Apple Cider Mule
A crisp Moscow Mule with autumn apple spice.
Ingredients: Vodka, Apple cider, Ginger beer, Lime
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Spicy Cocktails with a Kick
A spicy cocktail should never feel like a dare. The best ones use heat and spice to sharpen the drink, deepen the flavour and make the next sip more tempting. This collection pulls together cocktails with chilli, pink pepper, black pepper, ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, saffron and warm spice notes. Some bring obvious heat, some are more aromatic, and others use spice in the background to make fruit, citrus, honey, tequila, whiskey or rum feel more vivid.
These are drinks for people who like cocktails with personality. A little chilli can make mango taste brighter. Pepper can give passion fruit or grapefruit a grown-up edge. Cardamom and cinnamon can turn citrus or stone fruit into something warmer and more memorable. The point is balance: enough spice to wake the drink up, not so much that it overwhelms the glass. If you want cocktails that feel bold, modern and full of energy, this collection delivers.
A spicy cocktail should never feel like a dare. The best ones use heat and spice to sharpen the drink, deepen the flavour and make the next sip more tempting. This collection pulls together cocktails with chilli, pink pepper, black pepper, ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, saffron and warm spice notes. Some bring obvious heat, some are more aromatic, and others use spice in the background to make fruit, citrus, honey, tequila, whiskey or rum feel more vivid.
These are drinks for people who like cocktails with personality. A little chilli can make mango taste brighter. Pepper can give passion fruit or grapefruit a grown-up edge. Cardamom and cinnamon can turn citrus or stone fruit into something warmer and more memorable. The point is balance: enough spice to wake the drink up, not so much that it overwhelms the glass. If you want cocktails that feel bold, modern and full of energy, this collection delivers.
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Bangkok Coconut Flame
Bangkok Coconut Flame takes a Thai-inspired direction, with coconut cream, chilli warmth and tropical flame. It gives the drink a clearer sense of place than a generic modern cocktail.
Ingredients: Rum, Lemongrass juice, Coconut syrup, lime juice. Serve well chilled.
Bloody Mary
A savory, spiced cocktail perfect for brunch.
Ingredients: Vodka, tomato juice, lemon, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce.
Cherry Pepper Smash
A characterful cocktail built around bourbon, cherry syrup and lime, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Bourbon, Cherry syrup, lime, Pink pepper syrup. Serve well chilled.
Chilli Watermelon Ranch
A characterful cocktail built around rye whiskey, brown butter purée and lychee cordial, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Rye Whiskey, Brown Butter Purée, Lychee Cordial, Lime Juice, Soda Water. Serve well chilled.
Cinnamon Sunset Sour
A characterful cocktail built around tequila, cinnamon syrup and lemon, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Cinnamon syrup, lemon, Blood orange syrup. Serve well chilled.
Clementine Cardamom Sour
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, clementine syrup and lemon, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Clementine syrup, lemon, Cardamom syrup. Serve well chilled.
Cranberry Mule
A crisp Moscow Mule with cranberry tartness and holiday spice.
Ingredients: Vodka, Cranberry, Ginger beer, Lime
Dark 'n' Stormy
A refreshing cocktail with bold flavours of dark rum and spicy ginger beer.
Ingredients: Dark Rum, Ginger Beer, Fresh Lime Juice, Lime wedge
Desert Bloom Mule
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, hibiscus syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Hibiscus syrup, citrus juice, Ginger cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Ginger Highball
A bourbon highball with ginger ale and lemon. Light, gently spicy, refreshing and whiskey-forward enough to stay interesting.
Ingredients: Bourbon, ginger ale, lemon juice. Build over ice.
Gingerbread Old Fashioned
A holiday twist on the Old Fashioned with warm spice and sweetness.
Ingredients: Bourbon, Gingerbread syrup, Bitters
Hot Toddy
Soothing hot whisky drink with honey, lemon, and spice.
Ingredients: Scotch, lemon, honey, hot water
Kimchi Bloody Mary Mule
A spicy savoury long drink crossing a Bloody Mary with a ginger beer mule.
Ingredients: Vodka, tomato juice, lime juice, kimchi brine, hot sauce and ginger beer. Build over ice.
