Cocktail of the Week: The Versatile Mule

Ginger beer, lime, and your favorite liquor takes a mule around the world

It used to be in the South that the mule dealer was one of the richest men in town. We were a highly agricultural region and every farm had at least one mule.

The mule — a cross between a horse and a donkey — was a hard-working, dependable (if stubborn) farm animal that was eventually put out to pasture by the gasoline-powered tractor. (The image of a Mi…