Everything has to have some sort of “spin”, and our first reaction upon opening the press release promoting the release of Anchorman 2 was that it would be flooded with Scotchtails. While there’s not a single malt to be found in this list, we have to give the marketing folks and mixologists who supplied us with these spicy recipes due credit: some of these are pretty tasty.

The Burgundy
1 quart tomato juice
1 cup vodka
1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1/2 teaspoon Tabasco
Lime slices or celery stalks

Combine tomato juice, vodka, Worcestershire sauce, lime juice, and Tabasco Sauce in a 2-quart pitcher; stir well. Serve over ice. Garnish with lime or celery. Serves 6

It’s So Damn Hot
2 ounces quality vodka or gin
7 ounces tomato juice
1/2 ounce worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon horseradish mustard
10-20 dashes Tabasco
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 Pinch of cumin
1/2 lemon, juiced
1/2 lime, juiced
Garnish: 1 chicory leaf
Garnish: 1 cornichon

Spicy Seasoned Garlic Sea Salt
6 dashes Tabasco
1/8 cup sea salt
1/2 tablespoon toasted garlic

Combine all spicy seasoned garlic sea salt ingredients and mix well. Fill a pint glass with ice and rim with spicy seasoned garlic sea salt. Combine all other ingredients into mixing glass. “Roll” ingredients back and forth from mixing glass to shaker several times; mix well. Pour into ice-filled, salt-rimmed pint glass. Garnish with chicory leaf and a cornichon.

Brick’s Hand Grenade
2 tablespoons pineapple juice
2 tablespoons lemon-lime soda
1 tablespoon light rum
1 tablespoon tequila
1 tablespoon vodka
1 tablespoon gin
3 drops Tabasco

Combine all ingredients and pour into a 12-ounce highball glass filled with ice; stir. If desired, garnish glass with a wedge of pineapple or lime.