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 bette

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 colo

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 or to taste 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, b

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 w

PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o sugar o 3 raspberries o 1 ½ ounces Remy Martin VSOP 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 shak

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 ingredient

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 af