Molly Pitcher Service Area

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Located near mile marker 71.70 on the New Jersey Turnpike, this plaza serves southbound travelers. A summary of services and vendors at this plaza is shown below, along with a quick-view of what's currently open.

This location's approximate GPS Coordinates are 40.32107 x -74.48830.

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The New Jersey Turnpike, like so many things in New Jersey, is horrible, which is also why it’s magnificent. It’s 122 miles long, bisecting the state on the diagonal — the southwest terminus is just short of the Delaware Memorial Bridge, where the turnpike is a blandly bucolic four-lane highway edged with dense wall of trees; by the time you reach the northeast terminus, at the George Washington Bridge, it’s morphed into an asphalt-tentacle beast, engorged, at its widest, to 12 lanes on four distinct roads, surrounded by oil refineries and other forms of outer-city industrial sprawl, all of them plaited with exits and sub-exits and interchanges. The signage is atrocious and the urban planning is deranged; you are never going to take the right exit for Newark Airport, but that’s okay, because there are three other rapid-fire exits that will get you there.

The one thing the Turnpike really has going for it are its service areas. These are run by “global restaurateur” HMSHost, the mega-operator behind food and retail concessions in 116 airports and 99 of what they describe as “motorway travel plazas,” 12 of which are the exclusive providers of food, gas, and bathroom facilities to the good people traversing the New Jersey Turnpike. The rest stops are all named after deceased individuals with some sort of connection to the state, which is a perfect representation of New Jersey pride: sort of pointless, but nevertheless endearing.

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Any New Jerseyan, road trip aficionado, or habitué of the New York-to-D.C. corridor has a favorite Turnpike rest stop, but of course only one can be the actual best , which means a whole lot of people out there are wrong. In the interest of journalistic rigor, I got up extra early on a recent rainy Thursday, picked up my friend Martha, and the two of us hit the road. We drove the whole Turnpike from top to bottom and back again, stopping at every rest stop along the way. (Plus a quick afternoon detour to Six Flags, where the earlier rain meant we got to ride the tallest roller coaster in North America twice in a row without waiting in line. It’s not a rest stop, I’m just bragging.) Here, definitively, is the true ranking of New Jersey Turnpike rest stops.

12. Alexander Hamilton

Southbound, mile marker 11 2

Roy Rogers is usually is my favorite rest stop option, because you can get an order of really very good curly fries and then go to Roy’s “Fixin’s Bar” and load up on a lot of iceberg lettuce and sliced tomato and banana peppers and make yourself a nice little ersatz salad. The Roy’s Fixin’s Bar at Alexander Hamilton, which is an overall fairly dingy and unlovable service area, has a sign taped to it that says “Salads are available at the front counter,” which is VICIOUSLY AGGRESSIVE and made both Martha and me feel truly bad about ourselves even though we had no plans to salad-lifehack this particular Roy’s Fixin’s Bar.

Alexander Hamilton has two positive attributes, which aren’t nearly enough to make up for the salad shaming. One, there’s a toy machine where you put in two quarters and tinny circus music plays and an animatronic clown goes back and forth on a swing and the machine poops out a plastic egg containing a rubber Jolly Roger ring. Two, the convenience store attached to the gas station sells Flamin’ Hot Ruffles. There’s really no reason to stop here, though: It’s less than five miles down the road from the significantly better Vince Lombardi; the drive from one to the other takes exactly as long as “Thunder Road,” the first track on Martha’s meticulously curated New Jersey playlist, and also the actual best Bruce Springsteen song, do not @ me.

A tray of burgers, fried chicken, sauces, and drinks from Roy Rogers

11. Joyce Kilmer

Northbound, mile marker 7 8

Joyce Kilmer is the person responsible for “I think that I shall never see / a poem as lovely as a tree,” which is maybe a useful example of extended metaphor, but is also a truly horrible piece of poetry. It’s absurd that a poet like Kilmer is given, through their mutual service-plaza honoring, any equivalence to a titan like Walt Whitman. Kilmer’s given first name, as I learned from reading the honorary plaque, is Alfred, and Martha and I overheard two different sets of parents informing their kids that no, despite the name, Joyce Kilmer isn’t a woman. Beyond that delightful object lesson in the pitfalls of gender assumption, this is a dour and unexciting rest stop. They don’t even have the text of the tree poem! I would be completely comfortable with Joyce Kilmer being replaced with Bruce Springsteen, who is also undeniably a poet, even though he isn’t dead.

