Mexican Mule Cocktail

A Mexican Mule is a refreshing cocktail made with tequila, lime, ginger syrup, or ginger beer, and topped with seltzer water.

Hands down my favorite cocktail to sip during the warmer months is a Mule. It’s so refreshing and when you make it with Tequila, it’s called a Mexican Mule.

The beauty of cocktail making is that once you have the base recipe down, you can customize with different spirits and add-ins to switch up the flavor.

Base Recipe for any Mule:

• Spirit (Tequila, Vodka, Gin, or Whiskey) And yes, each one makes a great mule!
• Fresh Lime Juice
• Ginger Beer (or a Ginger Syrup + Seltzer Water)

Ginger Syrup vs Ginger Beer

This is a personal preference, but I’ve fallen in love with this Ginga Syrup from a local cocktail mixer company here in Phoenix, Iconic Cocktail. It’s all natural ingredients and lower amounts of sugar compared to ginger beer.

If I am using a ginger beer, I prefer one that has more ginger taste and less sugar. Please don’t use Ginger Ale, which has a very mild ginger taste and more sugar.

Fever Tree and Q Ginger Beer’s are both great options for ginger beer.

How to Make a Mexican Mule with Ginger Syrup

• 2 oz Tequila Blanco
• 1 oz Ginger Syrup
• 1/2 oz Lime juice
• Ice and Top with Seltzer Water (I used Topo Chico)

Using ginger syrup is a great way to have flexibility with the flavors of your mule and control the sugar.

For example you can turn your Mexican Mule into a Prickly Pear Mule by doing .5 oz of Ginger Syrup and .5 oz of Prickly Pear Syrup.

You can also use different flavors of seltzer water. I loved the carbonation in Topo Chico, and they also have a lime and grapefruit flavor too!

For a polished look, serve your Mexican Mule in a copper mug for an ice cold cocktail and garnish with some fresh mint and lime slices. I have some affordable mugs linked below.

Doesn’t this Mexican Mule look so refreshing!?

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Cocktails go great with Chips and Salsa or Elote Dip.