Kingston Fireline
Kingston Fireline takes a Jamaican-inspired direction, with rum fire, tropical spice and a bold finish. It gives the drink a clearer sense of place than a generic modern cocktail.
Ingredients: Overproof rum, Allspice juice, Grapefruit syrup, lime juice. Serve well chilled.
Lions Tail
Lions Tail is grown-up, bittersweet and beautifully structured, with Bourbon, Allspice Dram, Lime Juice and Simple Syrup giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Bourbon, Allspice Dram, Lime Juice, Simple Syrup, Angostura Bitters.
Mango Chilli Margarita
A characterful cocktail built around tequila, mango syrup and lemon, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Mango syrup, lemon, Chilli syrup. Serve well chilled.
Marrakech Mint Fizz
Marrakech Mint Fizz takes a Moroccan-inspired direction, with mint tea freshness, citrus sparkle and spice-market lift. It gives the drink a clearer sense of place than a generic modern cocktail.
Ingredients: Gin, Mint tea syrup, citrus juice, Citrus cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Mexican Firing Squad
Mexican Firing Squad is bright, tart and clean without feeling thin, with Tequila, Lime Juice, Grenadine and Angostura Bitters giving the drink a clearer flavour story and a more useful reason to make it.
Ingredients: Tequila, Lime Juice, Grenadine, Angostura Bitters.
Mexican Mule
A tequila mule with lime, ginger beer and a touch of agave. Spicy, bright, fizzy and more characterful than the vodka version.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, lime juice, ginger beer, agave syrup. Build over ice.
Minted Melon Mule
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, melon syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Melon syrup, citrus juice, Mint cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Monsoon Mango Masala
Monsoon Mango Masala takes an Indian-inspired direction, with mango richness, masala spice and tropical acidity. It gives the drink a clearer sense of place than a generic modern cocktail.
Ingredients: Rum, Mango syrup, citrus juice, Cardamom cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Moscow Mule
A refreshing cocktail made with vodka, ginger beer, and lime, served in a signature copper mug.
Ingredients: Vodka, ginger beer and lime juice.
Paloma Picante
A characterful cocktail built around tequila, lime juice and grapefruit soda, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, lime juice, Grapefruit soda, Agave syrup, Chilli slices. Serve well chilled.
Passionfruit Pepper Spritz
A characterful cocktail built around tequila, passion fruit liqueur and pink pepper cordial, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Passion fruit liqueur, Pink pepper cordial, sparkling wine. Serve well chilled.
Pearl Ginger Highball
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, pear syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Pear syrup, citrus juice, Ginger cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Pink Pepper Paloma
A characterful cocktail built around tequila, pink pepper syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Tequila, Pink pepper syrup, citrus juice, Grapefruit cordial, Grapefruit soda. Serve well chilled.
Roasted Sesame Whisky Sour
A characterful cocktail built around vodka, matcha syrup and miso juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Vodka, Matcha Syrup, Miso Juice, Citrus Juice, Sugar Syrup. Serve well chilled.
Saffron Citrus Sour
A characterful cocktail built around gin, saffron syrup and lemon, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Saffron syrup, lemon, Mandarin syrup. Serve well chilled.
Spiced Cherry Tonic
A characterful cocktail built around gin, spiced cherry syrup and citrus juice, finished with a clean, memorable lift.
Ingredients: Gin, Spiced cherry syrup, citrus juice, Tonic cordial, Soda water. Serve well chilled.
Spicy Pineapple Ranch Water
A long tequila highball with pineapple, lime, soda and jalapeño heat. Fresh, spicy, clean and made for warm-weather drinking.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, pineapple juice, lime juice, jalapeno syrup, soda water. Build over ice.
Wasabi Watermelon Margarita
A bright watermelon Margarita with a clean wasabi heat.
Ingredients: Blanco tequila, watermelon juice, lime, orange liqueur, agave and wasabi. Shake and serve over ice.
Yaounde Spice Flip
Yaounde Spice Flip takes a Cameroonian-inspired direction, with spice warmth, creamy flip texture and dark fruit. It gives the drink a clearer sense of place than a generic modern cocktail.
Ingredients: Dark rum, Plantain syrup, Spice liqueur, whole egg. Serve well chilled.