PH factor:   9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o ¼ ounce Manzanilla sherry o orange peel o 2 ounces Bombay gin o ¾ ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o orange peel (flamed) Method: 1. Swirl sherry to coat the inside of a martini glass and discard excess. 2. Express orange peel over a mixing glass and discard. 3. Add ice and the remaining cocktail ingredients and stir to chill. 4. Serve up in the prepared glass. 5. Garn

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 bar spoon Pernod Absinthe Supérieure Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a chilled martini glass. 3. Express lemon over the glass and drop it in as garnish. Remarks: Careful, a few of these and you will tell them everything. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of a martini glass and discard the excess. 2. Stir remaining cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 3. Strain into the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: It's ve

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Hennessey VS cognac o 1 ounce Schladerer Edel-Kirsch liqueur o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: This is mentioned in 1927’s “Barflies and Cocktails” by Harry and Wynn. We did substitute Schladerer Edel- Kirsch for the original Cherry Heering. It’s what we do. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Hennessy VS cognac o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Pimm’s No.1 Cup o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with a cherry and orange peel. Remarks: A straightforward cocktail. It is based on the Manhattan bu

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ½ ounces Bombay gin o ¾ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Crème de Cassis o 1 dash The Cocktail Experiment Lavender Bitters* or to taste Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a chilled cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a twist of lemon. Remarks: Essentially a 3 to 1 martini with a lot on its mind. If you are not sure buying lavender bitters is

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc 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: Ian Fleming, in his 1953 novel Casino Royale, has James Bond create this drink and name it after the romantic lead of the novel, Vesper Lynd. We rated the Vesper a 10 pur

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 ounces Bombay gin o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ¼ ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¼ ounce Sandeman Tawny Porto 20 Year Old Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in martini glass. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: Purists maintain that a martini is gin and vermouth only. Some say if it’s in a martini glass, it’s a martini. This tasty cocktail

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Rose Petal Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o egg white Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake to chill. 3. Fine strain into an Old Fashioned glass. Remarks: We found this cocktail to be as unique as finding a white rose in winter. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Mount Gay Eclipse rum o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Blanc o 1 ½ ounces pineapple juice Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with an orange twist. Remarks: Named after the 1919 hit song Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula (Hawaiian Love Song). Though the phrase was obviously made up it does make you think of Hawaii. As you drink this you will also think of beaches and

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 3 ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 splash blue Curaçao o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in chilled martini glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: This is definitely a cocktail not a martini. It looks good served in a martini glass but it’s a cocktail. . . .