PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Hennessey VS cognac o 1 bar spoon of Luxardo maraschino o 1 dash Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Angostura bitters Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir to combine all but cognac in an Old Fashioned glass. 2. Add cognac and one large ice cube and stir to chill. 3. Run the lemon peel along the rim of the glass, skin side down and drop it in as a garn

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ounces Hennessey VS cognac o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o ½ teaspoon Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. Remarks: The Metropolitan has all of the elements of the classic cocktail from the 1800s including bitters. Since bitters will often define the taste of a cocktail and since taste varies from person to person we

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ounce Remy Martin VSOP cognac o 1 ½ ounces Sandeman Tawny Porto 20 Year Old o 1 ½ ounces Blandy's 5-Year-Old Malmsey Madeira o 2 drops rose water o ¼ ounce Rose Petal Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: We would describe this as an exotic cocktail. Exotic is not a word we often use regarding cocktails but

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o pineapple wedge o 1 ½ ounces Hennessey VS cognac o ½ ounce Goslings Black Seal rum (151 proof) o 1 dash Angostura bitters o ½ ounce agave nectar Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Muddle pineapple in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake to chill. 3. Fine strain into a cocktail glass. 4. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: This is all about getting along together. Th

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o 1 ounce Hennessey VS cognac o 1 ½ ounces fresh orange juice o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ¾ ounce orgeat syrup Garnish o banana wheel o pineapple spear o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Blend or shake with cracked ice. 2. Pour all into a hurricane or other large glass. 3. Garnish with a banana wheel, a pineapple spear, and a cherry or otherwise

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Hennessey VS cognac o 1 ounce Schladerer Edel-Kirsch liqueur o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: This is mentioned in 1927’s “Barflies and Cocktails” by Harry and Wynn. We did substitute Schladerer Edel- Kirsch for the original Cherry Heering. It’s what we do. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Hennessy VS cognac o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Pimm’s No.1 Cup o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry o orange 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 cherry and orange peel. Remarks: A straightforward cocktail. It is based on the Manhattan bu

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Hennessy VS cognac o 1 ounce Plum Gekkeikan wine o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon wheel or plum slice Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with plum slice or lemon wheel. Remarks: You may not have a veranda overlooking a lake, neither do we, but if you have a nice place to sit and an

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:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Hennessy VS cognac o ½ ounce Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o ½ ounce Drambuie liqueur o 1 bar spoon Monte Alban mezcal Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except mezcal over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Float mezcal on top of the drink. 4. Garnish with a cherry. Remarks: There is smoke here than