10. John Fenwick

Northbound, mile marker 6

There is absolutely nothing interesting to say about this rest stop as a retail, gastronomic, or architectural entity. John Fenwick was the leader of the first English settlement in what would become New Jersey, but was not, at any time during his life, actually New Jersey. Compare this to Whitney Houston, who was born in the state during a time when it was, epistemologically speaking, actually the state, and who also was the single greatest pop singer of all time. Someone please start a Change.org petition to rename this stop after Whitney Houston, I will happily sign it.

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9. Thomas Edison

Southbound, mile marker 93

There’s a Sbarro (Martha got a breadstick), a Popeyes (I got a side of green beans), and a Burger King, which is a nice range of options. This is also the rest stop where we saw a publicly posted letter from the CEO of HMSHost to his employees, assuring them that the company “welcomes, appreciates, and supports everyone regardless of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or national origin,” which is really quite wonderful, but it’s probably posted at every service plaza, so no extra points.

8. Richard Stockton

Southbound, mile marker 59

Honestly, Richard Stockton is lovely . It’s got a double-height entry foyer with a sunny clerestory, and there’s a full-size wrought-iron bicycle mounted above the entrance to the market, complete with faux baguettes jauntily tucked in the basket. I thought the bicycle was amusingly nonsensical; Martha, an observational genius, pointed out that it’s an essential part of the rest stop’s theme: Paris! All the décor — framed stock art and massive murals — pay homage to Parisian café culture. Other rest stops do not have themes! Don’t get carried away on the wings of Francophone fantasy: Food options here are mostly Pizza Hut and Quiznos.

Richard Stockton, according to the framed piece of printer paper giving his biography, did the following in his life: Was elected to the Senate for an abbreviated term, declined renomination, ran and lost for governor three times , was a congressman for one term, and again declined renomination. I move we replace him with Lou Reed.

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7. Clara Barton

Southbound, mile marker 6

Clara Barton is the only verified human woman to have a rest area named in her honor (Molly Pitcher, who we’re getting to shortly, is a ~figure of legend~), which shamelessly earns this service plaza a higher spot on the list than its goods and services alone would garner. Barton founded the Red Cross, and its flag flies next to the American and New Jersey flags just outside the main building entrance. That’s nice! There is a Pizza Hut, but no Quiznos. (A unidirectional causal relationship Martha and I observed on our journey: Wherever there’s a Quiznos, there’s a Pizza Hut. The converse, however, is not the case.)

6. Vince Lombardi

Both directions, mile marker 116

Vince Lombardi is the Turnpike’s most northerly service plaza, and also is the only one accessible to cars going in both directions. The truth is it’s quite good: Spacious, clean, and recently renovated, with a wide variety of fast-food options and a big, well-stocked Starbucks that (unlike many other rest stops) serves all of the hot Starbucks food. If you get confused in the course of leaving New York and getting onto the Turnpike, and realize you’ve accidentally gone in the wrong direction, Vince Lombardi’s bi-directionality presents a useful opportunity to reorient your trajectory. Arriving at 11 a.m., Martha and I were informed by a Burger King employee that they were no longer serving Croissan’wiches, but there were five of them right there under the heating lamps. We felt deceived.

5. Walt Whitman

Southbound, mile marker 3 1

The Roy Rogers here doesn’t salad-shame its customers, which is nice, and the parking area is surrounded by trees on three sides in a way that feels very serene and secluded in a way I feel like Walt Whitman would appreciate. Most Turnpike rest stops have a Hershey’s Ice Cream and a Dippin’ Dots vending machine; Walt Whitman also has a Carvel counter. No Fudgie the Whales to be seen, but they sell Carvelanches, a far more eating-in-the-car-friendly ice cream option.

The scene at Thomas Edison

4. James Fenimore Cooper

Northbound, mile marker 39

This is competent, generally unremarkable rest area with some nice nature photos and, like Walt Whitman, a Carvel. As we were getting out of the car in its parking lot, Martha and I met THE TINIEST PUPPY EVER , her name is Diamond, she is a pit bull, and she was celebrating her eight-week birthday that very day. I cannot guarantee that Diamond will be there if you go, but what if she is and DIAMOND oh my god DIAMOND I LOVE YOU DIAMOND YOU ARE SUCH A GOOD GIRL YES YOU ARE.

