PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce white Crème de Menthe o 1 teaspoon lemon juice o champagne Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: If you are not a mint fan we recommend only a splash of Crème de Menthe. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Campari o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Rouge 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 an orange peel over the drink and drop it in, skin side up, for garnish. Remarks: Traditionally a Negroni has equal amounts of its three ingredients. To us a little more gin, and a little less Campari

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ¼ ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ¾ ounce Lillet Blanc Garnish o 1 Spanish olive with the pimento removed Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in martini glass. 3. Garnish with olive. Remarks: A classy couple and a classic cocktail. A satisfying martini though it may be considered a little wet. We do not know who felt the pimento had to go. Was it Nick? Was it Nora? We must i

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ¾ ounce Lillet Rosé o ½ ounce Pierre Farrand Dry Curaçao o 1 ounce grapefruit juice o ¼ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o grapefruit peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with grapefruit peel. Remarks: The lime and grapefruit juices make this a refreshing cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Bombay gin o ¼ ounce dark Crème de Cacao o ¾ ounce decaf cold-brew coffee o ½ ounce Cardamom Allspice Cordial (see: Syrups etc.) o Fever-Tree Premium Tonic Water Garnish o mint sprig Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except tonic over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 3. Top with tonic water. 4. Garnish with mint sprig. Remarks: When we first looked at this we said, “Really?"

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: A new study has found that consuming seven drinks a week can boost your libido, extend your life expectancy, decrease dementia, the risk of diabetes, and even prevent

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Triple Sec o ¾ ounce fresh orange juice Garnish o ½ orange wheel o 1 Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with ½ orange wheel and a cherry. Remarks: To be drunk the morning of the season’s first baseball g ame. It is to be followed with a Bronx Cocktail, if it’s a Yankee home opener.

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 ½ ounces fresh grapefruit juice Garnish o thin wedge of grapefruit Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with grapefruit. Remarks: It required frequent retesting to arrive at this interpretation. Not complaining, just stating a fact. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Bombay gin o 1 ounce Monte Alban mezcal o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o 1 ounce pineapple juice o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 dash Angostura bitters o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except bitters over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Top with bitters. Remarks: This drink is named for the 1990 documentary by Jennie Livingston of the “Golden A

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay gin o ½ ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¼ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce grenadine or to taste o egg white Garnish        o 1 Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again. 3. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: This is a tasty drink with or without the egg white. In fact, you may want to try it first without egg white to get the f

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Bombay Sapphire gin o 1 ounce Kahlúa o 1 ounce Sambuca Romano Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: This is a sweet, light, candy bar, of a cocktail. It is easy to make and easy to drink. . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o 1 ounce Plum Gekkeikan wine o 1 ounce Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda o 1 dash The Cocktail Experiment Lavender Bitters Garnish o black plum slice Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into martini glass. 3. Garnish with a slice of plum. Remarks: If you want a cocktail that is easy to make and yet tastes unlike any cocktail you’ve ever ha

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 3 ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Drambuie Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: Originally, made with Atholl Brose, a Speyside single-malt scotch liqueur. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ¼ ounce Bombay gin o ¼ ounce Lillet Blanc o 2 dashes Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o ¼ ounce fresh lemon juice o ¼ ounce fresh orange juice o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 egg white Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Fine strain into a martini glass. 4. Garnish

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Campari o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Rouge Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of an Old Fashioned glass and discard the excess. 2. Combine remaining cocktail ingredients over ice in the prepared glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: Take a Negroni, add an anise flavored liqueur and note the ch

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay gin o ¾ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o ½ ounce cream o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 3 drops Moroccan Orange Blossom Water. o 1 egg white o 2 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Strain into a collins glass. 4. Add soda. 5

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o salt o pepper o 2 ounces Bombay gin o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 4 ounces tomato Juice o 4 dashes Worcestershire sauce o 6 dashes tabasco sauce or to taste Garnish o lemon wheel Method: 1. Moisten rim of highball glass with lime juice and invert it into a shallow dish containing a mixture of salt and pepper to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice to chill. 3.

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Bombay Sapphire gin o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o 3 ounces Lillet Blanc Garnish o lemon peel and/or olives Method: 1. Stir over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with olives and/or lemon peel. Remarks: If the Vesper is the Fred Astaire of cocktails, this is the Ginger Rogers. She dances every bit as well as Fred but in high heels and, well, in reverse. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Plum Gekkeikan wine o ½ ounce St. Germain o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o rosemary sprig o thin plum slice Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a collins glass. 3. Top with soda. 4. Garnish with rosemary and plum slices. Remarks: This is a refreshing and tasty cocktail. When should one drink it, you ask?

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o ½ ounce Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Mount Gay Eclipse rum o ¾ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 ounce guava nectar Garnish o lime wedge Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a collins glass. 3. Garnish with lime wedge. Remarks: A rich, fruity, and delicious cocktail that will be a real crowd pleaser. You may want to make it by the pitcher full

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 3 raspberries o 1 ¾ ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Chambord o 2 ½ ounces cranberry juice o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 splash agave nectar Garnish o 3 raspberries Method: 1. Muddle three raspberries in a shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake to chill. 3. Fine strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 4. Garnish with 3 raspberries on a cocktail stick. Remarks: The f

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 5 leaves of Thai basil or 3 leaves of Italian basil and 3 sprigs cilantro o 1 ½ ounces Bombay gin o 1 ½ ounces Plum Gekkeikan wine o ¼ ounce Chartreuse (green) o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 pinch of ground fennel Garnish o lime twist Method: 1. Lightly muddle herbs in a shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients. 3. Shake to chill. 4. Fine strain into a martini glass. 5. Garni

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ½ ounces Bombay gin o ½ ounce sake Garnish o candied ginger or olives Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with candied ginger or olives. Remarks: Sake can be substituted for vermouth in many recipes. We tend to avoid that but thought that this one really highlighted the difference. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ounce Bombay Sapphire gin o 2 ½ ounces sake o 1 bar spoon Luxardo maraschino liqueur Garnish o 1 cherry blossom Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with a cherry blossom or other edible flower petals. Remarks: The Sakura is a good looking and good tasting low-ABV cocktail. . . .