A classic Christmas Moscow Mule with a delicious and festive twist, this cocktail is perfect for spreading holiday cheer at your next gathering or sipping fireside. Slightly sweet and slightly tangy, this drink is easy to whip up with just a few ingredients. Serve in copper mugs garnished with fresh cranberries and rosemary sprigs!
Christmas Moscow Mule Ingredients
The beauty of this cocktail (besides the gorgeous garnish) is how simple it is to whip up with just a few ingredients! Don’t forget to serve your cocktail in copper mug!
- Cranberry Vodka: Deep Eddy’s cranberry vodka really kicks this cocktail up a notch and is what I recommend.
- Lime Juice: Fresh squeezed.
- Rosemary Simple Syrup: See below for recipe. Adjust your drizzle depending on how sweet you like your cocktails.
- Ginger Beer: You can use regular or diet.
- Garnishes: Also, I love a garnish — especially for holiday cocktails. If you do too, go wild with it! Add in tons of cranberries, rosemary, and your squeezed limes. It’s these details that make the mule so much more festive.
Tools
Rosemary Simple Syrup
This rosemary-infused simple syrup is easy to make and really brings the holiday vibes to this cocktail.
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 rosemary sprigs
To make the syrup: Add 1 cup boiling water to 1 cup sugar and 3 rosemary sprigs and stir continuously until the sugar dissolves completely, then chill until cool. Discard rosemary sprigs. Store syrup in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks. HERE is the glass jar I use!
Don’t forget to check out my step by step instructions in my Christmas Moscow Mule REEL!
Christmas Moscow Mule
A classic Christmas Moscow Mule with a delicious and festive twist, this cocktail is perfect for spreading holiday cheer at your next gathering or sipping fireside. Slightly sweet and slightly tangy, this drink is easy to whip up with just a few ingredients. Serve in copper mugs garnished with fresh cranberries and rosemary sprigs!
Ingredients
- 2 oz cranberry vodka
- 1/2 oz lime juice, fresh squeezed
- 1/4-1/2 oz rosemary simple syrup (depending on sweet preference)
- 4-6 oz ginger beer
- cranberries (for garnish)
- rosemary (for garnish)
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, add cranberry vodka, rosemary simple syrup, and lime juice. Shake well.
- Pour in a copper mug filled with ice and top with ginger beer.
- Garnish with fresh cranberries, lime wedge, and rosemary sprigs.
Notes
To make the rosemary simple syrup: Add 1 cup boiling water to 1 cup sugar and 3 rosemary sprigs and stir continuously until the sugar dissolves completely, then chill until cool. Discard rosemary sprigs. Store syrup in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.
Recipe originally published December 2020. Updated in November 2023 to add new photographs and a few gentle recipe tweaks.
Danielle
Thursday 24th of December 2020
This sounds so tasty! I still have never tried a moscow mule dinkr, but they sound pretty tasty!