3. Grover Cleveland

Northbound, mile marker 9 2

This gloriously airspacey building of glass and steel looks utterly unlike any of the other service plazas, which rock more of a faded ’90s aesthetic. For this, let us credit climate change: The original Grover Cleveland was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, reopening in 2015 with an open floor plan, midcentury-ish seating, and a massive un-branded counter where you can get made-to-order pizzas, salads, and sandwiches — including the signature “I-95 Burger,” which for whatever reason is reuben-themed, the beef patty topped with pastrami, Swiss cheese, and Russian dressing. Sure! Okay!

Look, really, this rest area is just super pretty — maybe too pretty to be named for Grover Cleveland, who is described on the framed biographical explainer as, and this is a direct quote, “generally ranked among the second tier of American presidents.” This rest stop should be named after Judy Blume, who is far more inspiring than Grover Cleveland, but alas (or maybe not alas) is not dead yet.

2. Woodrow Wilson

Northbound, mile marker 5 8

There are plants in the corners — big, green, healthy looking ones. There’s a lot of sunlight. The floors are clean and the trim is un-chipped and the tables aren’t sticky. There’s a Quiznos and a Pizza Hut and a Roy Rogers, which has a lush, frequently refreshed Roy’s Fixin’s Bar that doesn’t carry with it so much as the faintest whiff of salad shaming.

Any of these would be enough to clinch a high-ranking spot for ol’ Woodrow, but it also brings the goddamn pain with a slam-dunk move, the single best item a person can purchase and consume on the whole up-and-down stretch of the New Jersey Turnpike, and it is this: A fresh-squeezed orange juice machine, with a tray of plastic half-pint bottles next to it, that you can place under the tap and fill with orange juice that you get to watch being squeezed right in front of you, a mechanical wonder of oranges rolling out of a basket and down a track and being sliced in half and squished until all their sunset-hued lifeblood sluices out into your waiting vessel, sweet and fresh and tart. Martha and I almost wept. It was the most beautiful moment of our day.

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1. Molly Pitcher

Southbound, mile marker 72

My friends, Molly Pitcher is the best rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike. I’ll admit now that I knew this outcome going in; for decades, for nearly my entire Turnpike-traversing life, this building named for a perhaps-fictional Revolutionary War heroine has been my rest stop of choice. I had considered, when Martha and I hit the road, that maybe this would turn out to have been an error, my frequent visits reinforcing my affections which would then translate into further visits, the mere-exposure effect in action. But her objective companionship confirmed what I’d already known: You can’t do better than Molly Pitcher.

The rest stop has many things you’ll find at other rest stops along the New Jersey Turnpike: a Roy Rogers (pleasantly sans salad-shaming), a Nathan’s Famous, a Cinnabon, a Dippin’ Dots vending machine, a counter where you can buy designer perfumes, for some reason. But it also offers gracefully arching windows and airy ceilings, a grassy picnic area, a standalone Starbucks with a separate entrance (which means it also offers the full Starbucks menu) and, semi-permanently, a Starbucks coffee truck parked just outside.

It also ups the game on the convenience shops, with a total of three: one in the gas station, one standard HMS market offering the exact same selection of beef jerky and state-branded gummy candies and (inexplicably) plush-animal sloths as all its brothers and sisters up and down the Turnpike.

But there’s a third convenience store, a sort of random-feeling one (it’s in the space that once upon a time was a Dick Clark-themed sit-down restaurant!), minimalist and slightly more upscale in its offerings, with blonde-wood shelves of dark-chocolate snacks merchandized alongside fake fruit. This store has — and I am not kidding — a n old-timey candy store in the back , complete with wooden shelves and glass jars of penny-candy, many of which are inexplicably Tabasco-branded, and wooden barrels filled with packages of Big Fat Hissee Fit, a three-foot-long glucose monstrosity billed as the “world’s largest gummy snake.”

It is, in a word, flawless. The perfect place to pee, to stretch your legs, to eat a fried chicken leg with a side of bootleg topping-bar salad — to refuel not only your car, but your soul.

Helen Rosner is Eater’s editor-at-large. She was once, for several years, a resident of New Jersey.

