Non-Alcoholic Mexican Mule

This Non-Alcoholic Mexican Mule is a spicy twist on the classic, which itself is a twist on the smartly-known Moscow Mule. Made with a memorable tequila alternative, vivid ginger beer, lime juice, and agave nectar, it be a really top, spicy, mountainous citrus cocktail for a hot summer afternoon.

The Ultimate NA Tequila for This Recipe

For this Mexican Mule I used to be to Ritual’s Tequila Various. It’s very absolute very top for its kick, which effectively remembers the pretty a couple of qualities of mountainous tequila drinks. The kick on the close is corresponding to the liqueur Ancho Reyes, which is repeatedly a mountainous pair with tequila and also segues properly into the sweet spice of the ginger beer.

Ritual’s prices invent invent them lower-possibility entry factors for NA spirits, and in actual fact grand worth attempting.

Seedlip’s Spice 94 would also work with this drink. It has notes of grapefruit and lemon, but additionally cardamom and allspice. A relatively difficult non-alcoholic beverage that entails Mycelium, Seedlip isn’t even searching for to be a 1-for-1 substitution for any sinister spirit, but works as a foundation for a mountainous amount of irregular and fine drinks.

The Ultimate Ginger Beer for This Mocktail

To your ginger beer, you’ll prefer one thing with as a minimal some “chunk,” and no longer too grand sweetness. Every so continuously, that might perhaps maybe mean a ginger beer relatively than a ginger ale, though either might perhaps maybe clutch this in engaging directions, with varying degrees of citrus, spice, and sweetness.

Fever Tree Ginger Beer is a upright dilemma to commence, a mixture of three types of ginger that is accessible in completely sized bottles for mixing. Bundaberg also will likely be a each day resolution, if a minute sweeter.

What’s Agave Nectar?

Agave nectar (or syrup) is a sweetener produced from several species of agave plant. Native to Mexico and Latin The us, the agave plant is the major ingredient in tequila and mezcal spirits, which most continuously makes the syrup a natural pairing for Mexican Mules.

Less dense and extra neutral in taste than honey, agave as a syrup presents merely ample richness to aid join these numerous NA substances and steadiness the spice and the citrus. Barely current to many grocery cabinets in The us 10 years in the past, now it will doubtlessly be worth in most stores, either with pretty a couple of sweeteners (bask in honey) or even in a baking aisle.

Swaps & Substitutions

If you’re no longer into the taste of tequila, strive these swaps!

• For an NA version of Moscow Mule, strive Arkay Alcohol-Free Vodka Various. It has notes of grapefruit and pepper, but decidedly much less of a kick than Ritual’s Tequila (which can very smartly be preferable to many). It’s extra pricey than most, but it surely might perhaps maybe stretch additional, relying in your tastes.
• Monday’s Zero Alcohol Gin would invent this a “Gin Mule,” but would be extra subtle than the Tequila Various, and play extra properly with any pretty a couple of touches you wished to add (bask in strawberry and basil). Mark-shining, this might perhaps approach in someplace between the Ritual and the Arkay mentioned above, but might perhaps maybe even be primarily the most adaptable to pretty a couple of cocktail recipes.

More NA Cocktails and Mocktails to Try!

• NA Negroni
• Earl Gray Tea & Tonic
• Maggie Hoffman’s Virgin Pomegranate-Citrus Sangria
• Hibiscus Spritz
• Ginger Switchel