Updated August 2026.
There is no official best ginger beer for a Moscow Mule. Current IBA card: 45 ml vodka, 120 ml ginger beer, 10 ml lime. Mixer ginger beer is usually non-alcoholic — Fever-Tree’s US page prints “non-alcoholic.” Alcoholic ginger-beer SKUs exist US vodka is a US type.142 at 40% or more. One IBA build at 40% vodka is one drink if the mixer is 0%.
Related: ginger beer taste, vodka taste, Dark ’n Stormy rum.
Build vs mixer
| Language | Drinks |
|---|---|
| Current IBA | 1.00 at 40% vodka, 0% mixer |
| Mixer ginger beer | 0 |
| Alcoholic ginger beer | Read the neck |
| US vodka | 1.00 per 1.5 oz at 40% |
Count the vodka unless the mixer prints ABV. Pour math: vodka drinks.
Sources
- iba-world.com Moscow Mule: 45 ml vodka, 120 ml ginger beer, 10 ml lime.
- fever-tree.com US non-alcoholic. 27 CFR 5.142. NIAAA December 2025.
- 27 CFR 5.142 ≥40%
- is 27 CFR 5