The 9 Best Spicy Cocktail Recipes, Beyond the Spicy Margarita

Though the spicy Margarita may be the drink of our times, cocktails of every kind—stirred, shaken or built in the glass—have adopted a kick of heat at bars across the country. And just as the landscape of spicy recipes has grown, so too has the number of methods for imbuing drinks with heat. From habanero tinctures to gochujang syrup to ancho chile liqueur, there’s no shortage of ways to spice things up. Here are our favorite takes on the spicy cocktail, in every style.