PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ½ ounces Grey Goose vodka o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ¼ ounce St. Germain liqueur o 1 ounce Lychee Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 lemon wedge Garnish o 1 lychee stuffed with a cherry. The stuffing is optional. Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a martini glass. 3. Squeeze a lemon wedge over the drink and discard. 4. Garnish with a lychee nut or a cherry s

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Jim Beam Bonded bourbon o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Angostura bitters or 1 dash each of Peychaud’s and Hella Orange bitters Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass or into an Old Fashioned glass over ice. 3. Garnish with an orange peel. Remarks: Perfection is worth striving for. So if at first you

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Pimm’s No.1 Cup o ¼ ounce Cointreau Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: This is a satisfyingly strong cocktail with a unique taste. For those who think a martini must have gin and vermouth, we’ve got you covered, and then some. .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Grey Goose vodka o ¾ ounce Lillet Blanc o ¾ ounce Blandy's 5-Year-Old Malmsey Madeira o ½ ounce Schladerer Edel-Kirsch o 1 dash champagne vinegar Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a martini glass. Remarks: The primary flavor here is Madeira. But not the Madeira you remember. More like some Madeira that has spent the past year at the gym. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 1 dash The Cocktail Experiment Lavender Bitters Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: Q: What do you get when you mix absinthe, gin, Lillet, and lavender? A: One really good cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 2 ounces 1800 Añejo tequila o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 bar spoon Campari o ½ ounce grapefruit juice o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce maple syrup Garnish o lemon wheel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with lemon wheel. Remarks: Why a Mourning Dove cocktail? Well, first is the lovely color and the fact that it’s not too s

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ¼ ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ¾ ounce Lillet Blanc Garnish o 1 Spanish olive with the pimento removed Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in martini glass. 3. Garnish with olive. Remarks: A classy couple and a classic cocktail. A satisfying martini though it may be considered a little wet. We do not know who felt the pimento had to go. Was it Nick? Was it Nora? We must i

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Crown Royal Northern Harvest rye o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Campari Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: Yet another in the long line of Negroni inspired cocktails. The difference is often just the liquor that's used. Campari lovers may disagree, but we think a touch of fresh lem

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 dash 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 a martini glass. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: A new study has found that consuming seven drinks a week can boost your libido, extend your life expectancy, decrease dementia, the risk of diabetes, and even prevent

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Johnnie Walker Blue Label scotch o ¼ ounce Amontillado sherry o ¼ ounce Grand Marnier o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: Questions arise immediately. For instance, why would you name a cocktail after a church? Yo

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Manzanilla sherry o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino liqueur 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. Run the lemon twist around the rim of the glass, skin side down and drop it into the drink for garnish. Remarks: The dominant taste here is the sherry. Th

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ¼ ounce Bombay gin o ¼ ounce Lillet Blanc o 2 dashes Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o ¼ ounce fresh lemon juice o ¼ ounce fresh orange juice o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 egg white Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Fine strain into a martini glass. 4. Garnish

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Johnnie Walker Red Label scotch o ½ ounce Campari o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Kahlúa o 2-3 drops Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters Garnish o orange twist o 5 drops Ilegal mezcal Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an Old Fashioned glass over one large ice cube. 3. Top with mezcal. 4. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: This cocktail is all about

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Bombay Sapphire gin o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o 3 ounces Lillet Blanc Garnish o lemon peel and/or olives Method: 1. Stir over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with olives and/or lemon peel. Remarks: If the Vesper is the Fred Astaire of cocktails, this is the Ginger Rogers. She dances every bit as well as Fred but in high heels and, well, in reverse. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Crown Royal o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o ¾ ounce grenadine o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o orange wheel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with an orange wheel. Remarks: A populist movement, abetted by evangelical white women, elected a government to intrude into places it had no right to be

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 3 ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: Okay. It is the bitters. Shhh! . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¾ ounce Ilegal mezcal o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o 2-3 drops Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters or to taste Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with an orange twist. sfor·zan·do   (sfôrt-sän′dō)  Music adv. & adj. Abbr. sfz  or sf Suddenly   or st

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ½ ounces Bombay gin or Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 dash Angostura bitters Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: We’ve heard that the plus side of shaking has to do with the liberating of anti-oxidants (?). We say, if you want a cloudy martini shake it. If you don't want clouds in your c

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce blue Curaçao Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Express lemon peel over the drink and drop it in for garnish. Remarks: This has the ingredients of the Vesper cocktail but in different quantities. It doesn’t demand your attention

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey o ¾ ounce Lillet Blanc o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste o 1 bar spoon Pernod Absinthe Supérieure Garnish         o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except absinthe over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Float absinthe on top. 4. Stab drink one time with a bar spoon. 5. Garnish with lemon

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey o ¼ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ¼ ounce Lillet Blanc Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Combine cocktail ingredients in an Old Fashioned glass. 2. Add one large ice cube. 3. Express lemon peel over the glass and drop it in as a garnish. 4. Serve with small spoon. Remarks: Slowly stirring with the spoon is is meant to encourage dilution in rather singular cocktail. But wh

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ounce Bombay gin o 2 ounces Lillet Blanc o ¾ ounce grapefruit juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o champagne Garnish o edible flower petals Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Top with champagne 4. Garnish with flower petals. Remarks: Aptly named as the flower petals evoke the arrival of spring. This is an excellent

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ¾ ounce Lillet Rosé o ¼ ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 dash Hella Citrus bitters Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a chilled martini glass. 3. Express lemon twist over the glass and drop it in as a garnish. Remarks: Okay, it’s got sweet vermouth and bitters, but it's still called a martini? A different kind of

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Ararat 5 Star VS Armenian brandy o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: This comes with the jolt that a good revival needs. Similar to the Corpse Reviver #1, this one is made with Lillet Blanc not rouge. Thankfully, there's more than one way to revive a corpse. . . .