PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 1 ½ ounces Mount Gay XO rum o ½ ounce Johnnie Walker Blue Label scotch o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ½ ounce yellow Chartreuse o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of a cocktail glass and discard excess. 2. Stir remaining cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 3. Serve up in the prepared glass. Remarks: There's a lot

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Southern Comfort o 2 dashes Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce grenadine Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with an orange twist. Remarks: This is a cocktail that is crowded with flavors. As ever, be careful with the absinthe and generous with the grenadine. Relax and enjoy. . .

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres) o ½ ounce Amontillado sherry o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o thin orange slice Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of a cocktail glass and discard excess. 2. Stir remaining cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 3. Strain into the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with orange slic

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Pedro Domecq Fundador brandy o ½ ounce Pierre Farrand Dry Curaçao o 1 dash Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o ½ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: If you’re like us, you probably said, "Spanish brandy and lime? Curaçao and absinthe?' Whoa, this is different. You might even fee

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ¼ ounce Bombay gin o ¼ ounce Lillet Blanc o 2 dashes Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o ¼ ounce fresh lemon juice o ¼ ounce fresh orange juice o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 egg white Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Fine strain into a martini glass. 4. Garnish

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Silver tequila* o ½ ounce Campari o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o ¾ ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o lime peel Method: 1. Pour Campari into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice and add to the prepared glass. 3. Garnish with lime peel as pictured. Remarks: This is another unique cocktail creat

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Campari o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Rouge Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of an Old Fashioned glass and discard the excess. 2. Combine remaining cocktail ingredients over ice in the prepared glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: Take a Negroni, add an anise flavored liqueur and note the ch

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:  9.0 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:  9.5 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:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Mount Gay XO o ½ ounce Southern Comfort o 1 bar spoon light Crème de Cacao o 1-2 dashes Pernod Absinthe Supérieure Garnish o 2-3 drops E.V. olive oil Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Top with olive oil. Remarks: Perhaps you’re not used to all these ingredients in the same cocktail, but relax, they all do come together nicely. Try

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Tennessee bourbon o 1 teaspoon water o ½ teaspoon white sugar o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters or to taste Garnish o lemon twist 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. Strain into the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with lemon twist.

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:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey o ¾ ounce Lillet Blanc o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste o 1 bar spoon Pernod Absinthe Supérieure Garnish         o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except absinthe over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Float absinthe on top. 4. Stab drink one time with a bar spoon. 5. Garnish with lemon

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Hennessey VS cognac o 1 bar spoon of Luxardo maraschino o 1 dash Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Angostura bitters Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir to combine all but cognac in an Old Fashioned glass. 2. Add cognac and one large ice cube and stir to chill. 3. Run the lemon peel along the rim of the glass, skin side down and drop it in as a garn

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Johnnie Walker Blue Label scotch o 1 ½ ounces Plymouth Sloe Gin o 1 dash of Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters o 2 teaspoons Lemon Squash (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Combine ice and cocktail ingredients in a shaker and shake. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 4. Garnish with a cherry. Remarks: We initially thought thi

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:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 bar spoon Pernod Absinthe Supérieure Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a chilled martini glass. 3. Express lemon over the glass and drop it in as garnish. Remarks: Careful, a few of these and you will tell them everything. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of a martini glass and discard the excess. 2. Stir remaining cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 3. Strain into the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: It's ve

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:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 6 large wild blueberries or 2 bar spoons of blueberry jam o 6 mint leaves o ½ teaspoon grated ginger o 1 ¼ ounce Finlandia vodka o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 3 teaspoons lemon juice o 1 tablespoon Honey Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash of almond extract or to taste o 2 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer Garnish o mint sprig Method: 1. Muddle ginger and berries or preserves with mint leaves in