PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay gin o ½ ounce light Crème de Cacao o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ¼ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: This is a cocktail with a noble history. The Crème de Cacao suggests that it would be good after dinner. Something to sip in the dining car as you watch the landscape fly

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay gin o ¾ ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 dash orange bitters o ¾ ounce fresh orange juice Garnish o 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: This has been described as an excellent “brunch” cocktail. We agree. Especially if your brunch comes with unlimited cocktails. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Chivas Regal scotch o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1...

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Heaven's Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¾ ounce Lillet Blanc o ¾ ounce...

PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o 1 ounce Aperol o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o 1-2 dashes Hella Citrus bitters or to taste Garnish o ¼ grapefruit wheel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve over ice in an Old-Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with a grapefruit wheel. Remarks: When we originally, tested this we felt it was a little meh. The addition of bitters made quite a difference, in

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o sugar o cinnamon o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres) o 1-2 ounces unfiltered apple cider Garnish o thin apple slice o cinnamon stick optional Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a martini glass and invert it into a shallow dish containing a mixture of sugar and cinnamon to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Stir remaining cocktail in

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ¼ ounce...

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Amontillado sherry o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Blanc o 1 dash Hella Orange...

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ¾ ounce green Chartreuse o ¾ 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 lemon twist. Remarks: The original cocktail dates to the 1800’s and contained equal parts gin, Chartreuse, and a sweet vermouth. We substituted Lillet Blanc

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Johnnie Walker Red Label scotch o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Galliano...

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Ararat 5 Star Armenian brandy o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o 2 teaspoons Triple Sec Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish orange peel. Remarks: If you haven't tried brandy from Yerevan, you should. Likened to Armagnac, it was a favorite of the tsars. . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres) o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters or to taste Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in martini glass. 3. Garnish with a lemon twist. Remarks: The Licor 43 makes you think dessert martini and it would be a delicious ending to a three martini lunch. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Chivas Regal scotch o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o 1...

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Hennessy VS cognac o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o ¼ teaspoon Sambuca Romano o ½ teaspoon Triple Sec Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: Attributed to Harry Craddock, bartender and author of the Savoy Cocktail Book. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay gin o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 ounce fresh orange juice Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry o orange wheel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with an orange wheel and a cherry. Remarks: Created by Johnnie Solon at the Waldorf Astoria in 1906. It can be drunk at any time but must be drunk after the Openin

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 dash Luxardo maraschino o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: This is very similar to today’s Brooklyn Cocktail but not the 1908 original. See Grohusko's Brooklyn Cocktail to get close to the original. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Armenian Soul 10-Year-Old cognac o ¾ ounce Grand Marnier o ¼ ounce Lillet Blanc o ¾ ounce Riesling or white wine of your choice Garnish o orange twist flamed Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: A full-bodied cocktail. Some assembly is required, but that shouldn't stand in your way. . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Plymouth Sloe Gin o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Sambuca Romano o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o splash of fresh lemon juice 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 lemon twist. Remarks: This cocktail is sweet and exotic. If it only spoke French, Gomez wou

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:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Chivas Regal scotch o 1 ounce Sandeman Tawny Porto (20-Years-Old) o ½ ounce...

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¼ ounce Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ¼ ounce Cointreau o ¼ ounce Lillet Blanc o ...

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Lillet Blanc o 1 ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o 1 dash of Pernod Absinthe...

0 PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Hennessy VS cognac o 2 ounces Lillet Blanc o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Express orange peel over the glass and drop the peel into the glass for garnish. Remarks: This is a pleasant surprise. A bright tasting cocktail that goes down easily and will have you asking, “Please

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Bombay Sapphire gin o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 ounce Triple Sec o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 splash Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: As is often true, equal amounts of the spirits in a cocktail will make for a tasty drink. It