Berlin Mule

A bold German spin on the Moscow Mule — Jägermeister, ginger beer, and fresh lime over ice, garnished with cucumber.

The Berlin Mule is Jägermeister's official branded adaptation of the Moscow Mule format, applying the original's ginger beer, citrus, and spirit template to the intensely herbal German digestif rather than the vodka at the Mule's origin. Jägermeister — meaning master of the hunt in German — was created by Wilhelm and Curt Mast in Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony in 1934, building on the Mast family's existing vinegar business. The formula combines 56 herbs, fruits, roots, and spices including gentian root, ginger, cinnamon, anise, and citrus peel in a neutral spirit base, aged in oak barrels for approximately a year before blending and bottling at 35% ABV. The recipe has remained unchanged since 1934. Jägermeister entered the American market in significant volume from the 1980s onward and became one of the best-selling imported spirits in the United States through aggressive bar marketing, particularly its association with ice-cold shot service in specially designed Jäger ice dispensers that maintained the spirit at -18°C. The Berlin Mule substitutes Jägermeister's herbal warmth for vodka's neutrality, creating a Mule whose ginger beer's spice is amplified and complicated by the digestif's own ginger, anise, and root-botanicals rather than simply paired with them.