PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Manzanilla sherry o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino liqueur o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Run the lemon twist around the rim of the glass, skin side down and drop it into the drink for garnish. Remarks: The dominant taste here is the sherry. Th

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Pimm’s No.1 Cup o 3 ounces Lemonade, see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o mint sprig o orange wheel o cucumber slice Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a collins glass. 2. Garnish with your choice of mint sprig, orange wheel, and cucumber slice. Remarks: A refreshing and fun cocktail if you opt for all of the garnishes. The lemonade determines the sweetness of the cocktail. Make your own, use our

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Pimm’s No.1 Cup o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer Garnish o lemon wheel o cucumber peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a collins glass. 2. Garnish with lemon wheel and cucumber peel. Remarks: This cocktail shows how well ginger beer and Pimm’s Cup complement each other. Don't eschew the peel. A piece that's only three or four inches long can make a big difference in the tas

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce light Crème de Cacao o 1 ounce white Crème de Menthe o 2 scoops vanilla ice cream Garnish o mint sprig Method: 1. Blend all until smooth. 2. Serve up in a hurricane glass. 3. Garnish with mint sprig. Remarks: Had this been made with green Crème de Menthe it would be a frozen Grasshopper. Although why a grasshopper would ever find itself in polar bear country is beyond us. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Campari o 1 ounce maple syrup o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o egg white Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Strain into a martini glass. 4. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: The ingredients may seem odd but, in combination, they are quite excellent. The maple syrup makes us think about breakfast. Campari and pancakes,

PH factor:  7.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Lindemans Framboise Lambic o champagne Garnish o raspberries (optional) Method: 1. Combine cocktail ingredients in a chilled champagne flute. 2. Garnish with raspberries if using. Remarks: This is a cocktail that is so easy to make it might just change the opinion that champagne is only for toasting on special occasions. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Sandeman Tawny Porto 20 Year Old o champagne Garnish o grape or cherry Method: 1. Combine in a chilled flute. 2. Garnish with a grape or cherry. Remarks: This, perhaps not surprisingly, tastes like a 20-year-old port with bubbles. Which isn't such a bad thing, actually. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Blandy's 5-Year-Old Malmsey Madeira o ½ ounce Simple Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o freshly grated nutmeg Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with grated nutmeg. Remarks: A simple drink that dates back to Thos. Jefferson who liked to drink Madeira with his Sangaree (lemonade). Or, maybe it was the other way around. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 tablespoon lemon juice o 1 teaspoon sugar o 1 slice cucumber (unpeeled) o 2 ounces Pimm’s No.1 Cup o ½ ounce Amontillado sherry o 1 ounce Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o mint sprig o lime wedge Method: 1. Muddle cucumber, sugar, and lemon juice in a shaker. 2. Add ice and Pimm’s Cup and shake to chill. 3. Strain into an ice-filled cocktail glass and add soda. 4 . Top with sherry. 5.

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce St. Germain liqueur o 1 ½ ounces Plymouth Sloe Gin o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o lemon wheel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 3. Top with soda and stir gently. 4. Garnish with a lemon wheel. Remarks: This is a hard one to define. It

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Plymouth Sloe Gin o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o egg white o champagne Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Fine strain into a cocktail glass. 4. Top with champagne. Remarks: This is a Sloe Gin Fizz that gets its sparkle from champagne not club soda. Need we say more? . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ¾ ounces Licor 43, Cuarenta Y Tres o 4 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer o ½ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o lime wedge Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a highball glass or copper mug. 2. Garnish with lime wedge. Remarks: This mule is packing a heavy load of ginger beer. It's necessary to balance the sweet vanilla flavor of the Cuarenta Y Tres. The resultant cocktail is very different

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bénédictine D.O.M. o 6 ounces scalded, frothed or otherwise warmed milk Garnish o cinnamon stick o honey Method: 1. Stir Bénédictine and milk in a warmed glass or mug. 2. Garnish with a cinnamon stick one end of which has been dipped in honey. Remarks: Something warm and sweet to take to bed. We guarantee you will be off to dreamland as soon as you’ve finished. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste o champagne Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Pour Bénédictine and bitters into a champagne flute. 2. Top with champagne. 3. Garnish with a lemon peel. Remarks: Just Bénédictine and champagne alone would be sweeter but not as interesting. The bitters make this a cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Plymouth Sloe Gin o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a lemon twist. Remarks: At first this might taste a bit unusual. But hang in there. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Crème de Cassis o 5 ounces red wine Garnish o blackberries Method: 1. Combine cocktail ingredients over ice in a wine glass and stir. 2. Garnish with blackberries. Remarks: This is an exceptional cocktail. It can be served up or over ice. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Campari o ¾ ounce Crème de Cassis o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o champagne Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into a champagne flute. 3. Top with champagne 4. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: Bittersweet. Like the moment our young graduate realizes he or she will be leaving friends behind to enter the workforce. With the drink

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Sandeman Tawny Porto 20 Year Old o ½ ounce St. Germain o champagne Garnish o several impaled blueberries Method: 1. Combine St. Germain and port in an ice-filled collins glass and stir. 2. Top with champagne. 3. Garnish with blueberries. Remarks: This is a full-bodied champagne cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Triple Sec o 1 ounce Kahlúa o 1 ounce cream Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: This is similar to other drinks like the White Russian or the Sombrero and it holds its own in that august company. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Amontillado sherry o 1 ½ ounces Plymouth Sloe Gin o 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice o 2 tablespoons sugar o Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except soda over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass. 3. Top with soda. 4. Garnish with a lemon peel. Remarks: As in trust me, you are going to enjoy this ‘Adults

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 wedge of a pitted plum o 2 thyme sprigs o 1 ounce Plum Gekkeikan wine o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o champagne Garnish o plum slices o thyme sprig Method: 1. Muddle plum and thyme in a cocktail shaker until your arm gets tired. 2. Add ice, plum wine, and lemon juice and shake to chill completely. 3. Fine strain into an ice-filled cocktail glass. 4. Top with champagne. 5. Garnish with additional

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce Southern Comfort o ½ ounce Schladerer Edel-Kirsch liqueur Method: 1. Combine in a shooter glass. 2. Do what comes naturally. Remarks: We don’t have many shooters in this collection. Perhaps we should have had more. Or that might just be fuzzy thinking on our part. . . .