PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Ilegal mezcal o 1 ounce Pimm’s No.1 Cup o 1 ½ ounces fresh lemon juice o ¾ ounce Demerara syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o lemon twist o dried strawberry slice Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel and strawberry. Remarks: This is a cocktail that is light, tasty, and very good with food. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Monte Alban mezcal o 1 ounce Sandeman Tawny Porto 20 Year Old o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o 1 dash Hella Smoked Chili bitters or to taste 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: If you want to or have recently given up smoking, this cocktail may not

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Johnnie Walker Red Label scotch o ½ ounce Campari o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Kahlúa o 2-3 drops Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters Garnish o orange twist o 5 drops Ilegal mezcal Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an Old Fashioned glass over one large ice cube. 3. Top with mezcal. 4. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: This cocktail is all about

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o salt o adobo o 1 or 2 tablespoons of your favorite salsa or to taste o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Silver tequila o ½ ounce Monte Alban mezcal o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 4 ounces tomato juice o 2-4 dashes Worcestershire sauce Garnish o lime wedge Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a collins glass and invert it into a shallow dish containing a mixture of salt and adobo to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Muddle the salsa

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¾ ounce Ilegal mezcal o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o 2-3 drops Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters or to taste Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with an orange twist. sfor·zan·do   (sfôrt-sän′dō)  Music adv. & adj. Abbr. sfz  or sf Suddenly   or st

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 sage leaves o 1 teaspoon Demerara sugar o 1 ounce 1800 Silver tequila o ½ ounce Ilegal mezcal o ½ ounce green Chartreuse o 1 ounce pineapple juice Garnish o 1 sage leaf o freshly ground black pepper Method: 1. Muddle sage and sugar in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake to chill. 3. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 4. Garnish with sage leaf and

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o salt o 1 ½ ounces Ilegal mezcal o ½ ounce grapefruit juice o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce Rosemary Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o grapefruit wedge o rosemary sprig Method: 1. Moisten rim of an Old Fashioned glass and invert it into a shallow dish of salt to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice until chilled. 3. Serve over ice in the prepared glass. 4.

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o salt o 2 ounces Ilegal mezcal o ½ ounce Cointreau liqueur o 1 ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce agave nectar Garnish o lime wedge Method: 1. Moisten the rim of an Old Fashioned glass, invert it into a shallow dish of salt to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice to chill. 3. Serve over ice in prepared glass. 4. Garnish with lime wedge. Remarks: A drink for mezcal lov

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce 1800 Reposado tequila o 1 ounce 1800 Silver tequila o ½ ounce Ilegal mezcal o 1 ounce watermelon water o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o ¾ ounce Lavender Syrup (see Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Hella Smoked Chili bitters or to taste o egg white Garnish o lavender sprig o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Fine strain into an ice-filled

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 1 ½ ounces Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o ½ ounce Monte Alban mezcal o 1 tablespoon Fernet~Branca o ½ ounce Brown Sugar Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Hella Smoked Chili bitters or to taste Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: The combination of scotch and mezcal provides the f

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

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Mount Gay XO rum o 1 ounce Ilegal mezcal o ½ ounce Pierre Farrand Dry Curaçao o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce orgeat syrup Garnish o lime wheel o mint sprig or orchid blossom Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve over crushed ice in an Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with lime wheel, mint sprig or an orchid if you want to go full-Hawaiian. Remarks: Created by Ivy Mix of L

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Hennessy VS cognac o ½ ounce Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o ½ ounce Drambuie liqueur o 1 bar spoon Monte Alban mezcal Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except mezcal over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Float mezcal on top of the drink. 4. Garnish with a cherry. Remarks: There is smoke here than

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