To make a Moscow Mule cocktail:
To make a Moscow Mule cocktail:
Enjoy your Moscow Mule!
This 1940s cocktail was the marketing idea of John G. Martin, who worked for Heublein & Co., a spirits distributor. In the 1930s, vodka was unknown in America, and in 1934 Martin bought the American rights to a Russian vodka, Smirnoff. The decision became known as "Martin's folly" so he set out to sell the "new" spirit around the West Coast. In Hollywood, he dined at the Cock 'n' Bull, owned by Jack Morgan, who had a glut of ginger beer stock. Morgan had a friend who had to offload some copper mugs. The three of them sat down and concocted the Moscow Mule, which was to be sold in a copper mug stamped with a kicking mule to warn of its kick.
