PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Johnnie Walker Red Label scotch o 2 ounces organic apple cider o 1 ounce Earl Grey Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o hot water o 3 ounces champagne or sparkling wine Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir to combine first four cocktail ingredients a mug. 2. Add hot water leaving room for wine and stir. 3. Top with champagne or sparkling wine. 4. Garnish with lem

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail         o 1 ounce Ararat 5 Star VS Armenian brandy o ½ ounce Chambord o champagne Garnish o raspberry Method: 1. Add brandy and Chambord to a champagne flute. 2. Top with champagne. 3. Garnish with raspberry. Remarks: A cocktail that is tasty, pretty, and has a presence missing in many champagne cocktails. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Remy Martin VSOP cognac o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste o champagne Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Combine cognac and bitters in a champagne flute. 2. Top with champagne. 3. Stir once gently. 4. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: A champagne cocktail for those who take celebrating seriously. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Campari o ¾ ounce sake o 1 dash Luxardo maraschino liqueur o ½ ounce Rose’s Sweetened Lime Juice o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o champagne Garnish o 1 Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into a chilled flute. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with a cherry. Remarks: The Campari, Maraschino, and Sake, Champa

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe (Serves Two) Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce blue Curaçao o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o champagne Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Divide into chilled champagne flutes. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with lemon peels. Remarks: This is more of a cocktail with champagne than a champagne cocktail. It also can be enjoyed before and after not

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce white Crème de Menthe o 1 teaspoon lemon juice o champagne Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: If you are not a mint fan we recommend only a splash of Crème de Menthe. . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 2 ounces Remy Martin VSOP cognac o ½ ounce Grand Marnier o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 teaspoon Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 2 ounces champagne Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Swirl absinthe in an Old Fashioned glass to coat the glass and discard the excess. 2. Add ice to the glass and set it aside. 3. Stir remaining cocktail ingredients except champagne over i

PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Hennessy VS cognac o ½ ounce Grand Marnier o 1 splash of Campari o champagne Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Top with champagne. Remarks: In a flute, a champagne cocktail. In a cocktail glass, a cocktail that has champagne in it. We could also see this in a glass with some ice and a garnish. Perhaps a job for ano

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 1 ½ ounces Remy Martin VSOP cognac o ½ ounce Blandy's 5-Year-Old Malmsey Madeira o ½ ounce Pierre Farrand Dry Curaçao o champagne Garnish o pineapple wedge o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with pineapple and cherry. Remarks: This is similar to t

PH factor:  7.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Lindemans Framboise Lambic o champagne Garnish o raspberries (optional) Method: 1. Combine cocktail ingredients in a chilled champagne flute. 2. Garnish with raspberries if using. Remarks: This is a cocktail that is so easy to make it might just change the opinion that champagne is only for toasting on special occasions. . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2-3 dark roast coffee beans o ½ ounce Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ½ ounce Demerara Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Angostura bitters o champagne Garnish o lemon peel o coffee bean Method: 1. Crush 2 coffee beans in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients except champagne and shake to chill. 3. Fine strain into a flute and top with champagne. 4. Garnish with a bean

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Crown Royal o ½ ounce Lillet Rosé o ½ ounce Rose Petal Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o champagne Garnish o lemon twist o rosemary sprig Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Stir gently until you see the blush. 5. Garnish with a lemon twist and rosemary sprig. Rem

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Crème de Cassis o 1 ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup, see: Syrups etc.) o champagne Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled wine glass and top with champagne. 3. Garnish with a lemon peel. Remarks: As Einstein famously posited, “A springtime in Russia is a relative thing”. This

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Sandeman Tawny Porto 20 Year Old o champagne Garnish o grape or cherry Method: 1. Combine in a chilled flute. 2. Garnish with a grape or cherry. Remarks: This, perhaps not surprisingly, tastes like a 20-year-old port with bubbles. Which isn't such a bad thing, actually. . . .

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 ounce Jim Beam Bonded bourbon o ½ ounce Cointreau o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters o champagne Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a champagne flute. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: Why is this is a champagne cocktail for people who may not think they like champagne

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:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Plymouth Sloe Gin o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o egg white o champagne Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Fine strain into a cocktail glass. 4. Top with champagne. Remarks: This is a Sloe Gin Fizz that gets its sparkle from champagne not club soda. Need we say more? . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce blue Curaçao o 2 ounces Sauvignon Blanc o champagne Method: 1. Combine first three cocktail ingredients in a champagne flute or cocktail glass. 2. Top with champagne. Remarks: An interesting cocktail for the party after the ceremony. It's drier than most champagne cocktails. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Grey Goose vodka o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o 1 splash of pineapple juice o ½ ounce Honey Syrup see: Syrups etc. o champagne Garnish o 3 sparrow tears if available Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into a chilled flute. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with sparrow tears to taste. Remarks: Sweet, like tears of joy for the unexpected reoccurrenc

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Grey Goose vodka o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce Honey Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o champagne Garnish o 2-3 drops Moroccan Orange Blossom Water o 3 sparrow tears (if available) Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into a chilled flute. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with sparrow tears to taste. 5. Using an eye dropper add two or three drop

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:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Campari o ¾ ounce Crème de Cassis o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o champagne Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into a champagne flute. 3. Top with champagne 4. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: Bittersweet. Like the moment our young graduate realizes he or she will be leaving friends behind to enter the workforce. With the drink