No. 24Vodka & Gin Pickle Cocktails
Spicy Pickle Mule
This mule kicks back.
The Spicy Pickle Mule is a Moscow mule with heat on heat: fresh jalapeño muddled and shaken with vodka, lime, dill pickle brine and pickled jalapeño brine, then topped with spicy ginger beer. It is hotter and punchier than the Pickle Moscow Mule, with ginger and chili burning together over ice.
21+Updated
Brine3/53 of 5
Heat3/53 of 5
StrengthMedium
- Glass
- copper mug
- Method
- Shaken
- Time
- 4 min
- Makes
- 1 drink
Ingredients
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Amounts for 1, in ounces.
- 3 slices jalapeño (plus 1 for garnish)
- 2 oz vodka
- ½ oz fresh lime juice
- ½ oz dill pickle brine
- ¼ oz pickled jalapeño brine
- 4 oz spicy ginger beer (chilled)
- 1 dill pickle spear (for garnish)
- 1 lime wedge (for garnish)
- Glass
- copper mug
- Garnish
- jalapeño, pickle spear and lime wedge
How to make it
- Muddle the jalapeño slices gently in a shaker.
- Add the vodka, lime juice, pickle brine and jalapeño brine.
- Fill the shaker with ice and shake for 10 seconds.
- Strain into an ice-filled copper mug.
- Top with the ginger beer and stir once.
- Garnish with a jalapeño slice, a pickle spear and a lime wedge.
Bar tips
- Muddle gently: you want juice and oil from the pepper, not pulp.
- Shaking spreads the chili through the whole drink, so the last sip isn't much hotter than the first.
- A fiery ginger beer turns up the burn; a milder one keeps it friendly.
Make it your own
- Swap the vodka for blanco tequila for a spicy pickle Mexican mule.
Drink responsibly. This one is for adults of legal drinking age. Want it without the booze? The zero-proof drinks are just as briny.
Full recipe: dillin.org/recipes/spicy-pickle-mule
