PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o 1 ounce Cointreau o 1 ounce fresh orange juice o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Double strain and serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a cherry. Remarks: The Cointreau and the fresh orange juice give this a brunch vibe. Unless you’re a late riser, then perhaps with lunch. Or, if

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o 1 ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o orange peel o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with cherry and orange peel. Remarks: The original recipe did

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Pimm’s No.1 Cup o ¼ ounce Cointreau Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: This is a satisfyingly strong cocktail with a unique taste. For those who think a martini must have gin and vermouth, we’ve got you covered, and then some. .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o salt o 1 ½ ounces Mount Gay Eclipse rum o 1 ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o lime wheel Method: 1. Moisten the 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 to chill. 3. Serve up in the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with lime wheel. Remarks: Yes, a margarita made with rum. Coating your glass with salt may

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o 1 ounce Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Cointreau o 2 ounces cream o 4 ounces orange juice Garnish o orange wheel (optional) Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into a hurricane glass. 3. Add one large ice cube. 4. Garnish with an orange wheel if using. Remarks: And now for something else that's completely different. This is a fun and tasty cockt

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¾ ounce Cointreau o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o ½ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o orange twist o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with a cherry or an orange twist. Remarks: In 1924 an American engineer in the Philippines who being cured of a life t

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe (Serves Two) Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces 1800 Silver tequila o 1 ounce Cointreau o 8 ounces red wine Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve in large, ice-filled wine glasses. Remarks: This cocktail works best with food. It provides a refreshingly different accompaniment with lunch or dinner. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o salt o 1 ounce 1800 Silver tequila o ½ ounce Cointreau o 3 ounces grapefruit juice Garnish o 1 thin slice of grapefruit Method: 1. Moisten the rim of an Old Fashioned glass and invert it into a shallow dish of salt to coat the rim. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice to chill. 3. Serve over ice in the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with grapefruit slice. Remarks: An S.O.B. version of a Sa

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o salt o 1 wedge of fresh plum o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Silver tequila o ½ ounce Cointreau o ¾ ounce Plum Gekkeikan wine o ½ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o lime wedge Method: 1. Moisten the rim of an Old Fashioned glass and invert it into a shallow dish of salt to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Add ice to the glass and set aside. 3. Muddle plum in cocktail shaker. 4. Add ice and remaining cocktail in

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:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o sugar o 1 ½ ounces Hennessy VS cognac o ¾ ounce Cointreau o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a cocktail glass and invert it into a shallow dish of sugar to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice to chill. 3. Strain into the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: David Embury in " The Fine Art of Mixing

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o salt o 2 ounces Ilegal mezcal o ½ ounce Cointreau liqueur o 1 ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce agave nectar Garnish o lime wedge Method: 1. Moisten the rim of an Old Fashioned glass, invert it into a shallow dish of salt to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice to chill. 3. Serve over ice in prepared glass. 4. Garnish with lime wedge. Remarks: A drink for mezcal lov

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces 1800 Silver tequila o 2 ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ¼ ounce Cointreau o ¼ ounce blue Curaçao o 1 splash fresh lime juice o 1 dash Rose’s Sweetened Lime Juice Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with an orange twist. Remarks: Gentlemen, in dance or life, you are either on your toes or your heels. With the Texas

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ ounce Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ½ ounce Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce green Crème de Menthe Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: The Jade Spider is a pretty shade of green in your glass. It tastes of mint in a nicely refreshing way. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ½ ounces Cointreau o 1 dash Plymouth Sloe Gin o 3 ounces fresh orange juice Garnish o orange peel o strawberry slices Method: 1. Pour spirits into an ice-filled collins glass. 2. Add orange juice and stir to combine. 3. Garnish with orange peel and strawberry slices. Remarks: This is a tasty way to overdose on Vitamin “C” and it's a great brunch or breakfast drink. One

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces J. Wray Jamaican Silver rum o ½ ounce Cointreau o 1 splash Crème de Cassis o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce fresh orange juice o ½ ounce agave syrup Garnish o lime wedge Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a lime wedge. Remarks: To try to balance the citrus we increased the amount of rum. It

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey o ¾ ounce Drambuie o ¼ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except ginger beer over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Top with ginger beer. 4. Garnish with a lemon twist. Remarks: This is a different, delicious, and refreshing cockt

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 2 ounces Mango Infused Tequila, see: Syrups etc. o ½ ounce Cointreau o 1 ounce fresh lime juice o 1 cup fresh mango peeled o 1 teaspoon grated ginger o 1 cup ice Garnish o lime wheel or candied ginger Method: 1. Blend till smooth. 2. Serve up in a hurricane glass. 3. Garnish with a lime wheel or, for avid Tina Louise fans, a piece of candied ginger. Remarks:: Infused liquors are generally smoo

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

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce Southern Comfort o ½ ounce Schladerer Edel-Kirsch liqueur Method: 1. Combine in a shooter glass. 2. Do what comes naturally. Remarks: We don’t have many shooters in this collection. Perhaps we should have had more. Or that might just be fuzzy thinking on our part. . . .