PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Grand Marnier o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters o 2 ounces blood orange juice Garnish o ½ blood orange wheel o 1 green olive Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail or over ice in an Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with orange wheel and olive. Remarks: Same old Manhattan got you down? This just might be the

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Crème de Mûre o ¾ ounce Southern Comfort o ¾ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except bitters over ice. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Float bitters on top on the drink. Remarks: We're pretty sure that St. Phillip is ordering a double. St. James behind him might also be. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Jim Beam Bonded bourbon o ½ ounce Cointreau o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters o champagne Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a champagne flute. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: Why is this is a champagne cocktail for people who may not think they like champagne

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Mount Gay XO rum o 1 ounce Sandeman Tawny Porto 20 Year Old Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: This is a cocktail with body. We used bourbon, but rye is also an option. The port adds roundness and the rum provides depth to make this a cocktail yo

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Jim Beam Bonded bourbon o 1 ounce Lazzaroni amaretto o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with a lemon peel. Remarks: The amaretto is dominant. Not such a bad thing. But if you feel it might be too much of a good thing, try adding more bitters. .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Heaven’s Door Cask Strength Straight Bourbon o ¼ ounce blue Curaçao o ½ ounce Galliano o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except Curaçao and soda over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 3. Top with ginger beer leaving room for the floater. 4. Float Curaçao on top of the drink. Remarks: A significant change from the or

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o ½ ounce Ilegal mezcal o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 2-3 drops Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve over a large ice cube in an Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: If it's late and you're a regular.  If the place

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Tennessee bourbon o ¾ ounce Honey Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: A refreshing cocktail. You taste the lemon and honey despite the fact that it's mostly bourbon. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Tennessee bourbon o 1 teaspoon water o ½ teaspoon white sugar o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters or to taste Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of a cocktail glass and discard the excess. 2. Stir remaining cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 3. Strain into the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with lemon twist.

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o pinch of sea salt o 1 ounce Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Mount Gay XO rum o 2 bar spoons dark Crème de Cacao o 3 drops Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters or to taste Method: 1. Combine cocktail ingredients in an Old Fashioned glass. 2. Add a large ice cube and stir briefly. Remarks: A dessert drink. One we think would be good to sip as you resume the conversation that was interrupted by the arrival of that

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Plymouth Sloe Gin Garnish o 1 Tillen Farms Bada Bing cherry Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass or an Old Fashioned glass over one large ice cube. 3. Garnish with the cherry. Remarks: A one-dimensional cocktail, It's all about the sloe gin. While the bourbon tries to assert itself, it’s really a backup dan

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ¼ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Sandeman Tawny Porto 20 Year Old o 1 dash Woodford Reserve Spiced Cherry bitters o 1 bar spoon maple syrup Garnish o Woodford Reserve cherries Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with cherries. Remarks: Feels like a Manhattan with an axe to grind. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce red wine (your choice) o 1 ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except wine over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Gently pour wine over the back of a bar spoon to float on top of the drink. 4. Garnish with a lemon twist. Remarks: This is esse

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Jim Beam Bonded bourbon o ½ ounce Patrón XO Cafe or Kahlúa o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o orange peel (flamed) Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: Patrón XO Cafe makes this a coffee drink without the coffee. Kahlúa would be less assertive. Your call. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ounce Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Bombay gin o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 splash of fresh lime juice o 4 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer Garnish o mint sprig o orange wedge Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except ginger beer over ice. 2. Empty contents into a highball glass. 3. Top with ginger beer. 4. Garnish with orange wedge and mint sprig. Remarks: Created in 1942 by

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail   o 1 teaspoon grated ginger o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ¾ ounce sake o 1 dash Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o ½ ounce fresh orange juice o 1 ounce Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Muddle ginger in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients except the soda and shake to chill. 3. Strain into an ice-filled double Old Fashioned glass. 4. Top w

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o 6 ounces Lindemans Kriek lambic Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except the lambic over ice. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Top with lambic. Remarks: This comes across very much as a cocktail, albeit a large one. The Kriek lambic (sour cherry) is primarily a flavoring agent but it also adds a lit

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Kahlúa o 1 ounce Sandeman Tawny Porto 20 Year Old o 1 ½ ounces cream Garnish o freshly grated nutmeg Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish nutmeg. Remarks: This is a simplified version of the original recipe. We like it better and feel it that it is an excellent dessert or holiday cocktail. . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ½ ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Express orange peel over the glass and drop it in as a garnish. Remarks: For a thousand years in

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2/3 ounce Woodford Reserve bourbon o 2/3 ounce green Chartreuse o 2/3 ounce Sambuca Romano Method: 1. Serve up in a shooter glass. 2. Take your best shot. Remarks: While intended to be served as a shooter, we felt disposed to sip it. There are many drinks with the same or similar names. Must be something to do with the zombie apocalypse that's coming. Until then, enjoy. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ¾ ounce Blandy's 5-Year-Old Malmsey Madeira o ¼ ounce Luxardo maraschino o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: A little sweet but it will grow on you. A bourbon cocktail that you would be justified in describing as p

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Ilegal mezcal o ½ ounce Woodford Reserve bourbon o 2 drops Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters or to taste o 2 teaspoons orgeat syrup Garnish o cranberry (optional) o cinnamon ground or stick o lemon peel o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with the above. Remarks: The orgeat adds sweetne