Moscow Mule

A brisk, effervescent highball of vodka, fresh lime, and spicy ginger beer, traditionally served over ice in a frosty copper mug. Born of a 1941 marketing alliance in the United States — variously credited to Cock 'n' Bull's Jack Morgan, Heublein's John G. Martin, and Smirnoff's Rudolph Kunett, with rival West Coast accounts naming bartender Wes Price — it was engineered to move slow-selling vodka and ginger beer. The copper vessel, an inseparable part of its legend, keeps the drink bracingly cold and sharpens its ginger bite.