PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Reposado tequila o 1 ounce Aperol o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ¼ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o lime twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a cocktail or margarita glass. 3. Garnish with lime twist. Remarks: You could salt the rim of the glass as with a “traditional” margarita but frankly, given the Aperol and St. Germain, we think that ship has sa

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o ¾ ounce Aperol o ½ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: If you’re paying attention, you’ll notice that this is a conventional Cosmo where the cranberry juice is replaced by Aperol. This does make it different and sometimes different is bett

PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o 1 ounce Aperol o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o 1-2 dashes Hella Citrus bitters or to taste Garnish o ¼ 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 a grapefruit wheel. Remarks: When we originally, tested this we felt it was a little meh. The addition of bitters made quite a difference

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Aperol o 3 ounces prosecco o 1 ounce Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o orange slice Method: 1. Stir prosecco and Aperol over ice in a large wine glass. 2. Top with soda. 3. Garnish with orange slice. Remarks: The Aperol Spritz first appeared in the 1950s. A 3-2-1 ratio is the accepted practice with a spritz cocktail today. Originally, in the 19th century, a spritz was a spirit with only a splash of

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Ilegal Mezcal o ¾ ounce Aperol o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¾ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o grapefruit peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Express the grapefruit peel over the cocktail and drop it in for garnish. Remarks: Attributed to Phil Ward, this is yet another of the mezcal-based cocktails for which he is held in such high regard. .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 fresh raspberries o 1 ½ ounces Tullamore DEW Irish whiskey o ½ ounce Aperol o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce pink grapefruit juice o ½ ounce grenadine o 1-2 dashes of Peychaud’s bitters or to taste o 1 splash of Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o lemon peel and raspberry Method: 1. Muddle raspberries in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining except soda and shake to chill. 3. Fine strain

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ½ ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ½ ounce Aperol o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge Garnish o 2 Tillen Farms Bada Bing cherries Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with cherries. Remarks: This was our surprise of the day. It is tasty enough to be a classic and the Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey at 46 ABV makes it exhil

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe (Serves Two) Ingredients: Cocktail o 4 ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o 2 ounces Aperol o 4 ounces pineapple juice o 2 egg whites (optional but suggested) Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Fine strain into two cocktail glasses. Remarks: The combination of Aperol and pineapple is one we haven’t had before. It does take some getting used to. At least three sips. . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Ilegal mezcal o ¾ ounce Aperol o ¾ ounce yellow Chartreuse o ¾ ounce fresh lime juice Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: This is a cocktail that definitely deserves a second look. It is an another drink from Death & Co. attributed to Joaquín Símo. It is both pretty and delicious. Who can ask for more? . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Aperol o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 4 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer Garnish o ½ half orange wheel or lime wheel Method: 1. Combine in an ice-filled copper mug. 2. Stir to chill. 3. Garnish with orange or lime. Remarks: Created by Benton Bourgeois of the Pontchartrain Hotel’s Hot Tin Bar. It was made and named for Jim Morrison, yup that Jim Morrison. .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Remy Martin VSOP cognac o ½ ounce Aperol o ½ ounce Amontillado sherry o ¼ ounce green Chartreuse o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with a lemon peel. Remarks: Move over doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Ararat 5 Star VS Armenian brandy o 1 ½ ounces Aperol liqueur o ½ ounce Honey Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o ½ ounce Rosemary Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o prosecco Garnish o rosemary sprig Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except prosecco over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a champagne flute or over ice in a collins glass. 3. Top with prosecco. 4. Garnish with rosemary sprig. Remarks: This is a

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o kosher salt o 2 ounces 1800 Silver tequila o ¾ ounce Thai Chili-infused Aperol, see: Syrups etc. o ½ ounce Simple Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o 1 ounce grapefruit juice o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o lime wheel Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a collins glass and invert it into a shallow dish of kosher salt to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake cocktail i

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 1 ounce Johnnie Walker Red Label scotch o 1 ounce Aperol o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ teaspoon maple syrup o 1 dash of Angostura bitters o Fever-Tree Club Soda Garnish o ½ lemon wheel o mint sprig Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled double Old Fashioned glass. 3. Top with soda and garnish with lemon and mint. Remarks: Spritzes tend to be light