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The Armande
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


The Bite of the Jade Spider
PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ ounce Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ½ ounce Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce green Crème de Menthe 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: The Jade Spider is a pretty shade of green in your glass. It tastes of mint in a nicely refreshing way. . . .


The Island Colada
PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o 1 ounce Mount Gay XO rum o 3 ounces pineapple juice o 1 ½ ounces cream of coconut o 1 ounce cream o 1 dash Angostura bitters Garnish o pineapple spear o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Blend cocktail ingredients with several ice cubes. 2. Serve up in a hurricane glass. 3. Garnish with pineapple spear and a cherry. Remarks: Another frozen conco


The Last of the Mojitos
PH factor: 9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 5 fresh blueberries o 1 large strawberry o 5 leaves fresh mint o 2 ounces J. Wray Silver Jamaican rum o ½ ounce agave nectar o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o mint sprig Method: 1. Muddle leaves and berries in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake to chill. 3. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass and add soda. 4. G


The Mostly Mango Mojito
PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 torn mint leaves o 2 ounces Mango Infused Rum, see: Syrups etc. o ½ ounce Mango Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o 1 ounce fresh lime juice o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o lime wheel o mint leaves Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 2. Pour all into a highball glass. 3. Top with soda. 4. Garnish with lime wheel and mint. Remarks: Out of respect for the scientific


The Riley Cocktail
PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces J. Wray Jamaican Silver rum o ½ ounce Cointreau o 1 splash Crème de Cassis o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce fresh orange juice o ½ ounce agave syrup Garnish o lime wedge Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a lime wedge. Remarks: To try to balance the citrus we increased the amount of rum. It


The Sidekick Cocktail
PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o pineapple wedge o 1 ½ ounces Hennessey VS cognac o ½ ounce Goslings Black Seal rum (151 proof) o 1 dash Angostura bitters o ½ ounce agave nectar Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Muddle pineapple in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake to chill. 3. Fine strain into a cocktail glass. 4. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: This is all about getting along together. Th


Tia Mia
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


Trader Vic’s Scorpion Cocktail
PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o 1 ounce Hennessey VS cognac o 1 ½ ounces fresh orange juice o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ¾ ounce orgeat syrup Garnish o banana wheel o pineapple spear o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Blend or shake with cracked ice. 2. Pour all into a hurricane or other large glass. 3. Garnish with a banana wheel, a pineapple spear, and a cherry or otherwise


Tropical Blackberry Smash
PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 mint leaves o 3 blackberries o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 2 ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o 1 ounce Crème de Mûre o 3 ounces pineapple juice o 1 ounce Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o blackberries o mint leaves Method: 1. Muddle lime juice, mint leaves, and blackberries in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients except soda and shake to chill. 3. Strain into an


Tropical Cocktail
PH factor: 8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o 1 ounce fresh lime juice o 4 ounces pineapple juice o 1 dash grenadine o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters or to taste Garnish o pineapple spear Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except bitters over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 3. Top with bitters. 4. Garnish with a pineapple spear. Remarks: Rum and pineapple with lime, sounds familiar? A float


Turqs & Cocos Cocktail
PH factor: 9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ¾ ounce blue Curaçao o ¾ ounce lemon juice o 1 ounce Coco López coconut cream o egg white o 1 splash agave nectar Garnish o mint sprig Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass. 4. Garnish with mint sprig. Remarks: This is a tropical cocktail the way God and nature inte


Vanilla Egg Cream
PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ ounce Mount Gay XO rum o 1 ounce Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres) o ½ ounce cream o 2 ounces Demerara Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 egg yolk o Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 2. Strain into a hurricane glass. 3. Carefully add soda to fill the glass. Remarks: This is a rich, tasty, attractive, cocktail that should definitely be served with a straw. .


Virgin’s Kiss
PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o 1 ounce white Crème de Menthe o 1 ounce Kahlúa o 3 ounces cream Garnish o 1 Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a cherry. Remarks: At first this tastes minty, then smooth and creamy. As usual, we suggest you use Tillen Farms cherries for a tasty garnish for your cocktail.


VPB Daiquiri
PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Mount Gay Eclipse rum o 1 ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 bar spoon Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o lime wheel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lime wheel. Remarks: A real cocktail in its own right that doesn’t come across as just another daiquiri clone. . . .


White Witch Cocktail
PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Wray & Nephew White Overproof rum o ½ ounce light Crème de Cacao o ½ ounce Pierre Farrand Dry Curaçao o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o lime peel o mint sprig o powdered sugar Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except soda over ice in a collins glass. 2. Add soda. 3. Garnish with mint and lime and dust with sugar. 4. Serve with a straw. Remarks: This is


Wild Honey Martini
PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce J. Wray Silver Jamaican rum o 1 ounce Godiva Milk Chocolate liqueur o ½ ounce Honey Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o ½ ounce cream Garnish o strawberry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with strawberry. Remarks: Not overly sweet, thanks to the honey syrup. The taste of honey also goes extremely well with milk chocolate liqueur. . . .


Yaka Hula Hickey Dula
PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Mount Gay Eclipse rum o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Blanc o 1 ½ ounces pineapple juice Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with an orange twist. Remarks: Named after the 1919 hit song Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula (Hawaiian Love Song). Though the phrase was obviously made up it does make you think of Hawaii. As you drink this you will also think of beaches and


Zombie Cocktail
PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ¾ ounce Mount Gay Eclipse rum o ¾ ounce Mount Gay XO rum o ¾ ounce J. Wray & Nephew Silver rum o 1 teaspoon Goslings Black Seal rum (151 Proof) o 1 ounce Grand Marnier o 1 ounce fresh lime juice o 2 ounces fresh orange juice o 2 ½ ounces pineapple juice o ½ ounce grenadine o ½ ounce orgeat syrup Garnish o pineapple wedge Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except
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