10 days until the big day! Christmas that is. I hope you all are getting all of your FedEx and UPS deliveries on time and that your precious packages are being handled with care and not sprawled out across the highway. The one package I was SO elated to get was my copper julep cup from Alchemade.com!!! They pretty much have all of your copper needs. Moscow Mule mugs, Julep cups, Punch Bowls, Jiggers (I want those!), Hammered Copper..anything you could ever want…in copper! Copper bar accessories look so good at your holiday parties. Can’t you just imagine having a copper punch bowl and ladle with fresh cranberries and rosemary sprigs floating in your spiked holiday punch? I know I can. Plus, you really can’t have the classic moscow mule with out some kind of copper cup. It’s only right.

Speaking of moscow mules, the classic mix of vodka, lime and ginger beer, this holiday mule has bourbon. Wonderful, wonderful bourbon accompanied by flavors of cranberry and ginger. Tis’ the season for cranberries after all and bourbon is always in season. We’re using a cranberry syrup we’ve made before because it’s pretty much the best and easiest cranberry syrup ever. This is a simple cocktail, just as a mule should be. Just a tiny bit of effort for the syrup…but not really.

Holiday Mule:

2oz. Bourbon [Such as Bulleit]

1oz. Cranberry Syrup

1oz. Fresh Lemon Juice

1/2oz. Domaine de Canton [Optional]

Ginger Beer

*Fill shaker with all ingredients minus Ginger Beer. Dry shake (without ice) and strain into [Copper] Julep cup or glass filled with crushed ice. Top with Ginger Beer and more crushed ice. Garnish with rosemary sprig and cranberries. Cheers!