Sly's honey mule

Sly's honey mule

A good-looking, great-tasting, predominantly rum-based cocktail concocted by master mixologist Julien Gauldoni

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 10

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

10 minutes prep + 5 minutes assembly

Method

  1. Put the first 5 ingredients into a 1½litre jug and stir. Fill 10 tall glasses with ice, then divide the liquid between each glass until each one is ¾ full. Top up with ginger beer and serve stirred, with a cinnamon stick.

Recipe from olive magazine, January 2006.

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  • 08 May 2009

    Nettynetty commented on this recipe

    This tasted delicious. However, I did struggle to find the types of Rum named and had to make do with a spiced rum and normal white rum. Also, as a novice cocktail maker I would have found a proper measurement more helpful - a bottle and a half is a bit confusing as Rum comes in many bottle sizes! Would definitely make again though!

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  • 30 September 2009

    Aaron Goodall rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I didn't follow the recipe to the letter as i couldn't afford the over-proof rum being a student and all. Made it with supermarket brand rum and didn't have any elderflower cordial in but it was one amazing tasting cocktail non the less will definitely be getting some elderflower in and try it again!

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  • 23 February 2010

    serenasky rated this recipe

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  • 24 September 2010

    jenny.pb rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I wanted to try this recipe out prior to my party, so divided the quantities by 15 (assuming 70 cL bottles of rum). The result was delicious but quite boozy (used ordinary dark rum plus the overproof rum) - and yielded half a pint of cocktail without ice. I will likely need to add a bit more ginger beer to make it palatable to my friends, though I have to say the more I had, the better it tasted! Couldn't get Mexican honey so I substituted Romanian lime blossom honey (taste the difference), which went nicely with the lime/elderflower flavours. It was hard to get the honey to dissolve in the liquid (bottles were chilled), so will probably gently warm the honey and dissolve it into the lime juice in advance next time.

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  • 07 October 2010

    JOOLES commented on this recipe

    Im going to make this on Saturday night. I too have been unable to find the correct rums as in the recipe ingrediants so im using cheaper brands. I also cant find Mexican Honey so ive bought Romanian lime blossom honey (Taste The Difference) Oh and im going to make this cocktail even stronger by using Crabbies alcoholic Ginger Beer. Everything else i have. Thanks to the other comments as to alternatives. I'll be back to comment on how it went. As for food i will be making the Nutty Chicken Curry also on this site, yum cant wait :o)

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  • 11 October 2010

    JOOLES rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    WOW this is lovely. Very strong, its seemed to taste better the more we drank, or is that because we were getting quite squiffy lol. Like an earlier comment with the honey i squeezed the limes into a plastic jug added the honey and mixed together i then put it in the microwave on high for 30secs, this warmed the honey slightly and i then was able to mix the two completely then i added it to the pitcher. I would definitely make it again. this weekend im making Jose's Garden also on this site.

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  • 10 July 2011

    Jen_Atkinson rated and commented on this recipe

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    I didn't follow it exactly, measurement-wise, but my God it was delicious!! My husband LOVED it. Can't wait to make it for my friends.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 10

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

10 minutes prep + 5 minutes assembly

Ingredients

  • 1½ bottles dark rum (preferably Myers)
  • ½ bottle of oven-proof rum (preferably Wray and Nephew)
  • 15 limes , juiced
  • 330g Mexican honey
  • 300ml elderflower cordial , undiluted
  • plenty of ice , crushed
  • 2l ginger beer
  • 10 cinnamon sticks
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