Cranberry Moscow Mule Punch
The 1941 Moscow Mule formula — vodka, ginger beer, and lime — scaled for a holiday punch bowl with cranberry juice added for seasonal tartness and vivid red color.
- 2 cupsvodka
- 4 cupsginger beer
- 1 cupcranberry juice
- ½ cupfresh lime juice
- fresh cranberries and rosemary sprigsgarnish
- 1Combine vodka, cranberry juice, and lime juice in punch bowl
- 2Stir well
- 3Add ice
- 4Top with ginger beer
- 5Garnish with fresh cranberries and rosemary sprigs
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The Cranberry Moscow Mule Punch scales the Moscow Mule — John G. Martin and Jack Morgan's 1941 Hollywood creation combining vodka, ginger beer, and lime — into large-format punch bowl service while incorporating cranberry juice as an additional component. Ocean Spray's cranberry cooperative has been a persistent influence on American cocktail culture since the 1940s, and the combination of cranberry's tartness with ginger beer's spice creates a particularly complex punch base. The seasonal associations of cranberry — its harvest in September and October and its role in Thanksgiving and Christmas menus — make the Cranberry Moscow Mule Punch a natural fit for autumn and winter holiday entertaining, where the copper-mug tradition of the original mixes with cranberry's festive visual identity.
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