Make the mule mixture a day ahead, and chill it.

Add the ginger beer just before serving.

This festive holiday version follows suit, but with a special twistsweet-tart cranberry juice.

Cranberry Mules

Credit:Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Ruth Blackburn; Prop Styling: Christine Keely

Ingredients

3cupschilledcranberry juice cocktail(such as Simply Cranberry Cocktail)

2cups(16 oz.

)vodka

2cupschillednonalcoholic ginger beer(such as Fever-Tree or another spicy ginger beer)

1cup(8 oz.

Serve in copper mule mugs filled with ice, and garnish with lime wheels and fresh cranberries.