PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¾ ounce Cointreau o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o ½ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o orange twist o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with a cherry or an orange twist. Remarks: In 1924 an American engineer in the Philippines who being cured of a life t

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail     o 1 ½ ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o 1 ½ ounces Plum Gekkeikan wine o ½ ounce Campari Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Stir over cracked ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: We feature nearly forty cocktails made with Campari. It is safe to say that Campari is the defining element in all of them. It is here as well.

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail     o 1 ½ ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o 1 dash Angostura bitters o ¾ ounce Demerara Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) 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 lemon twist. Remarks: Very tasty though a little sweet. Perhaps reducing the syrup by a half an

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail     o 1 ½ ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 splash of Schladerer Edel-Kirsch liqueur o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters o 1 dash of Pernod Absinthe Supérieure 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 lemon twist. Remarks: A cocktail created in the 30’s to commemorate the sinking of

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2-3 dark roast coffee beans o ½ ounce Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ½ ounce Demerara Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Angostura bitters o champagne Garnish o lemon peel o coffee bean Method: 1. Crush 2 coffee beans in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients except champagne and shake to chill. 3. Fine strain into a flute and top with champagne. 4. Garnish with a bean

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Crown Royal o ½ ounce Lillet Rosé o ½ ounce Rose Petal Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o champagne Garnish o lemon twist o rosemary sprig Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Stir gently until you see the blush. 5. Garnish with a lemon twist and rosemary sprig. Rem

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ounce Remy Martin VSOP cognac o 1 ounce Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Angostura 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: A cocktail that dates back to the late 1800’s and is named for the town of Saratoga Springs. Which Sarasota

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail   o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 1 teaspoon sugar o ½ teaspoon cold water o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters o 1 ¼ ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o 1 ¼ ounces Hennessy VS cognac Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of an Old Fashioned glass and discard the excess. 2. Combine sugar, bitters, and water in a mixing glass and stir to dissol

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Crown Royal o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o ¾ ounce grenadine o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o orange wheel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with an orange wheel. Remarks: A populist movement, abetted by evangelical white women, elected a government to intrude into places it had no right to be

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 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¾ ounce Ginger Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o lime wheel Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Strain into an Old Fashioned glass over one large ice cube. 3. Garnish with a lime wheel. Remarks: Rye and ginger have been a wonderful combination ever since there was rye and since there was ginger. If you want to try a different cocktail wi

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ½ ounce Crème de Cassis o ½ ounce grapefruit juice o ½ ounce Rose Petal Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o 1 dash Peychaud’s Bitters or to taste Garnish o ½ grapefruit wheel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with ½ grapefruit wheel. Remarks: All right, grapefruits aren

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste o 1 teaspoon sugar o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Reposado tequila o ½ ounce Crown Royal Garnish o grapefruit peel Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of an Old Fashioned glass and discard the excess. 2. Muddle sugar and bitters in a mixing glass. 3. Add ice and spirits and stir to dissolve t

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ounce Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¾ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¾ ounce green Chartreuse o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: The art of making a great cocktail is all about combining great ingredients in just the right proportions. That’s what this site is all about and that is our f

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 tablespoon yellow Chartreuse o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: An old-time neighborhood in Brooklyn that was the birthplace of Awkwafina, Pat Benatar, and Mickey Rooney, as well as Betty Smith who wrote the famous A Tree Gro

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Heaven's Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¾ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 ounce organic apple juice o champagne Garnish o apple slice Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a collins glass. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with thin apple slice. Remarks: When we first tested this we thought it could be better. We su

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 1 ounce Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¼ ounce Fernet~Branca o 2 ½ ounces Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of a cocktail glass and discard the excess. 2. Stir remaining cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 3. Serve up in the prepared glass. 4. Express orange peel

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¾ ounce Amontillado sherry o ½ ounce agave nectar o 2-3 drops Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with cherry. Remarks: We know what you’re going to ask, and the answer is yes. It does taste like an adult

PH factor:   9.5 Recipe (Serves Two) Ingredients: Cocktail o 4 ounces Crown Royal o ½ ounce Fernet~Branca o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 2 dashes 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 two cocktail glasses. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: The Toronto can be described as a “real” cocktail. It could easily become your “regular” cocktail. .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1¼ ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o 1¼ ounces Amontillado sherry o ½ ounce Grand Marnier o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste Garnish o Tillen Farm's Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with cherry. Remarks: A dry and pleasant cocktail. It is easy to imagine whiling away an afternoon with a go

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ½ ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste 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 orange peel over the glass and drop it in as a garnish. Remarks: For a thousand years in

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Crown Royal o ¾ ounce Hennessy VS cognac o ½ teaspoon Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with a cherry. Remarks: The Vieux Carré traces its origin to the Carousel Bar in the 1930

PH factor:   9.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o ¼ teaspoon Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Angostura bitters Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of a cocktail glass and discard the excess. 2. Stir the remaining cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 3. Serve up in the prepared glass. Remarks: One might ask, “Why only coat the glass with absinthe?" Why? Becaus

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ounces Heaven's Door Straight Rye whiskey o 4 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer Garnish o lemon wedge Method: 1. Stir over ice in a highball glass. 2. Garnish with lemon wedge. Remarks: We also tried this with a bonded bourbon. Strictly in the name of science. We liked the rye version. . . .