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Maiden’s Kiss Cocktail
PH factor: 9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1/3 ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o 1/3 ounce yellow Chartreuse o 1/3 ounce Cointreau o 1/3 ounce Licor 43, Cuarenta Y Tres o 1/3 ounce Luxardo maraschino Garnish o 1 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: Complicated, in an interesting way. You will want to sip this. Perfect for a


Naked & Famous
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? . . .


My Favorite Things
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


Nearly 100-Year-Old Cigar Cocktail
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


Pago Pago Cocktail
PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 pieces pineapple o 1 ½ ounces Mount Gay Eclipse rum o ½ ounce green Chartreuse o ½ ounce light Crème de Cacao o ½ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o 2 pieces pineapple Method: 1. Muddle pineapple in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake to chill. 3. Strain into an ice-filled cocktail glass. 4. Garnish with pineapple. Remarks: This is a fun drink. Sweet but not over


Paloma Cartuja
PH factor: 8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces 1800 Silver tequila o ¾ ounce yellow Chartreuse o 1 ½ ounces grapefruit juice o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce Cinnamon Thyme Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o grapefruit peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 3. Top with club soda. 4. Garnish with grapefruit peel. Remarks: A differ


Saigon Silk Cocktail
PH factor: 9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 5 leaves of Thai basil or 3 leaves of Italian basil and 3 sprigs cilantro o 1 ½ ounces Bombay gin o 1 ½ ounces Plum Gekkeikan wine o ¼ ounce Chartreuse (green) o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 pinch of ground fennel Garnish o lime twist Method: 1. Lightly muddle herbs in a shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients. 3. Shake to chill. 4. Fine strain into a martini glass. 5. Garni


Smoke on the Beach Cocktail
PH factor: 9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 sage leaves o 1 teaspoon Demerara sugar o 1 ounce 1800 Silver tequila o ½ ounce Ilegal mezcal o ½ ounce green Chartreuse o 1 ounce pineapple juice Garnish o 1 sage leaf o freshly ground black pepper Method: 1. Muddle sage and sugar in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake to chill. 3. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 4. Garnish with sage leaf and


Spring Fling
PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o 1 ounce green Chartreuse o 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a cherry. Remarks: This has the in-your-face Chartreuse flavor you might expect. But by the time you get to the ironic cherry you might find it's grown on you. .


The Final Word Cocktail
PH factor: 10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¾ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¾ ounce green Chartreuse o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: The art of making a great cocktail is all about combining great ingredients in just the right proportions. That’s what this site is all about and that is our f


The Greenpoint Cocktail
PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 tablespoon yellow Chartreuse o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: An old-time neighborhood in Brooklyn that was the birthplace of Awkwafina, Pat Benatar, and Mickey Rooney, as well as Betty Smith who wrote the famous A Tree Gro


The Old Thyme Sour Cocktail
PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¼ ounce green Chartreuse o 2 ounces Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce Cinnamon Thyme Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste o 2 thyme sprigs Garnish o 1 thyme sprig o 1 rosemary sprig o lemon wheel Method: 1. Swirl Chartreuse to coat the inside of a cocktail glass and discard excess. 2. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 3. Strain in


The Written Word Cocktail
PH factor: 9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Bombay gin o 1 ounce Cointreau o 1 ounce green Chartreuse o ¾ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o 1 lime wheel o 2 Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherries Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with cherries and lime wheel. Remarks: This is a bright tasting cocktail and one you will find hard to ignore. We think it would be a great after dinne


Tipperary Cocktail
PH factor: 8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Tullamore DEW Irish whiskey o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o ½ ounce yellow Chartreuse o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass until very cold and some dilution has occurred. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Express lemon rind over the glass. 4. Rub the rind around the rim of the glass skin side down and drop it in fo


Wake the Dead (Shooter)
PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2/3 ounce Woodford Reserve bourbon o 2/3 ounce green Chartreuse o 2/3 ounce Sambuca Romano Method: 1. Serve up in a shooter glass. 2. Take your best shot. Remarks: While intended to be served as a shooter, we felt disposed to sip it. There are many drinks with the same or similar names. Must be something to do with the zombie apocalypse that's coming. Until then, enjoy. . . .
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