PH factor: 10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ½ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce Galliano o 2 ounces pineapple juice o 3 ounces freshly squeezed orange juice Garnish o orange wedge Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except Galliano over ice. 2. Strain into ice-filled hurricane glass. 3. Float the Galliano on top of the drink. 4. Garnish with the orange wedge. Remarks: This is a remarkable cocktail. Yo

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce Grand Marnier o 1 dash Hella orange bitters or to taste o 2 ounces fresh orange juice Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: Alternative recipe: Combine equal parts of Herbicide 2,4,5-T and Herbicide 2,4-D. Mix well. Spray on friends and

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ½ ounce Chambord o ½ ounce Cointreau o 1 ounce sake o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 ounce pineapple juice o 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice o 1 ounce fresh orange juice Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: Of all the ways to enjoy the many colors of autumn this is by far the tastiest. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o ¾ ounce Aperol o ½ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: If you’re paying attention, you’ll notice that this is a conventional Cosmo where the cranberry juice is replaced by Aperol. This does make it different and sometimes different is bett

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o ¾ ounce Cointreau o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with an orange twist. Remarks: Don’t be too quick to close the door on this one. It has a very orange taste. But that can be an afternoon delight for scotch drinkers. .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ¾ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¾ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 dash Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: This is a tasty cocktail in a way that belies the tropical nature of its name. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ¼ ounce Crème de Mûre o ¼ ounce Cointreau o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o ¾ fresh lemon juice Garnish o orange wheel o blackberry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with blackberry and orange wheel. Remarks: Another bourbon cocktail that can be described as fruity. Not a complaint at all.

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o salt o 2 ounces 1800 Silver tequila o 1 ounce Cointreau o 2 ounces blood orange juice o ¾ ounce fresh lime juice o ¾ ounce agave nectar o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Method: 1. Moisten rim of a cocktail 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. Strain into the prepared glass. Remarks: A margarita of a different co

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o sugar o 1 ½ ounces Hennessey VS cognac o ½ ounce Mount Gay XO rum o ½ ounce Cointreau o 1 ounce blood orange juice o ¼ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o blood orange wheel Method: 1. Moisten rim of a cocktail glass. Invert it into a shallow dish of sugar to coat the rim. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice. 3. Serve up in the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with blood orange wheel. Remarks: This c

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Cointreau o 1 ounce blue Curaçao o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: The flavor of this cocktail is hard to define as you taste each one of the ingredients separately. It is an interesting result. Just a little hard to define. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Grey Goose vodka o ½ ounce Cointreau o 1 splash blue Curaçao o 2 drops Moroccan Orange Blossom Water Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: If Mondays make you blue and perhaps a little bitter this drink is for you. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Hennessy VS cognac o ½ ounce Cointreau o 1 tablespoon orange marmalade o ½ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients vigorously over ice to dissolve the marmalade. 2. Fine strain into a martini or cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: An orangey, sweet, and very pleasant drink for those who are looking for a change from the ubiquitous mimosa.

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 1 ounce 1800 Silver tequila o ¾ ounce Galliano o ½ ounce Cointreau o 1 teaspoon Rose’s Sweetened Lime Juice o 3 ounces fresh orange juice o 1 egg yolk Garnish o ½ lime wheel o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again. 3. Fine strain into a collins glass filled with ice. 4. Garnish with lime and cherry. Remarks: This is a

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¼ ounce Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ¼ ounce Cointreau o ¼ ounce Lillet Blanc o ¼ ounce Lillet Rouge o ¼ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¼ ounce Schladerer Edel- Kirsch liqueur 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: There’s a whole lotta shakin’ going on. Not literally, you actually stir it,

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce light Crème de Cacao o 1 splash Cointreau o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o 1 Hershey’s Kiss Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a martini glass and invert it into a shallow dish of cocoa powder to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Lightly press a chocolate kiss onto the bottom of the g lass. 3. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice. 4. Serve up in the prepared glass

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o sugar o 2 ounces 1800 Reposado tequila o 1 ounce Hennessy VS cognac o 1 ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 tablespoon agave nectar Garnish o lime wedges Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a cocktail glass with lime juice and invert it into a shallow dish of sugar to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice. 3. Serve up in the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with lime

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o sugar o 3 raspberries o 1 ½ ounces Remy Martin RSVP cognac o 1 ounce sake o ½ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce agave nectar Garnish o raspberries or lemon peel Method: 1. Moisten rim of a cocktail glass with lemon and invert it into a shallow dish of sugar to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Muddle raspberries in a cocktail shaker. 3. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and sh

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Ararat 5 Star VS Armenian brandy o ¾ ounce Mount Gay XO rum o ¾ ounce Cointreau o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste o ½ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o lime wedge Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a lime wedge. Remarks: It is appropriate diplomatically to have equality in an embassy. This tasty cocktail proves that equality can

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o sugar o lime zest o 1 ½ ounces Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres) o 1 ounce Key Lime Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 ounce pineapple juice Garnish o lime wheel Method: 1. Moisten the rim of martini glass and invert it into a shallow dish containing a mixture of sugar and lime zest to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice. 3.

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 1 jalapeño pepper slice o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Silver tequila o ¾ ounce Cointreau o 1 dash of blue Curaçao o 1 ounce agave nectar o 1 ½ ounces fresh lime juice o 1-2 dashes of The Cocktail Experiment Lavender bitters Garnish o lavender sprigs Method: 1. Lightly muddle jalapeño in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients except bitters and shake to chill. 3. Strain into an ice

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o finely grated Graham cracker crumb o 1 ounce Finlandia vodka o 2 ounces Cointreau o ½ ounce Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres) o 1 ½ ounces Lemon Squash (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o whipped cream o lemon twist Method: 1. Grate a Graham cracker to a fine crumb then moisten the rim of martini glass and invert it into a shallow dish of the cracker crumb to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingred

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o 1 tablespoon Remy Martin VSOP cognac o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: We had to work hard with this drink. We not only changed the proportions of the ingredients, we also added maraschino. We think it now has the gravitas its name deserves. .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay gin o ½ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce grenadine o ¼ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o 1 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: Summery and light but not superficial. Goes down easy. Perhaps a little too easy. . . .

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