Kentucky Mule

Steps

1. 1

   Squeeze 15ml of fresh lime juice straight into your copper mug or highball glass. Toss the spent lime shell into the glass if you want extra lime oil in the drink.

   

   !Using bottled lime juice leaves the drink tasting flat and metallic

2. 2

   Pour 60ml of bourbon into the glass over the lime juice. Give it a quick stir with your bar spoon so the juice and whiskey mix together at the bottom.

   

3. 3

   Fill the glass to the top with ice cubes. You want them stacked up near the rim so the drink stays cold without watering down too fast.

   

   !Leaving large gaps between ice cubes makes the drink dilute faster

4. 4

   Top the glass with about 120ml of ginger beer, pouring it slowly down the side of the glass to keep as much fizz as possible. You will see the drink turn a pale amber as the ginger beer mixes in.

   

   !Dumping the ginger beer straight down the middle kills the carbonation

5. 5

   Take your bar spoon and push it down to the bottom of the glass, then pull it up once or twice to pull the bourbon and lime up through the ginger beer. You just want to blend it, not stir hard enough to knock the fizz out.

   

   !Stirring too vigorously makes the drink go flat before you take a sip

6. 6

   Stick a lime wedge on the rim of the mug and drop a mint sprig right next to it. Smack the mint sprig between your hands once before placing it so it releases its scent right under your nose when you drink.

   

   !Leaving the mint unstuck means it just sits there without adding any aroma