The Ice Co Turns Up The Heat: 10 Spicy Cocktails To Spice Up Your Summer

Hot Honey Mango Margarita

A tropical scorcher with fresh mango juice, lime juice, tequila, and fiery hot honey. Best served over The Ice Co Super Cubes for maximum chill and slow melt.

Ingredients:

• 40ml Tequila
• 20ml Triple Sec
• 50ml Mango Juice
• Juice of 1 lime
• 1 tbsp Hot Honey
• Chilli salt or Tajín (for the rim)
• X 2 Super Cubes

Directions:
Rim your glass with chilli salt. In a shaker, combine all ingredients with ice. Shake well and strain into a rocks glass over Super Cubes. Garnish with a lime wheel and a red chilli slice.

Spicy Watermelon Mojitos

A sweet and spicy twist on the classic mojito with fresh watermelon, mint, white rum, lime, and muddled red chilli bring the heat, cooled to perfection with Crushed Ice.

Ingredients:

• 50ml White rum
• 30ml Fresh lime juice
• 15ml Simple syrup
• 5–6 Fresh mint leaves
• 60g Fresh watermelon cubes
• 1 Small red chilli (sliced)
• Crushed Ice

Directions:
Muddle mint, chilli, and watermelon in a shaker. Add rum, lime juice, syrup, and shake with ice. Strain into a tall glass filled with Crushed Ice. Garnish with mint and a watermelon wedge.

Hot Honey Blackberry Margarita

A fiery twist on the classic Tequila Sunrise, this version adds just enough Sriracha to warm things up without overpowering the tropical sweetness.

Ingredients:

• 2 Handfuls of Party Ice
• 30ml Tequila
• 15ml  Cointreau
• 15ml Honey
• 3 slices of Chilli
• 1 handful of Blackberries
• Lime Wheel

Directions:

To make your hot honey, combine 15ml honey with 3 chilli slices and muddle for 1-2 minutes. In a shaker, add tequila, Cointreau, lime, blackberries, hot honey and a handful of Party Ice before shaking to combine. Select a glass of your choice and fill with more Party Ice before double straining the contents of the shaker over. To garnish, add in some fresh blackberries and a lime wheel, enjoy your Hot Honey Blackberry Margarita!

Jalapeño Palomas

A zesty grapefruit and tequila cocktail with a spicy jalapeño kick. Light, crisp, and just the right amount of bite. Pair with Premium Party Ice to keep it cool all afternoon.

Ingredients:

• 50ml Tequila
• 25ml Fresh lime juice
• 100ml Grapefruit soda (or juice & soda water)
• 2 Jalapeño slices
• Pinch of salt
• Polar Cube ice

Directions:
Muddle jalapeño and lime juice in a shaker. Add tequila and shake with Party Ice. Strain into a glass over Polar Cube ice. Top with grapefruit soda. Garnish with a jalapeño slice and lime wheel.

Spicy Paloma Shandy

Mixing a cocktail classic with a refreshing lager creates the perfect tipple to enjoy on a summers day. This one combines tart grapefruit with fiery habanero chilli to create a delicious shandy that you’ll make time and time again.

Ingredients:

• 2-3 Super Cubes
• 4tbsp Granulated Sugar
•  Red Grapefruit
• ¼ Habanero Chilli
• 60ml Water
• 60ml Red Grapefruit Juice
• 90ml Mexican Style Lager
• Red Grapefruit Wedge, Tajin to garnish

Directions:
In a jar, add the sugar and grapefruit strips, muddling until the mixture is sandy. Add the habanero and muddle until combined into the mixture. Add 60ml water and put the lid on the jar, shaking until the sugar is dissolved. Pour the syrup through a fine mesh strainer and set aside.

Fill a short glass with Super Cubes then add the grapefruit juice and a tablespoon of your freshly made syrup, stirring to combine. Gently Stir in the beer. To serve, sprinkle Tajin over a wedge of red grapefruit and add to the glass.

