The name comes from an old Appalachian mountain saying on a sweltering hot day, “I’m thirstier than a White Faced Mule.” The meaning comes from old-timey farmers that used mules to “tend” their land. After a long day farming, man and mules would return to the barn, hot and thirsty. To cool themselves, the mules’ bodies and faces would perspire and lather up. When the lather dried, the salt of the perspiration remained which made their faces look white. And that’s the origin of the Salt Face Mule, a tribute to those farmers and mules who worked hard and enjoyed a nice cold drink at the end of the day.