sweet and sour where the lime would be.

Glass
Copper mule mug
Method
Built in the glass
Served
On the rocks

Ingredients

Make

1 drink, as written.

  • 2 oz Russian vodka, straight from the freezerRussian Standard, ideally. It has to be Russian.
  • ½ oz sweet and sourInstead of lime
  • 4 oz ginger beer

In a copper mule mug

Method

  1. Fill a mule mug with ice.
  2. Pour in the vodka straight from the freezer, below freezing, and add the sweet and sour.
  3. Top with the ginger beer and stir once.

From my notes

  • It must be Russian vodka, ideally Russian Standard, kept in the freezer so it pours below freezing.
  • Same as a Moscow Mule, but with sweet and sour instead of lime.
  • Vilnius is the hometown of Hannibal Lecter. Or of Marko Ramius, captain of the Red October.