Make Any Cocktail Spicy

A cocktail modifier in a category of its own - Firewater brings the heat to any drink, any bar, any occasion.

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Scoville Firewater

A small glass bottle with a black label and black cap, containing a brown liquid. The label reads "Let it Linger" and "Scoville Firewater" with additional text in a vintage font. The bottle is placed on a light-colored surface with a wooden slatted background.

Make any cocktail spicy. Scoville Firewater is a clean, simple cocktail modifier made with water, alcohol, chili peppers, and spices.

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The Spicy Margarita

  • 2 oz Tequila

  • 1 oz Lime Juice

  • ¾ oz Agave Nectar

  • 2-4 Dashes Scoville Firewater

Shake and strain into a glass filled with ice. Garnish with a pinch of salt & lime.

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Built by a bartender, for every bar.

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Mike Henderson has spent 25 years behind bars - literally. Starting in the college bars of Madison, Wisconsin and working his way through some of Denver's most celebrated cocktail programs he built a reputation as one of Colorado's most respected bartenders and was a founding member of the Colorado Bartenders Guild.

For years as a consultant, Mike had a secret weapon. A house-made firewater he'd crafted from scratch - the simplest, most versatile way to make any cocktail spicy. Bars used it. Bartenders loved it. It found its way onto menus across Colorado without ever having a label on the bottle.

After years of watching it work, Mike realized: this belonged in every bar. So he dialed in the recipe, built the brand, and created something that any bartender working in a dive bar or a Michelin star could use.

Scoville Firewater isn't bitters. It isn't a tincture. It's firewater. From a Spicy Margarita to a Dirty Martini to a Bloody Mary, a few dashes is all it takes to make any cocktail spicy.