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...

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. Serve over ice in an Old-Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with a cherry and orange peel. Remarks: A straightforward cocktail. It is based on the Manhattan but the

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-Years-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 cockt

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 the 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...

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. . . .