PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Pedro Domecq Fundador brandy o ½ ounce Pierre Farrand Dry Curaçao o 1 dash Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o ½ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: If you’re like us, you probably said, "Spanish brandy and lime? Curaçao and absinthe?' Whoa, this is different. You might even fee

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Ararat 5 Star VS Armenian brandy o 1 ½ ounces Aperol liqueur o ½ ounce Honey Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o ½ ounce Rosemary Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o prosecco Garnish o rosemary sprig Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except prosecco over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a champagne flute or over ice in a collins glass. 3. Top with prosecco. 4. Garnish with rosemary sprig. Remarks: This is a

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail       o 2 ounces Pedro Domencq Fundador brandy o 1 ounce Remy Martin VSOP cognac o ½ ounce Campari o 1 teaspoon grated ginger o 1 pinch cayenne pepper o juice of one medium orange Method: 1. Combine all but juice in an Old Fashioned glass and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. 2. Add orange juice and stir. 3. Serve. Remarks: This is quite appropriate when circumstances such as exhaustion, overwork or si

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Pedro Domencq Fundador brandy o ½ ounce Pierre Farrand Dry Curaçao o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: A “classic” cocktail formula that dates to the early 1800’s i.e., spirit, sweetener, water, and bitters. The lemon peel would have been c

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Ararat 5 Star VS Armenian brandy o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: This comes with the jolt that a good revival needs. Similar to the Corpse Reviver #1, this one is made with Lillet Blanc not rouge. Thankfully, there's more than one way to revive a corpse. . . .

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 ounces Ararat 5 Star VS Armenian brandy o ½ ounce Ilegal mezcal o ½ ounce Pierre Farrand Dry Curaçao o ½ ounce St. Germain o 1 dash Hella Citrus 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 an orange twist. Remarks: Where to start? Okay, Eric Satie was a great composer, and The Velvet Gentleman is also a