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“ The menu at this Shake Shack was more limited than what we were used to, but not surprising for a rest stop. ” in 7 reviews

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“ When her husband was injured and carried off the battlefield, Mary continued to load the cannon using her husband's ramrod. ” in 3 reviews

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“ Heading south on the turnpike , I usually stop by this location for gas or potty break. ” in 14 reviews

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Pretty decent rest stop with a good selection of fast food options. The area is clean with plenty of parking. Gas is a bit pricey here though. Plenty of bathroom stalls and very clean for the most part. Would recommend this service area compared to others.

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Newly renovated gorgeous service area. Everything is glossy and shinny inside with new chairs and tables, wooden wall decorations. Excellent food options including trifecta of Shake Shack, Chick-fil-a, Starbucks, plus Subway and Panda Express. There's also confectionery store to buy foods, drinks, snacks and souvenirs. There are massage chairs available in the right end of the hall. Couple of games available for kids. It's play till you win, one for $10 and another for $5. Service of the stores are good. Restrooms are decent, but could use a lot more maintenance clean up.

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So the food selection rest stop itself is fine. A little bit on thr crowded side but it's exactly what you expect from the rest stop. However, the route to get gas before getting food is annoying. I dropped my friends off and went to get gas, but there was no way for me to turn back to where I dropped them off from since it's a one-way. However, I found a side parking lot, which was convenient enough for us to get to after food.

Chick-fil-A, Shake shack, and Panda Express. Three of my favorite fast food places

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Good service area along the turnpike. It's renovated. Clean and spacious. Many many stalls in women's bathroom. Well-maintained. I screened shot the shops/ service in there cuz I'm too lazy to type it.

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Very clean and modern rest stop with a Shake Shack!!! Definitely worth the stop just because of that.

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This is probably my favorite of the newly renovated service areas (so far). It felt huge, and had lots of comfortable seating areas and large bathrooms without any wait. They also had some different food options from the other stops, including Starbucks, Subway, Panda Express, and where we opted to go - Shake Shack. The menu at this Shake Shack was more limited than what we were used to, but not surprising for a rest stop. We were hoping to get some chicken bites, but those weren't there, so we went with some flat-top hot dogs and crinkle fries. Definitely a step up from your usual rest stop fare. I would stop here again on our way down the Turnpike.

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We drive up to CT a lot so I was surprised when I found out I've never been to this rest stop. This is probably one of the best ones I've been to on the way up (or down). There's plenty of parking and the bathrooms are super clean and well maintained. Definitely a great service area for a quick stop.

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This was a very nice service area to stop over. The place was really clean. The restrooms were well maintained. They have Starbucks, Panda Express, Chick Fill-a, Shake Shack. Something for everyone.

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I'd not been to this service area before its renovation, but based on other NJT plazas I'd visited, this certainly feels like an upgrade. I did not order any food while here - I liked the choices of food, but I have no feedback on execution and quality. The rest rooms are very nice and also very clean, frequently maintained I believe. I only wish some of the people driving through the parking lot weren't quite so chaotic.

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Nice rest area. Gas, convenience store, Chick-fil-A, Starbucks, Shake Shake and Subway. Clean restrooms and plenty of places to park, stretch legs and dine inside.

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No Fail Nachos + Skinny Moscow Mule for Super Bowl Sunday

Super Bowl Sunday is approaching (Let’s go PATRIOTS!!!) and if your family is anything like mine, we are a FOOTBALL family! Whether you’re hosting this year’s Super Bowl party or just attending, I have two recipes that are crowd pleasers every year. Both of these are in my book, Everyday Chic. So if you’d like more recipes that are like these, you can get my book here . 

Let’s start off with my No Fail Nachos . I like to make an easy, delicious appetizer to get the taste buds going. Nachos are a great way to feed a crowd during a casual get-together before kick-off. I have never met a plate of nachos I didn’t like. Honestly, have you?! 

