PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Chivas Regal scotch o 1 ounce Kahlúa o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o 1 ounce cream Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except cream over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Top with cream. Remarks: Experiencing the Piper at the gate is how the chapter begins, not how the story ends. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Johnnie Walker Red Label scotch o 1 ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 ounce Honey Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o egg white Garnish o Johnnie Walker Blue Label scotch Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Fine strain into a cocktail glass. 4. Garnish with 5 drops of scotch. Remarks: Thanks to the egg white this is smoother and creamier than most scotch cock

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o ¾ ounce Blandy's 5-Year-Old Malmsey Madeira o ¾ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o orange peel flamed Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: We knew the rating for this from the first sip. And, we didn’t even set the garnish on fire.

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o 1 teaspoon Crème de Cassis o 4 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Method: 1. Stir all but the soda over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Top with soda. Remarks: This is a good drink that's hard to classify. It's rather like a Kir Royale with an attitude. Enjoy. . . .

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:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Chivas Regal scotch o 1 ½ ounces Godiva Chocolate liqueur o ½ ounce dark Crème de Cacao Garnish o orange wedge o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a cherry and an orange wedge. Remarks: If you like Belgian chocolate liqueur and who doesn’t, you’re gonna love this cocktail. A word about naming. If it is

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Chivas Regal scotch o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash of Angostura bitters Garnish o 1 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: Some like their Manhattan with bourbon. Some like their Manhattan with rye. Some like their Manhattan with scotch. That's called a R

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: A strong cocktail with an unequivocal point of view not unlike the poet it is named after. Who, by the way, also penned a song we've all been singing for years. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Johnnie Walker Red Label scotch o ¾ ounce Drambuie o ½ ounce Schladerer Edel-Kirsch liqueur Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: Similar to the classic Rusty Nail but it's a cocktail in its own right, and a tasty one at that. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ½ ounces Johnnie Walker Red Label scotch o 1 ounce Drambuie Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. Remarks: Feel free to use your favorite scotch, blended or single malt. But make sure to adjust for your choice. This should taste like scotch with Drambuie not the other way around. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Chivas Regal scotch o 1 ounce Drambuie o 1 dash Angostura bitters Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. Remarks: Some suggest fresh lemon juice in place of the bitters. Could be worth a try although sometimes the simplest really is the best. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o ¼ ounce Pierre Farrand Dry Curaçao o 2 dashes Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 teaspoon orange marmalade Garnish o lemon peel (optional). Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Double strain into an Old Fashioned glass filled with cracked ice. 3. Garnish with lemon peel if using. Remarks: Tastes a bit like a homemade Southern Comfort or perhaps l

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o 1 ounce Blandy's 5-Year-Old Malmsey Madeira o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 egg Garnish o freshly grated nutmeg Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Fine strain into a cocktail glass. 4. Garnish with nutmeg. Remarks: This is a richly satisfying scotch cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste o 1 sugar cube or 1 teaspoon sugar o 1 ½ ounces Chivas Regal scotch o champagne Method: 1. Combine bitters and sugar in a champagne flute. 2. Add scotch. 3. Top with champagne and stir once gently. Remarks: You might say a Scotch Royale is a Champagne Cocktail with scotch instead of cognac and with no garnish. You'll get no argument from us. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Chivas Regal scotch o ½ ounce Hennessy VS cognac o ½ ounce white Crème de Menthe o Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o lemon twist 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 lemon twist. Remarks: A complicated highball. But wouldn’t you expect a little complication in a drin

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o ¾ ounce Sambuca Romano o 2 dashes Angostura bitters or to taste o 1 ounce pineapple juice Garnish o pineapple wedge Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with pineapple wedge. Remarks: We tried this with a “sweeter” scotch and with a "drier" one. Either way it still tasted like Sambuca on the rocks. We thought

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 ounces Chivas Regal scotch o 1 ounce Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres) o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: The drink that started it all and the first of many answers to the question, “What are we going to do with the rest of this bottle?” . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail    o 1 ½ ounces Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o ¾ ounce Chambord o ½ ounce cream o ¼ ounce Earl Grey Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Express a lemon over glass and discard. Remarks: The name comes from a 1933 film adaption of the Noel Coward comedy “Design for Living”. Two male friends find they love th

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ½ ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Johnnie Walker Blue Label scotch 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: Some say we live in a three dimensional world. Others say four. We say five. In addition to Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, and Time, there's also Scotch. Scotch is the fifth di

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail    o 1 ounce Johnnie Walker Blue Label scotch o 1 ounce Campari o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o 1-2 drops Moroccan Orange Blossom Water Garnish o orange twist 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 drink and drop it in as a garnish. Remarks: Essentially a Negroni-esque cocktail with scotch in place of the

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail    o 2 ounces Johnnie Walker Red Label scotch o ½ ounce Grand Marnier o ½ ounce Star Anise Spiced Pear Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o ½ ounce Autumn Spiced Pear Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o ¼ ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 ounce Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o cinnamon stick Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 2. Serve up in cocktail glass. 3. Top with soda. 4. Garnish with

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 3 cardamom pods o ¾ ounce Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o ¾ ounce Remy Martin VSOP cognac o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Angostura bitters Garnish o lemon twist o grated cardamom pod Method: 1. Muddle cardamom pods in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake to chill. 3. Fine str

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail    o 1 ½ ounces Johnnie Walker Red Label scotch o ¾ ounce Drambuie o 1 ½ ounces orange juice Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: The same ingredients as the Rusty Nail with 100% of your RDA of Vitamin C included at no additional cost. . . .

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