Ingredients

  • 1½ ozscotch whisky
  • ¾ ozfresh lemon juice
  • ½ ozelderflower liqueur
  • 1 dashangostura bitters
  • 3 ozginger beer
  • 🍋Lemon wheel and candied ginger(garnish)

🔧 Tools

jiggerbar spoonhighball glass

Instructions

  1. Fill a highball glass with ice.
  2. Add the Scotch, lemon juice, elderflower liqueur, and bitters.
  3. Top with ginger beer and stir gently once to combine.
  4. Garnish with a lemon wheel and a piece of candied ginger.

📜 History

The Glasgow Mule was created by bartender Damon Boelte at Prime Meats in Brooklyn, New York. It adapts the classic Moscow Mule -- vodka, lime, ginger beer -- for Scotch drinkers, substituting Scotch whisky and swapping lime for lemon to complement the spirit's character. The addition of elderflower liqueur was Boelte's inspired touch, adding a delicate floral note that bridges the smoky sweetness of the Scotch with the sharpness of the ginger beer.

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