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Yield: 4 to 6 servings

No Fail Nachos + Skinny Mule For Super Bowl Sunday photography: Amy Neusinger

Here’s what you’ll need:

6 cups corn tortilla chips

2 cups shredded mozzarella or cheddar cheese

1 (16-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained

4 roma tomatoes, cored, seeded, and diced

1/2 to 3/4 cup diced red onion

6 radishes, trimmed and sliced

1 large avocado, pitted, peeled, and diced

1 jalapeño, thinly sliced

1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Here’s how to make them:

Preheat the broiler. Arrange the chips in one layer on a baking sheet. Sprinkle the chips with the cheese, evenly spoon the beans on top, and broil until the cheese melts, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from the oven and scatter the tomatoes, onion, radishes, avocado, jalapeño, and cilantro over the nachos. Serve hot.

Now, time for my favorite part: cocktails! I’ve been known to turn any sugary alcoholic drink into a skinny delight that you won’t feel guilty about drinking. For the Super Bowl, I love to whip up my Skinny Moscow Mule! 

Served in copper mugs, this version of the classic vodka cocktail has been lightened up with green tea, diet ginger beer, and grated fresh ginger to make it the perfect fit for everyday supermodels. We’ve served this at a bunch of backyard barbecues and it’s always a hit with the ladies and gents. To really lighten it up, replace the ginger beer with sparkling or soda water. Also, subtracting the vodka for preggos and teetotalers doesn’t make it any less delish!

No Fail Nachos + Skinny Moscow Mule for SuperBowl Sunday Photography: Amy Neusinger

Yield: 4 servings 

2 cups chilled diet ginger beer (I like Bundaberg) or diet

1 cup vodka

1 cup chilled green tea

1/4 cup fresh lime juice

1 teaspoon grated peeled fresh ginger

4 slices peeled fresh ginger

4 thin lime slices

Here’s how to make them: 

Stir together the ginger beer, vodka, tea, lime juice, and grated ginger in a pitcher. Fill copper mugs or glasses with ice and pour the vodka mixture over it. Garnish with ginger and lime slices and serve.

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Moscow Mule Pitcher

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A Moscow Mule Pitcher takes the classic cocktail and makes it into a batch. This light, citrusy pitcher drink recipe is easy to make and simple to put together for a crowd. Makes 6 servings, but can easily be doubled or tripled.

Love a good pitcher drink? Don’t miss Citrus Cranberry Sangria , Spiked Watermelon Limeade and Raspberry Mango Spring Sangria .

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How is it already November, friend? It feels like we just started this Moscow Mule of the Month journey with the classic mule back in January. (Though, hey, 2020, this year’s time has been weird.)

For this month, I wanted to take the classic mule and turn it into an easy pitcher drink for easy entertaining.

This is a super simple, super delicious recipe, and you can use it as a springboard to make other mules into a pitcher, as well.

More Moscow Mule recipes you should check out: Apple Cider Moscow Mule | Pumpkin Spice Mule | Dark and Stormy (Rum Moscow Mule) | Mexican Mule | Raspberry Moscow Mule

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What you’ll need to make a Moscow Mule Pitcher

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  • A Mini Stainless Steel Angled Measuring Cup (or a jigger to measure out your ingredients.)
  • Copper mugs
  • Citrus juicer or citrus reamer

In addition to these tools, you’ll need a few ingredients, too:

  • Lime juice—please, please, please squeeze your own or grab a bottle of freshly squeezed stuff from the refrigerator aisle of your grocery
  • Ginger beer
  • Fresh limes, sliced into rounds or wedges

An empty pitcher next to lime juice, vodka and ginger beer

How to make a Moscow Mule Pitcher

Add lime rounds to the pitcher . This adds for a nice garnish and display!

Measure out the ingredients , then pour them into your pitcher.This means measuring out the ginger beer and vodka. Squeeze in the lime juice, too. (If you’re using a citrus reamer, use a fine mesh strainer to catch potential seeds and pulp that are pushed out of the lime.)

Stir, and then pour over ice in copper mugs. Garnish with a lime wedge, and enjoy!

A note on making this pitcher drink recipe early: Since the drink calls for ginger beer, if you mix this too early, the ginger beer will go flat. If you want to make the pitcher early, squeeze the lime juice and measure in the vodka with the lime rounds, then add the ginger beerright before serving so that it’s nice and bubbly! Give it a good stir to make sure everything’s incorporated before pouring over ice.

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Erin’s Easy Entertaining Tips

Moscow Mules are the perfect party drink because they only require three ingredients, and those ingredients are pretty easy to prep in bulk.

And a Moscow Mule pitcher is even better than making a mule bar because, well, all you’ve gotta do is get the ingredients together, throw them together and let guests pour themselves their drinks!

