This Moscow mule variation is all dressed up for winter.

Moscow mule meets spiked apple cider for a warming, sparkling cocktail you might sip from a mug.

It’s a sweet, warming cocktail balanced with citrusy notes.

Warm Apple Cider Mule

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Avoid boiling the ginger beer to keep it from going flat.

Warming it gently allows it to maintain some of its fizz.

Ingredients

4oz.

(1/2 cup)apple cider

4oz.

(1/2 cup)ginger beer

1/2oz.

Remove from heat and stir in vodka.

Garnish and serve:

Pour into a mug and garnish with lemon slice.

To amp up the booziness, use a hard apple cider.

2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.