PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Hennessey VO cognac o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ¼ ounce Fernet~Branca 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: This exactly what you mean when you say, “I could use a drink, a real drink.” . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur o 2 ounces pineapple juice Garnish o pineapple wedge Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with pineapple wedge. Remarks: Thanks to the pineapple this is is a little sweet and fruity. We think that makes this an excellent summertime drink. . . .

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 Monte Alban mezcal o 1 ounce Sandeman Tawny Porto 20 Year Old o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o 1 dash Hella Smoked Chili 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: If you want to or have recently given up smoking, this cocktail may not

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:  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:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o 1 ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o 1 ounce grapefruit juice Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: This cocktail is truly “special”. We thought it was a garnish short of a 10! . . .

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 Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ½ ounce Schladerer Edel-Kirsch liqueur o ¾ ounce fresh lemon or lime juice o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste o 2 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 3. Top with club soda. Remarks: The only t

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ¼ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ½ ounce Schladerer Edel-Kirsch liqueur o ¼ ounce fresh lime juice o 2 ounces pineapple juice o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste o 2 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry o pineapple wedge Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bénédictine D.O.M. o 6 ounces scalded, frothed or otherwise warmed milk Garnish o cinnamon stick o honey Method: 1. Stir Bénédictine and milk in a warmed glass or mug. 2. Garnish with a cinnamon stick one end of which has been dipped in honey. Remarks: Something warm and sweet to take to bed. We guarantee you will be off to dreamland as soon as you’ve finished. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste o champagne Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Pour Bénédictine and bitters into a champagne flute. 2. Top with champagne. 3. Garnish with a lemon peel. Remarks: Just Bénédictine and champagne alone would be sweeter but not as interesting. The bitters make this a cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Grey Goose vodka o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ½ ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ½ ounce blue Curaçao o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 ounce pineapple juice o 1 splash agave nectar Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: Creating this cocktail was quite a journey. Like all journeys some w

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey o ¼ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ¼ ounce Lillet Blanc Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Combine cocktail ingredients in an Old Fashioned glass. 2. Add one large ice cube. 3. Express lemon peel over the glass and drop it in as a garnish. 4. Serve with small spoon. Remarks: Slowly stirring with the spoon is is meant to encourage dilution in rather singular cocktail. But wh

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 teaspoon grated ginger o 1 teaspoon apricot preserves o ¼ ounce fresh lemon juice o 2 ounces Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Muddle ginger, preserves, and lemon in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake to chill. 3. Double strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 4. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks

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 sugar o ¾ ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¾ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M o ¾ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¾ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 pinch sea salt Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a cocktail glass and invert it into a shallow dish of sugar to coat the rim. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice to chill. 3. Strain into the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: Ad