PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o ½ ounce white Crème de Menthe o ½ ounce Sambuca o ¼ ounce orgeat syrup o 1 ounce cream o 1 egg white Garnish o freshly ground nutmeg Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Strain into a cocktail glass. 4. Garnish with nutmeg. Remarks: October 7, 1910. A date that will live in infamy. That was the date the Swiss banned Ab

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Kahlúa o ½ ounce white Crème de Menthe o 1 ½ ounces cream Method: 1. Stir spirits in an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 2. Top with cream. Remarks: This is very like a White Russian. Given the book it is named after that isn't surprising. It differs though as the Crème de Menthe brightens the experience, a lot. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce white Crème de Menthe o ½ ounce Triple Sec o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with an orange twist. Remarks: Originally a euphemism for moonshine now for hemp oil. Indeed, the times they are a-changing. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Chivas Regal scotch o 1 ounce green Crème de Menthe o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o mint sprig o slice of kiwi fruit Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with kiwifruit and mint sprig. Remarks: Scotch is often underrated as a liquor to be mixed with other liquors and liqueurs. We want to change that. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay gin o ½ ounce green Crème de Menthe o 1 ounce Godiva White Chocolate liqueur o 2 scoops mint chocolate chip ice cream Garnish o mint sprig Method: 1. Blend all until smooth. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with mint sprig. Remarks: A bit like a Grasshopper if said grasshopper had a chip on its shoulder. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce white Crème de Menthe o 1 teaspoon lemon juice o champagne Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: If you are not a mint fan we recommend only a splash of Crème de Menthe. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce light Crème de Cacao o 1 ounce white Crème de Menthe o 2 scoops vanilla ice cream Garnish o mint sprig Method: 1. Blend all until smooth. 2. Serve up in a hurricane glass. 3. Garnish with mint sprig. Remarks: Had this been made with green Crème de Menthe it would be a frozen Grasshopper. Although why a grasshopper would ever find itself in polar bear country is beyond us. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Chivas Regal scotch o ½ ounce Hennessy VS cognac o ½ ounce white Crème de Menthe o Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except soda over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass. 3. Top with soda. 4. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: A complicated highball. But wouldn’t you expect a little complication in a drin

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ounces Hennessy VS cognac o 1 ounce white Crème de Menthe Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass or into an Old Fashioned glass over ice. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: The Stinger was at one time considered to be a cocktail for the members of high society. It was rumored to have been a favorite of millionaire Reginald Vanderbilt and author Somerset Ma

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 2 ounces 1800 Silver tequila o ½ ounce green Crème de Menthe o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 splash agave syrup Garnish o mint sprig Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with mint sprig. Remarks: Drinks with this name can be found in several books and in various places on the internet. They couldn’t be further from the shooter recipe found in Tim Federle’s appropriatel

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Hennessy VS cognac o ½ ounce Sandeman Tawny Porto 20 Year Old o ¼ ounce white Crème de Menthe o 1 ounce fresh orange juice o ½ ounce grenadine o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o rose petals Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with edible rose petals. Remarks: This cocktail is hard to classify except to say that it is tas

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 2 ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o 1 ounce white Crème de Menthe o 1 ounce Kahlúa o 3 ounces cream 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: At first this tastes minty, then smooth and creamy. As usual, we suggest you use Tillen Farms cherries for a tasty garnish for your cocktail.

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce white Crème de Menthe Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: “Another vodka stinger. I’ll drink to that!” Thank you, Mr. Sondheim, for everything. . . .