PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 4 blackberries o 1 coin-sized piece of fresh ginger o 1 ½ ounces Crown Royal o ½ ounce Crème de Mûre o 1 ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 ounce Earl Grey Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o mint leaf o lemon wheel Method: 1. Muddle blackberries and ginger in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients. 3. Shake until very cold. 4. Fine strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 5. Garnish with mint lea

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. Remarks: 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 s

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:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ fresh lime quartered o 3 basil leaves o 3 blackberries o 1 teaspoon sugar o 2 ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o 1 ounce Crème de Mûre o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o basil sprig o blackberries Method: 1. Muddle lime, basil leaves, blackberries, and sugar in a mixing glass. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients except the soda and stir to dissolve the sugar. 3. Fine strain

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 blackberries o 2 ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Crème de Mûre liqueur o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 splash agave nectar Garnish o 1 blackberry o ½ lemon wheel Method: 1. Muddle 3 blackberries in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake. 3. Fine strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 4. Garnish with a blackberry and lemon wheel. Remarks: Recipes for this cocktail

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 blackberries o 1 ounce Crème de Mûre o 1 ounce Lavender Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o ½ ounce cream o Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o blackberries o lavender sprig Method: 1. Muddle berries in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients except soda and shake to chill. 3. Fine strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 4. Top with soda. 5. Garnish with blackberries and lavender

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o chipotle powder o sea salt o 1 ½ ounces Pedro Domecq Fundador brandy o ¾ ounce Crème de Mûre liqueur o 1 dash Hella Smoky Chipotle bitters or to taste o 1 dash Hella Ginger bitters or to taste o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o splash Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer Garnish o crystalized ginger and blackberries Method: 1. Moisten the rim of an Old Fashioned glass. Invert it into a shallow dish containing a mixtu

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Drambuie o ¼ ounce Crème de Mûre o 1 teaspoon Simple Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o lemon twist o blackberry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a collins glass. 3. Top with soda and stir gently. 4. Garnish with lemon peel and blackberry. Remarks: “The time has come to be g

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ¾ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Crème de Mûre o 2 ounces apple juice Method: 1. Shake ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: Three ingredients each good on its own, become a real gift when combined in this cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Crème de Mûre o 1 splash Licor 43, Cuarenta Y Tres o champagne Garnish o blackberry Method: 1. Combine liqueurs in a champagne flute. 2. Top with champagne and lightly stir. 3. Garnish with a blackberry. Remarks: Why name a cocktail for Hell’s Kitchen? Well, because West 43rd St. isn't what it used to be. When you taste this champagne cocktail, you might say that champagne cocktails aren't what they u

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Johnnie Walker Red Label scotch o ½ ounce Demerara Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Crème de Mûre Garnish o blackberry o lemon slice Method: 1. Fill an Old Fashioned glass with cracked ice. 2. Shake cocktail ingredients except Crème de Mûre over ice. 3. Strain into the prepared glass adding more cracked ice if necessary. 4. Gently layer the Crème de Mûre on top a

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Grey Goose vodka o 1 ½ ounces Crème de Mûre o ¾ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o blackberry o lemon wheel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a chilled martini glass. 3. Garnish with a blackberry and lemon wheel. Remarks: A tasty “alternative” martini. Care should be taken with the St. Germain. Its elderflower flavor should embrace but no

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Hennessy VS cognac o ½ ounce Crème de Mûre o ½ ounce Manzanilla sherry o ½ teaspoon fresh lemon juice o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o blackberry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with a blackberry. Remarks: This has a complex combination of flavors. But it is not nearly as complicated as the man

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Crème de Mûre o ¾ ounce Southern Comfort o ¾ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except bitters over ice. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Float bitters on top on the drink. Remarks: We're pretty sure that St. Phillip is ordering a double. St. James behind him might also be. . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 3 blackberries o 2 ounces 1800 Silver tequila o ¾ ounce Crème de Mûre o ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice o ¼ ounce agave nectar Garnish o blackberry o lemon wheel Method: 1. Muddle 3 blackberries in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients except the Crème de Mûre and shake to chill. 3. Fine strain into an ice- filled Old Fashioned glass. 4. Gently add Crème de Mû

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3-4 blackberries o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Honey Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 2 ounces Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o 1 ounce Crème de Mûre Garnish o lightly whipped cream flavored with honey Method: 1. Muddle blackberries, honey syrup, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and the remaining cocktail ingredients and shake to chill. 3. Fine strain into a martini glass. 4.

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o Demerara sugar o 2 ounces Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey o ¾ ounce Crème de Mûre o ½ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice Garnish o blackberry o lemon peel Method: 1. Moisten the rim of an Old Fashioned glass and invert it into a shallow dish of Demerara sugar to coat the rim of the glass. Add ice and set it aside 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice to chill. 3. Strain into the prepared glass

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 mint leaves o 3 blackberries o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 2 ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o 1 ounce Crème de Mûre o 3 ounces pineapple juice o 1 ounce Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o blackberries o mint leaves Method: 1. Muddle lime juice, mint leaves, and blackberries in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients except soda and shake to chill. 3. Strain into an