Name: Firecracker
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Pisco; 15 ml Mezcal liqueur; 15 ml Lime juice; 30 ml Pineapple juice; 10 ml Pimento dram; 10 ml Agave syrup

Firecracker
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	BarSol Mosto Verde Italia Pisco
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Del Maguey Crema de Mezcal
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1 fl oz	Pineapple juice
¹⁄₃ fl oz	St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram liqueur
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Agave syrup (agave nectar)

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
RIM glass with cinnamon and sugar (moisten the outside edge with sugar syrup and dip into cinnamon powder).

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

No additional garnish. (The preprepared rim is garnish enough.)

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Allspiced pineapple fruit with delicate caramel-like agave richness and grape fresh pisco spirituous spice.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Ivan Radulovic at Macao Trading Co. in New York City, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Firecracker contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
15.92% alc./vol. (31.84° proof)
21.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Carolyn Rush

14th December 2025 at 16:02

Instant favorite!
I followed the advice of Simon S. , adding a pinch of cayenne to the cinnamon sugar and substituting Laird's 100-proof applejack for the Pisco. Only had mezcal, so used that and skipped the agave, as I prefer my drinks on the not-so-sweet side.
This rivals anything I've ever had at a fancy bar in my hometown of St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota :)

Simon Sedgley

21st November 2024 at 14:49

We love this but think it works even better substituting Calvados for the Pisco. Avellen, which we use, gives the drink such a fresh, bright lift. We also reduce the Agave syrup to 5ml and up the Mezcal liqueur to 20ml (the liqueur has roasted Agave syrup as an ingredient).

Simon Sedgley

7th July 2024 at 05:56

We love this cocktail and make our own cinnamon sugar, adding a generous pinch of Cayenne pepper. Well, it is a Firecracker after all.

Patricia Baker

5th July 2024 at 00:48

Since I don't like pineapple juice, I tried this with seabuckthorn juice instead -- DELICIOUS! Also, I used my homemade lime cordial as a sub for fresh squeezed lime juice + agave syrup. WOW! Now I need to learn how to submit this as a variation :)

Andrew Wenz

2nd July 2024 at 05:37

Please excuse my ignorance- is there a difference between mezcal and the mezcal liqueur mentioned in ingredients here? The interwebs hasn’t helped me find an answer - thanks!

Simon Difford

2nd July 2024 at 06:11

Mezcal is a spirit (unsweetened), while mezcal liqueur is sweetened with roasted agave syrup.

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Avery Garnett

4th October 2023 at 19:04

The rim is definitely not optional.

Francesca Coniglio

8th August 2023 at 14:02

There's something i can use instead of pimento? Unfortunally i don't have it but this cocktail looks like amazing!!! i definilly want to do that, thank you if you have any suggestion

chris wheeler

8th July 2024 at 18:45

You can make it pretty easily if you’re happy making a sugar syrup (I found a recipe by searching) . It might not be as good as the shop bought but probably close enough

Simon Difford

9th August 2023 at 11:46

Pimento dram is dry with tannins, almost bittersweet, with accompanying spice. I'm not sure there is an obvious well-distributed alternative. However, if you are in the UK, I think you'll find pimento dram more widely available towards the end of 2023.

susan tanswell

20th July 2023 at 13:01

This is the best cocktail that I-ve made in some time.

Calvin Grant

30th June 2023 at 02:45

Fantastic cocktail. What's to say. Simon's review captures it perfectly. Five stars and a heart!

Paloma Difford

30th June 2023 at 08:59

❤️

Ignacio Seligra

21st December 2022 at 20:55

With all those juices plus the thick agave syrup, this must get shaken, isn't it? And quite energetically I'd think - to make that pineapple juice froth.