Spirit Master: Spicy Margarita, The Drinks Bureau

Canned cocktails are all the rage at the moment. We take a closer look at The Drinks Bureau’s Spicy Margarita to find out what secured it the top Taste Master accolade in this year’s Pre-Mixed, RTD & Hard Seltzer Masters.

‘Bar-quality drinks in fun formats and eye-catching packs’ – that’s the descriptor on The Drinks Bureau’s ‘About’ page, and the plethora of awards garnered by the company during The Pre-Mixed, RTD & Hard Seltzer Masters 2024 would suggest it’s not wrong. Founded by trained bartender Frankie Snobel, the brand is quickly gaining global acclaim.

The company collected six medals in The Pre-Mixed, RTD & Hard Seltzer Masters – including the most coveted Taste Master award – and that is because the company makes ‘seriously tasty’ cocktails, to borrow another descriptor from its website.

The judges’ comments from this year’s blind-tasting competition confirm all of the above. For the Master and Taste Master-winning Spicy Margarita, they noted: “Agave comes through with lime and little bit of savoury spice. Accessible with nice complexity, just a touch of smoke, but still bright and fresh.”

Canned at 10% ABV, The Drinks Bureau Spicy Margarita is made with Tequila, lime, chilli and agave syrup.

A pack of four 150ml cans is available via the brand’s website, thedrinksbureau.com and Amazon, priced at £15 (US$19).

Furthermore, Spicy Margarita is available in a 1.5-litre box, which offers 10 serves of the award-winning cocktail. Once open, the cocktail will last for four weeks with no need to refrigerate.

Additional award-winning serves from The Drinks Bureau include the Passion Fruit Martini, the Espresso Martini, and the Lychee Martini.

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