Michelada

A Mexican favourite made with beer that’s perfect for brunch!  Serve it ice cold with Polar Cube.

Ingredients:

• Salt & Tajin
• ½ a lime
• 150ml Mexican Lager
• 90ml Tomato Juice
• 60ml Lime Juice
• 2 drops Worcestershire sauce
• 2 drops soy sauce
• 2 drops hot sauce
• Polar Cube ice

Directions:
Mix the salt and Tajin on a plate. Rub a lime wedge around the rim of your glass and dip into the mixture to coat the rim. Fill your glass with Polar Cube ice and add the tomato juice, lime juice, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce and hot sauce. Top up your glass with the lager and garnish with a lime wheel.

Spicy Pineapple Tequila Spritz

A sweet-spicy highball with juicy pineapple and tequila, topped with sparkling water for a light and lively finish.

Ingredients:

• 50ml Tequila
• 80ml Pineapple juice
• 25ml Jalapeno Simple Syrup
• A Squeeze of lime juice
• Top up with Lemon & Lime Sparkling Water
• Polar Cube Ice
• Tajin

Directions:
Make the jalapeno syrup by adding ½ cup of sugar, ½ cup of water and 1 jalapeno to a small saucepan, bringing it to a simmer. Once the sugar has dissolved, remove from the heat and allow to cool. Then store in a jar in the fridge until ready to use.

Rub a lime wedge on the rim of the glass and dip in Tajin to coat. Add the pineapple juice, tequila and jalapeno simple syrup to a cocktail shaker filled with Party Ice and shake well to combine. Fill your glass with Polar Cube ice and top up with the sparkling water and a squeeze of lime juice. Garnish with a pineapple wedge to serve.

Frozen Hot Honey Peach Margarita

Perfect for a sunny day, this one takes all the best things about a classic margarita and blends it with the sweetness of peaches to create an unforgettable frozen cocktail.

Ingredients:

• ½ a cup frozen peaches
• 40ml Tequila
• 15ml Cointreau
• Juice of ½ a lime
• ½ a tbsp Hot Honey
• Handful Party Ice
• Tajin, Lime, Peach and Mint for garnish

Directions:
Add the frozen peach, tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, hot honey and Party Ice to a blender and blend until smooth. Dip the rim of your glass into some hot honey and then sprinkle with Tajin to coat the glass. Add your frozen cocktail to the glass and garnish with a slice of peach, lime wheel and a sprig of mint.

Thai Chilli Coconut Mojito

A Southeast Asian twist on a mojito with coconut water, lime, mint, and Thai red chili for that lingering burn. A splash of white rum and loads of crushed ice seal the deal.

Ingredients:

• 50ml White rum
• 25ml Fresh lime juice
• 10ml Coconut water
• 10ml Simple syrup
• 1 Thai red chilli (sliced)
• Mint leaves
• Soda water
• The Ice Co Crushed Ice

Directions:
Muddle chilli, mint, syrup, and lime juice in a shaker. Add rum and coconut water. Shake and strain into a tall glass with Crushed Ice. Top with soda. Garnish with mint and chilli slice.

Sweet and Spicy Bourbon Breeze

This refreshing blend of flavours creates a beautifully balanced serve that’s perfect for beating the summer heat.

Ingredients:

• 45ml Bourbon
• 1 strawberry (chopped)
• 2-3 Jalapeno Slices
• 15ml Lime Juice
• 90ml Ginger Beer
• The Ice Co Super Cubes
• Tajin, lime slice and strawberry to garnish

Directions:
Rub a lime wedge around the rim of the glass and dip into the tajin to coat the rim. Add the lime juice to the glass with the chopped strawberry and jalepenos and muddle together. Add the bourbon, ginger beer and 2 Super Cubes, stir to combine. Garnish with a Lime wheel, strawberry and a jalapeno slice.