PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Ilegal mezcal o ¾ ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¼ ounce Fernet~Branca o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o ¼ ounce Luxardo maraschino Garnish o apple fan Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with an apple fan. Remarks: This a very different tasting cocktail. It is impressive to be able to say that as we have tested quite a f

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Lazzaroni amaretto o ½ ounce Fernet~Branca o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 ounce lemon juice o 1 egg white Garnish o 2 Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherries Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again. 3. Fine strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 4. Garnish with cherries. Remarks: Not your traditional amaretto Sour. The Fernet~Branca see

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Johnnie Walker Blue Label scotch o ¼ ounce Fernet~Branca o ½ ounce Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres) o ¾ ounce Blandy's 5-Year-Old Malmsey Madeira Garnish o grated black cardamom Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with grated black cardamom. Remarks: The “Nail in the Coffin” is from San Francisco’s Dirty Habit Bar. It uses Yamazaki 12-

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Mount Gay XO rum o ½ ounce Fernet~Branca o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 egg white Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 4. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: Not as hard to swallow as the name might suggest. The syrup and citrus bal

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Chartreuse (yellow) o ¾ ounce Fernet~Branca o ¾ ounce freshly squeezed...

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 coin-sized slices of fresh ginger o 2 ounces Fernet~Branca o 1 ounce fresh lime juice o 1 ounce Cinnamon Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o dried apple slice o cinnamon Method: 1. Muddle ginger in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake to chill. 3. Fine strain into a teacup or Old Fashioned glass. 4. Garnish with cinnamon and dried apple slice. Remarks: Yes, we have

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Mount Gay Eclipse rum o ¼ ounce Fernet~Branca liqueur o ½ ounce Cinnamon Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o ¼ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 ounce grapefruit juice Garnish o lime wheel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lime wheel. Remarks: Rum and citrus again, you say. Not exactly. Fernet~Branca and cinnamon syrup make it a very different rum drink.

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 teaspoon fresh ginger o 1 ½ ounces Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey o 1 ounce Fernet~Branca o 1 ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o mint sprig o slice of lime Method: 1. Muddle ginger in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake. 3. Fine strain into a cocktail glass or an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 4. Garnish with a mint spr

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Lazzaroni maraschino o 1 dash Fernet~Branca o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o orange twist (optional) Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with an orange twist if using. Remarks: The saying, you can never go home again, definitely applies to Brooklyn

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay gin o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Rouge o 2 dashes Fernet~Branca Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients with ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with an orange peel. Remarks: By Classico, we mean close to the original recipe. By 2 dashes, we mean a scant ¼ ounce. By Jiminy, you need to try this cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Grey Goose vodka o 1 ounce Lillet Rosé o ¼ ounce Fernet~Branca o ¼ ounce Rose Petal Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters Garnish o rose petals Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a rose petal or three. Comments: For those who think a that a Hanky Panky by any other name would taste the same, we suggest you try this on

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay gin o ½ ounce Fernet~Branca o ½ ounce Ginger Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o ½ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o candied ginger Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with candied ginger. Remarks: If you like your midnight snack to be sweet and spicy then this cocktail is for you. . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Drambuie o 1 teaspoon Fernet~Branca o 1 ½ ounces pineapple juice o ¾ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 2. Strain into an ice filled highball glass. 3. Top with soda. 4. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: This is a tropical cocktail for th

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 1 ounce 1800 Reposado tequila o 1 ounce Fernet~Branca o ½ ounce fresh...

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Pedro Domencq Fundador brandy o ¼ ounce Fernet~Branca o ¼ ounce Maraschino liqueur o 1 dash Hella Citrus bitters o ¼ ounce grenadine Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Express lemon twist over the glass and drop it in for garnish. Remarks: This is a satisfying and bitter cocktail. It is an ex

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o ½ ounce Fernet~Branca o 1 dash Hella Aromatic bitters or to taste Garnish o Tillen Farms Bada Bing 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: We found the original recipe to be bitter. We increased both the rye and Lillet for better balance.

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Hennessey VO cognac o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ¼ ounce Fernet~Branca 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: This exactly what you mean when you say, “I could use a drink, a real drink.” . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 2 ounces 1800 Reposado tequila o ½ ounce Fernet~Branca o ½ ounce agave syrup o 2-3 drops Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters Garnish o grapefruit rind Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except bitters over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Float bitters on top. 4. Express rind over cocktail and discard. Comments: Fasten your seatbelts. There is no ignoring the combination of F

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Boulard Calvados VSOP o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o ¼ ounce Fernet~Branca o ¼ ounce Luxardo maraschino Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: Our version of the Newark Cocktail given the ingredients we work with. It is similar to the Brooklyn Cocktail which is not surprising as both of them are Manhattan adjacent. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o ½ ounce Monte Alban mezcal o 1 tablespoon Fernet~Branca o ½ ounce Brown Sugar Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Hella Smoked Chili bitters or to taste Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: The combination of scotch and mezcal provides the f

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 1 ounce Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¼ ounce Fernet~Branca o 2 ½ ounces Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of a cocktail glass and discard the excess. 2. Stir remaining cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 3. Serve up in the prepared glass. 4. Express orange peel

PH factor:   9.5 Recipe (Serves Two) Ingredients: Cocktail o 4 ounces Crown Royal o ½ ounce Fernet~Branca o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 2 dashes Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in two cocktail glasses. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: The Toronto can be described as a “real” cocktail. It could easily become your “regular” cocktail. .