Vodka will be the most outstanding single spirit on the again bar at this time, however within the Forties, the scenario was very totally different.

The story goes that in 1941, in an effort to market the then-exotic Russian spirit, executives from Heublein—then homeowners of Smirnoff vodka—collaborated with the proprietor of the Cock ‘n Bull Tavern in Hollywood to create this easy, memorable drink composed of vodka, ginger beer, and lime juice, served over ice in a copper mug. Wildly widespread among the many film crowd in Los Angeles, the Moscow Mule caught on elsewhere and, for a short interval, was some of the widespread drinks of the period.

Though its second within the highlight could have been temporary, the Moscow Mule had an enduring affect: It launched numerous drinkers to the vodka expertise and set a sequence of modifications in movement that, a number of many years later, would propel the spirit to the highest of the gross sales charts.

As I’ve written beforehand, I am not likely a lot of a vodka drinker, however I make the occasional exception for the Moscow Mule. Crisp and refreshing, and cooling on a heat summer season night, the Moscow Mule is a vodka drink that may attraction to vodkaphobes, and one of many few traditional cocktails that may fulfill vodka drinkers who’ll contact nothing however.

June 2011

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