Strawberry Basil Moscow Mule Recipe – good refreshing moscow mules loaded with strawberries, basil, pomegranate, ginger beer, and fresh lime juice for a summer cocktail everyone loves!

This post is in partnership with the Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach and Visit Oxnard, CA. We were recently invited to stay with our girlfriends for a week in Oxnard at the Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach – and we're pleased to share why we think they are one of the top underrated locations (and surprisingly affordable) to visit in Southern California!

If you love Moscow Mules, you can love this deliciously easy and fresh summer take on the vodka and ginger beer classic – bursting with fresh berries, lime, and basil!

This cocktail is a knockout for parties, bbqs, and picnics – it is light and refreshing, it is packed with ginger flavor, and we've worked in lots of fresh strawberries and basil to make this classic cocktail a bright and fun drink you'll want all summer long!

These Strawberry Moscow Mules take us instantly back to Oxnard, California – a family-friendly beach town north of Los Angeles that is affordable, fun, and full of good food and drinks!

We were treated to knockout Strawberry Mules while recently staying at the Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach in Oxnard, which inspired us to make up our own big batch back at home!

To see more about our favorite underrated Southern California beach town, please check out our post here!

Many of the strawberries sold across America come from Oxnard and Ventura County – making strawberries one of the best ingredients to tie our love for California coastal ingredients and cocktails together!

How to Make Strawberry Basil Moscow Mules

The ginger beer you pick is a important part of Moscow Mules since they are so simple with few ingredients.

Moscow Mules, to be well balanced, need a spicy, not-too-sweet ginger beer to balance the vodka and lime.

When the Moscow Mule was originally created in a Los Angeles bar, it was made with Smirnoff and Cock 'n Bull Ginger Beer – as a promotion for vodka in America.

The drink was created using Cock 'n Bull, and in our own opinion, it is the best ginger beer to use for Moscow Mules – spicy, not too sweet, and well balanced so it doesn't overpower your drink.

That being said, there are a number of good, well-crafted ginger beers that are as good as the original.

Kitchen notes

Moscow mules are best known for being served in a copper mug.

Copper takes on the temperature of whatever you're drinking – making it an excellent cup to sip something incredibly cold from.

Copper cups help make the Moscow mule ice cold – which brings out the best flavor!

We personally prefer copper mugs lined with another metal on the inside to prevent any leaching of copper from the acidic properties of a Moscow mule (- though this goes down so quickly it is probably not nearly enough time to leach any copper.)

Plan Your Own Trip To Oxnard

If you'd like to head to Oxnard to visit the beach, sample fresh strawberries, get out exploring the Channel Islands National Park, or lounge by the Embassy Suite Mandalay Beach's AWESOME pool, we're leaving our top picks for where to stay, what to eat, and what to do in Oxnard, CA!

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Other Moscow Mules You'll Love

If you love these strawberry basil moscow mules with pomegranate and lime, you'll love some of our other favorite easy Moscow Mule recipes!

There are Christmas Moscow Mules, Peach and Mint Moscow Mules Gin Mules (Gin Bucks)and even a non alcoholic Moscow Mule!

Ingredients

6 fresh strawberries, cleaned and hulled
¼ cup pomegranate perils
7 fresh basil leaves
2 oz vodka
Juice from 1 lime
5 oz cock 'n bull ginger beer
crushed or pebble ice

Method

In a cocktail shaker, combine strawberries, pomegranate, basil, vodka, and juice from one lime with ice.
Shake vigorously to release basil aroma and soften strawberries, as well as chill tequila.
Pour in copper mug and top with ice cold ginger beer, stirring quickly to mix.
Enjoy!