Here are a few things to do to make life easier on you:

  • One to two hours before the party, squeeze the limes and get that lime juice ready. I don’t recommend using jarred lime juice, as it’s not nearly as fresh-tasting. Keep in mind that if you squeeze the limes earlier that the juice will become more potent.
  • Quarter your limes in advance, too, for the garnish. Keep ‘em in a food storage container in the fridge for up to a few days before your gathering.
  • Mix the pitcher right before guests arrive because the ginger beer will go flat if you mix this in advance.
  • If you want to prep the pitcher drink in advance, squeeze the limes and measure the vodka. Mix them together in the pitcher with lime rounds, and keep cool in the fridge. Add the ginger beer right before serving the drinks, and make sure to give it a good stir!

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Frequently Asked Questions

I don’t drink. can i make this pitcher without the alcohol.

YES! I was delighted to realize that previous twists on the Moscow Mule are delicious booze-free, and this one is the same.

Granted, it’s just ginger beer and lime juice, but if that makes you happy, it makes me happy, too!

Simply leave out the vodka, mix up the other ingredients, then you’re good to go.

What kind of ginger beer do you recommend for a Moscow Mule Pitcher?

We love, love, love Fever Tree’s ginger beer because it has some major heat to it.

If you’re not into a ginger beer that has more spice, the Sprouts Farmers Market brand is delicious, too.

What is the best vodka for a Moscow Mule?

My advice is to use your favorite vodka to make these mules. I do not recommend using the cheapest vodka that you can find, as that doesn’t taste nearly as good as a drinking vodka.

Our favorite vodka brand is Tito’s * (affiliate link) . If you can’t find that, Smirnoff, Pinnacle and Grey Goose are all acceptable.

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Quick tips for making a Moscow Mule Pitcher

  • Not a fan of vodka? Use gin instead and transform it into a Gin Gin Mule ! You can also use bourbon, and it transforms into a Kentucky Mule ! I have information in both those posts about the ingredients to make, as well as how to turn them into a pitcher.
  • Slice your lime rounds in advance to put into the pitcher. Quarter 1-2 limes, too, for the garnishes.
  • Want to make a different style of Moscow Mule? Try out a Cranberry Mule , a Gingerbread Mule or a Peach Moscow Mule .

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Ingredients    1x 2x 3x

  • 24 oz. ginger beer 2-12 oz. bottles
  • 9 oz. vodka
  • 3 oz. freshly squeezed lime juice freshly squeezed
  • Ice for serving
  • 4-5 limes sliced into rounds
  • Citrus juicer
  • Mini angled measuring cup

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Instructions  

  • In a pitcher, add the lime rounds.
  • On top of the limes, measure out the ginger beer, vodka and lime juice.
  • Stir the ingredients together.
  • Pour over ice in individual copper mugs, and add a lime wedge or round for garnish. Enjoy immediately.

Easy entertaining tips and tricks

  • Slice the limes in advance , too, for the garnish. Keep ‘em in a food storage container in the fridge for up to a few days before your gathering.
  • If you want to prep the pitcher drink in advance , squeeze the limes and measure the vodka. Mix them together in the pitcher with lime rounds, and keep cool in the fridge. Add the ginger beer right before serving the drinks, and make sure to give it a good stir!

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  16. NJ Locations and Information

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  17. NJ Turnpike

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  20. Molly Burger, CRNA

    Molly Burger, CRNA, sees patients at Gritman Medical Center as a member of Panhandle Anesthesia Associates of Moscow. Molly completed her undergraduate degree in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She completed graduate school in 2021 at Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, located in Glendale, becoming a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. She is ...

  21. Skinny Moscow Mule for Super Bowl Sunday

    Stir together the ginger beer, vodka, tea, lime juice, and grated ginger in a pitcher. Fill copper mugs or glasses with ice and pour the vodka mixture over it. Garnish with ginger and lime slices and serve.

  22. Tequila Mule (Mexican Mule)

    This Tequila Mule (aka Moscow mule with tequila) is a ginger beer, tequila, and lime juice cocktail you can make in 5 minutes or less.

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    A Moscow Mule Pitcher takes the classic cocktail and turns it into a party drink. This light, citrusy pitcher drink recipe is easy to make!