PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Ilegal mezcal o ¾ ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¼ ounce Fernet~Branca o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o ¼ ounce Luxardo maraschino Garnish o apple fan Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with an apple fan. Remarks: This a very different tasting cocktail. It is impressive to be able to say that as we have tested quite a f

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ ounce Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Remy Martin VSOP cognac o ½ ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o Stella Artois Cidre Garnish o 1 apple slice Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except cider over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass. 3. Top with cider. 4. Garnish with apple slice. Remarks: A tasty and enjoyable cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 ounces J. Wray Silver Jamaican rum o ½ ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ½ ounce Agave Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o apple peel o ground cinnamon Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a chilled martini glass. 3. Garnish with apple peel and a touch of cinnamon. Remarks: A great way to extend your daiquiri season well into the fall. . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o sugar o cinnamon o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres) o 1-2 ounces unfiltered apple cider Garnish o thin apple slice o cinnamon stick optional Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a martini glass and invert it into a shallow dish containing a mixture of sugar and cinnamon to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Stir remaining cocktail in

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Mount Gay Eclipse rum o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¾ ounce Chambord o 3 ounces pineapple juice Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Add the cocktail ingredients in reverse order to an ice-filled collins glass. 2. Do not stir. 3. Garnish with a cherry, 4. Let settle and serve. Remarks: An Autumn Sunset Lagooned in gold, Uncomforted of morn, Where   old oblivions gather

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Mount Gay Eclipse rum o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o 1 splash of Lillet Rouge 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 a cherry. Remarks: An easy pleasant cocktail. If you want a sweeter Bolero try using a Jamaican rum. . . .

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Remy Martin VSOP cognac o ½ ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ½ ounce green Chartreuse o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Angostura bitters Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except bitters over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Top with a dash of bitters. 4. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: This cocktail, the Chartreu

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Hennessy VS cognac o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge Garnish o apple peel (optional) Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with apple peel if using. Remarks: As you might deduce from the name, this is a very bracing cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Remy Martin VSOP cognac o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¾ ounce Grand Marnier o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 teaspoon Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: This is a location that deserves to have a cocktail named for it. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Hennessy VS cognac o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o 1 splash grenadine o 1 tablespoon lemon juice Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: Not at all like dropping a shot glass filled with something into a mug filled with something else. That original Depth Charge did illustrate the name of its drink better than most. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Jim Beam Bonded bourbon o ¾ ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¾ ounce yellow Chartreuse 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 a cherry. Remarks: Created at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in the historic downtown area of Baltimore. It is named after the terrapins native to the brackish m

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ½ ounce Lazzaroni amaretto o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o champagne Garnish o apple peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into a champagne flute. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with apple peel. Remarks: Sweet enough to seduce any

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Chivas Regal scotch o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o ¼ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: The balance of sweetness and bitterness is crucial. Take care when using multip

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Boulard Calvados VSOP o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ½ ounce Pierre Farrand Dry Curaçao o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: The Honeymooner recipe appeared in print in 1917. It clearly predates the TV show. But as Ralph Kramden would say while looking at his glass, “Ho

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¾ ounce grenadine o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters or to taste Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a chilled martini glass. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: Colorful and tasty. Do try to find grenadine that is actually made from pomegranates and that has no high-fructose corn syrup. Remember, it’s not the alcohol that

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Boulard Calvados VSOP o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a twist of orange. Remarks: The Marconi was created at the bar in the Waldorf Astoria in 1903 to celebrate the first Trans- Atlantic radio transmission. That first conversation took place b

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o salt o 1 ounce 1800 Añejo tequila o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o 1 ounce Grand Marnier o ½ ounce grenadine o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a martini glass and invert it into a shallow dish of salt to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice. 3. Serve up in the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: I

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Quiet Man Irish whiskey o ½ ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce grenadine o 1 splash of Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda (optional) Garnish o lemon peel o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Top with soda, if using. 4. Garnish with lemon peel and a cherry. Remarks: Wh

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¼ ounce Johnnie Walker Blue Label scotch o ¾ ounce Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 teaspoon Demerara Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve over a large ice cube in an Old Fashioned glass. Remarks: These ingredients go together well and result in a cocktail that will get your attention. If you

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Goslings Black Seal rum (151 proof) o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o 1 ounce Grand Marnier o ½ ounce maple syrup o 1 dash Angostura bitters o ½ ounce Lemon Rosemary Shrub (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash apple cider vinegar Garnish o lemon twist o rosemary sprig Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with r

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe (Serves a Crowd) Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ cup peach slices fresh or canned o 1 ½ cup apple slices o 3 ounces Pedro Domecq Fundador brandy o 3 ounces Boulard Calvados VSOP o 1 750 Ml. bottle Lindemans Pêche Lambic o 1 350 Ml. bottle of champagne Method: 1. Combine brandies and fruit in a pitcher. 2. Let stand for at least 20 minutes. 3. Add ice, lambic, and champagne. 4. Pour into ice-filled Old Fashioned glasses. 5.

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay gin o ½ ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¼ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce grenadine or to taste o egg white Garnish        o 1 Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again. 3. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: This is a tasty drink with or without the egg white. In fact, you may want to try it first without egg white to get the f

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 6 torn mint leaves o 1 ½ ounces Boulard Calvados VSOP o 2 ounces organic apple cider o 4 ounces champagne Garnish o apple slice Method: 1. Lightly muddle the mint in a collins glass to release the essential oils. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients except champagne and stir to chill. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with an apple slice. ser·en·dip·i·ty /ˌsɛrənˈdɪpɪti/ [ser-uhn-dip-i-tee

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Hennessey VS cognac o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o 1 ounce Southern Comfort o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters o 1 light squeeze of an orange wedge Garnish o cinnamon stick (optional) o candied ginger (optional) Method: 1. Combine in a brandy snifter. 2. Garnish with cinnamon stick and candied ginger, if using. Remarks: This is a very warming drink and one you will want to sip slowly. .