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19th Century Cocktail
PH factor: 9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ¾ ounce light Crème de Cacao o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: This is a surprising cocktail. At first glance the ingredients don't seem like they would play well together, but they do. It is a tart but well-balanced cocktail with a hin


Adonis Cocktail
PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Rouge o 1 ½ ounces Manzanilla sherry o 1 dash orange bitters or to...


Affinity Cocktail
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...


All Jacked Up Cocktail
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. Serve over ice in an Old-Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with an apple fan. Remarks: This a very different tasting cocktail. It is impressive to be able to say as we have tested quite a few. Mezcal


Americano
PH factor: 8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Campari o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Rouge o ½ ounce Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda...


Añejo Manhattan
PH factor: 9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces 1800 Añejo tequila o ¼ ounce Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres) o ½ ounce...


Bernstein Martini
PH factor: 9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Chivas Regal scotch o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o ½ ounce Chambord o ½ ounce...


Black Pagoda
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. . . .


Blood and Sand
PH factor: 9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Johnnie Walker Black scotch o ¾ ounce Schladerer Edel-Kirsch liqueur o ¾...


Bloody Belgian
PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Chivas Regal scotch o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o 2 ounces freshly squeezed blood...


Bloody Wolf’s Moon Cocktail
PH factor: 9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o ½ ounce Grand...


Bobby Burns Cocktail
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...


Bolero
PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Mount Gay Eclipse rum o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o 1 splash of Lillet Rouge Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino 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: An easy, pleasant, cocktail. If you would like to accentuate the sweet nature of the Bolero, try a Jamaican rum. . . .


Bombay Cocktail
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. . . .


Boulevardier
PH factor: 8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Campari o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with an orange twist. Remarks: Ascribed to Erskine Gwynne who also founded a Parisian magazine of the same name, both in 1927. . . .


Bronx Cocktail
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


Charleston Cocktail
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 ...


Cocktail à la Louisiane
PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Crown Royal o ¾ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1...


Corpse Reviver #1
PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Hennessy VS cognac o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge Garnish o apple peel (optional) Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with apple peel if using. Remarks: As you might deduce from the name, this is a very bracing cocktail. . . .


Creole Cocktail
PH factor: 10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Old Forester bourbon o 1 splash Bénédictine D.O.M. o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 splash Luxardo maraschino 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: With this cocktail, it’s all about balancing the tastes. Done right, it’s about as New Orleans as it can be. . . .


Deadly Sin
PH factor: 8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o ¼ ounce Luxardo maraschino o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve in an ice-filled Old-Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: Deadly Sin? Only if sipping a delicious cocktail has somehow become a sin. Even if it has, I'd rather laugh


Desert Fire Cocktail
PH factor: 9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ¼ ounces 1800 Reposado tequila o ¾ ounce Schladerer Edel-Kirsch o ¾ ounce...


Dubliner
PH factor: 9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey o ½ ounce Grand Marnier o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o Tillen Farms Rainer Reserve cherry Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with cherry. Remarks: We didn't know what we'd find from the combination of Irish whiskey, Grand Marnier, and the winey tas


French Manhattan
PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Chambord o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 dash Peychaud’s 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 orange twist if using. Remarks: This is unlike its “American” namesake. For starters, it is redolent of raspberry. Plus the Woodfo
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