With National Moscow Mule Day right around the corner (3/3), check out a few spots from New York to Los Angeles that are offering up recipe riff’s on the moscow mule, to keep you celebrating the holiday in style.
PHD Terrace – NYC
The Draycott – LA
Cheers!
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PHD Terrace || Butterfly Effect, $115 – Courtesy of Nikki McCutcheon, Tao Group Hospitality Beverage Director

RECIPE: **one-gallon cocktail & serves 6 – 8 people
18 oz. Tito’s vodka
12 oz. Lime Juice
24 oz. Ginger Beer
12 oz. Butterfly Pea Tea Syrup
Edible flowers
INSTRUCTIONS:
Steep flower petals overnight and add to simple syrup to make butterfly pea tea syrup. Add all ingredients, minus butterfly pea tea syrup, to a one-gallon vessel with ice. Drizzle pea tea syrup over drink and watch it change colors. Garnish with various edible flowers.
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The Draycott || The Mule, $17– Courtesy of Clint Loker, Beverage Director

RECIPE:
2 oz. Old Forester
2 oz. Balsamic Reduction
.5 oz. Ginger Beer
.5 oz. Ginger Simple
.75 oz. Lime Juice
3 Raspberries
INSTRUCTIONS:
Muddle raspberries in a tin, add all other ingredients with ice and shake. Serve in a copper mug with fresh ice and garnish with a mint sprig.
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1 Kitchen by Chef Crary || Illegal Mule, $18—Courtesy of 1 Kitchen by Chef Crary

RECIPE:
1.5 oz. Ilegal Mezcal
1 oz. Lime Juice
.75 oz. Liquid Alchemist Ginger
.5 oz. Fair Goji Berry Liqueur
Soda water
INSTRUCTIONS:
Add all ingredients into a tin, besides soda water, with ice and shake. Strain into a tall glass with fresh ice. Top with a splash of soda water and garnish with a lime wheel, ginger candy and a dried goji berry.