Moscow mule: Difference between revisions

The Moscow Mule kicked off the vodka craze in the United States during the 1950s, when gin was the preferred "white" (clear) liquor. The cocktail was invented in 1941 by John G. Martin of G.F. Heublein Brothers, Inc., an East Coast spirits and food distributor, and John "Jack" Morgan, President of Cock 'n' Bull Products which produced ginger beer and proprietor of the Cock 'n' Bull Tavern, a bar on [[Sunset Boulevard]] in Los Angeles popular with celebrities. George Sinclair (2007) quotes from an article run in the ''New York Herald Tribune'':

In January 2009, the Moscow Mule made a major comeback as the Smirnoff Mule. Part of the re-launch is [http://www.itstartedwithamule.com A Classic Hollywood style website ]that tells the story of the Cock n Bull in Los Angeles (Amnesia Razorfish, 2009).