Spicy Cocktails
Explore 199 Spicy cocktail recipes.
Spicy in cocktail context covers two different ideas. The first is heat — chilli, pepper, horseradish — the kind of warmth that hits the back of the throat. The second is warm-spice — ginger, cinnamon, clove — the slower, deeper kind of heat you'd find in a chai or a mulled wine.
Both show up on this list, and both work because they give the drink somewhere unexpected to land on the palate. The Bloody Mary is the anchor for the heat side of the family: vodka, tomato, lemon, Worcestershire, Tabasco, and as much black pepper and horseradish as you can carry. The Jamaican Mule and Mexican Mule both work the same ginger-beer-and-citrus highball template, but tequila or rum changes the spirit underneath and the chilli garnish on the Mexican Mule tilts things hotter.
The Rob Roy gets its spice from a Scotch base plus a few dashes of bitters, more cinnamon than pepper. Across the list you'll find both styles — savoury and sippable, dessert-leaning and dessert-rejecting. What ties them together is that the spice does flavour work, not novelty work.
Most are built tall or shaken short, most live happily as a slow pour rather than a session drink, and most reward fresh ingredients (real ginger, fresh chilli) over the bottled versions.
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Spicy Fifty
Vanilla vodka, Honey syrup, Lime juice, Elderflower cordial, Chilli peppers
Top Spicy cocktails
Oliver Twist
Dry gin, Elderflower liqueur, Lager, Lemon juice, Chilli peppers, Honey
Winter pimms punch
Conhaque, Pimm's No. 1, Suco de maçã, Laranja, Maçã, Canela
Virgin Mary
Lemon juice, Tomato juice, Salt, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco Sauce, Pepper
Hot Cross Bun Martini
Vanilla vodka, Calvados, Cinnamon syrup, Coffee
Spicy Mango Margarita
Tequila blanco, Triple sec, Sirop d'agave, Eau tonique, Mango puree, Piments chili
Picante de la Casa (Soho House Tonic)
Tequila reposado, Agave syrup, Lime juice, Coriander/cilantro leaves, Chilli peppers
Campfire Crackle
Whiskey, Creme de cassis, Apple juice, Cinnamon
Lovelight
Cognac, Aperol, Vermute branco, Xarope de canela, Bitters de chocolate