PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Crème de Mûre o ½ ounce Crème de Cassis o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o blackberry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a chilled martini glass. 3. Garnish with blackberry. Comments: Some would say this can't be a martini as it has no vermouth. Others would say it is because it’s in a martini glass. We

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Jim Beam Bonded bourbon o ½ ounce Crème de Cassis o ¼ to ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste o 1 teaspoon Agave Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve in an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. Remarks: This was found on the menu of Portland’s Clyde Common where apparently many went in search of renewal. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Ararat 5 Star VS Armenian brandy o ½ ounce Crème de Cassis o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste 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 a twist of lemon. Remarks: The CEO is a little sweet and has a brandy aftertaste. It is recipe of Ted Haigh who shakes all of the cocktails h

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 2 ounces Clase Azul Reposado tequila o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 3 ounces...

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Remy Martin VSOP cognac o ½ ounce Crème de Cassis o 1 splash fresh lemon juice Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a snifter. Remarks: Actually it's much more a soft touch than a hard case. It's a pleasant cocktail that is easy to make. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ ounce Crème de Cassis o 4 ½ ounces Sauvignon Blanc Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Add cassis to a wine glass. 2. Slowly add wine. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: A pleasant wine cocktail that’s good anytime. It can be made in any size or quantity you want as long as you observe a nine to one wine to Crème de Cassis ratio. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ ounce Crème de Cassis o champagne Garnish o raspberry (optional) Method: 1. Pour cassis into a wine glass. 2. Slowly add champagne. 3. Garnish with fresh raspberry if using. Remarks: This is a very pleasant cocktail that is tasty and smooth. If you are not a big fan of champagne cocktails one of these just might change your mind. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Goslings Black Seal rum (151 Proof) o ½ ounce Crème de Cassis o 2 ounces pineapple juice Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: This doesn’t taste as you might expect an overproof rum and pineapple cocktail to taste. An observation, not a complaint. . . .

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ½ ounce Crème de Cassis o ½ ounce Pimm’s No.1 Cup o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: We thoroughly enjoyed this cocktail. We think the Heaven’s Door seals the deal. Besides, if the French Riviera is your idea of heaven, what could be more appropriate? . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o 1 teaspoon Crème de Cassis o 4 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Method: 1. Stir all but the soda over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Top with soda. Remarks: This is a good drink that's hard to classify. It's rather like a Kir Royale with an attitude. Enjoy. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Crème de Cassis o 1 ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o champagne Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled wine glass and top with champagne. 3. Garnish with a lemon peel. Comments: As Einstein famously posited, “A springtime in Russia is a relative thing”. This

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ½ ounce Crème de Cassis o ½ ounce grapefruit juice o ½ ounce Rose Petal Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o 1 dash Peychaud’s Bitters or to taste Garnish o ½ grapefruit wheel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with ½ grapefruit wheel. Remarks: All right, grapefruits aren

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Crème de Cassis o 5 ounces red wine Garnish o blackberries Method: 1. Combine cocktail ingredients over ice in a wine glass and stir. 2. Garnish with blackberries. Remarks: This is an exceptional cocktail. It can be served up or over ice. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Campari o ¾ ounce Crème de Cassis o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o champagne Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into a champagne flute. 3. Top with champagne 4. Garnish with orange twist. Comments: Bittersweet. Like the moment our young graduate realizes he or she will be leaving friends behind to enter the workforce. With the drink

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:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ½ ounces Bombay gin o ¾ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Crème de Cassis o 1 dash The Cocktail Experiment Lavender Bitters* or to taste Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a chilled cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a twist of lemon. Remarks: Essentially a 3 to 1 martini with a lot on its mind. If you are not sure buying lavender bitters is