Strawberry Moscow Mule Recipe 455

Steps:

• For the strawberry vodka: Combine vodka and berries in a glass jar, cover, and shake, and let sit at room temperature at least 12 hours and up to 72 hours. Taste the vodka every 12 hours -- when it's as strawberry flavored as you like, strain through a fine mesh seive, discard berries, and keep the vodka.( Tip The strawberry vodka will stay up to 1 month when stored in the freezer in an airtight container.) For one cocktail: Add leaves from 1 mint sprig, lime juice, and agave in a cocktail shaker and use a wooden spoon or muddler to break up the mint. Add enough ice to fill the shaker halfway, add 1 1/2 ounces of the strawberry vodka, close and shake for 15 to 20 seconds. Strain mixture into a highball glass filled halfway with ice and 1 sliced strawberry, top with ginger beer, garnish with remaining mint sprig and lime wheel and serve.

Steps:

• Remove the hulls from 2 of the strawberries, and muddle in a cocktail shaker. Slap the mint, to release the oils, and add to the strawberries and muddle. Add in the strawberry orange juice, the lime juice, and the vodka. Add a few ice cubes and shake.
• Add crushed ice to a tall glass. Pour the cocktail into the glass, straining, but allowing a bit of the strawberry pieces into the drink. Leave enough room for the ginger beer. Add the chilled ginger beer, and garnish with a strawberry and a sprig of mint!
• Serve.