PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Chivas Regal scotch o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o ¼ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: The balance of sweetness and bitterness is crucial. Take care when using multip

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o ½ ounce Ilegal mezcal o ½ ounce Campari o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o ½ ounce fresh orange juice 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: Taken from Sarah Morrissey's Greyfriar cocktail recipe and adapted to fit our ingredients list. We also added the

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Lazzaroni maraschino o 1 dash Fernet~Branca o 1 dash Hella Orange 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 an orange twist if using. Remarks: The saying, you can never go home again, definitely applies to Brooklyn

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay gin o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Rouge o 2 dashes Fernet~Branca Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients with ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with an orange peel. Remarks: By Classico, we mean close to the original recipe. By 2 dashes, we mean a scant ¼ ounce. By Jiminy, you need to try this cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ¼ ounces Remy Martin VSOP cognac o ¾ ounce Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres) o 2 teaspoons Lillet Rouge o 2 ounces fresh orange juice 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 lemon twist. Remarks: This is a good combination of ingredients though we feel the proportions may need a bit of tweaking. Perhaps less

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o 2 ounces Lillet Rouge 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 a lemon twist. Remarks: The Lillet Rouge makes this an interesting alternative to wine with dinner. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Reposado tequila o ½ ounce Campari o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 dash Angostura bitters Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Express orange peel over the cocktail and drop it in for a garnish. Remarks: The Campari and the lemon add some unexpected st

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Chivas Regal scotch o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur Garnish o 1 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: The substitution of St. Germain for the Lillet Blanc found in the Affinity Cocktail makes this a different drink. One that is very floral and very F

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Rouge o 3 ½ ounces Fever-Tree Bitter Lemon Garnish o 2 thin lime wedges Method: 1. Add Lillet to an ice-filled collins glass. 2. Top with bitter lemon. 3. Stir gently. 4. Garnish with lime wedges. Remarks: Easy to make and good with food. It's perfect for an outdoor summer lunch. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 1 ounce Amontillado sherry o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 bar spoon Lillet Rouge o 4 dashes Angostura bitters Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Swirl absinthe in chilled cocktail 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 orange peel. Remarks: Oft times different is

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ½ ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ½ ounce Aperol o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge Garnish o 2 Tillen Farms Bada Bing cherries Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with cherries. Remarks: This was our surprise of the day. It is tasty enough to be a classic and the Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey at 46 ABV makes it exhil

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ¾ ounces Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey o ½ ounce Amontillado sherry o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Angostura bitters o pinch of sea salt 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: This cocktail is an enigma, not unlike the neighborhood it is

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o 1 ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o orange peel o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with cherry and orange peel. Remarks: The original recipe did

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o ½ ounce Fernet~Branca o 1 dash Hella Aromatic bitters or to taste Garnish o Tillen Farms Bada Bing 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: We found the original recipe to be bitter. We increased both the rye and Lillet for better balance.

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:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Boulard Calvados VSOP o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a twist of orange. Remarks: The Marconi was created at the bar in the Waldorf Astoria in 1903 to celebrate the first Trans- Atlantic radio transmission. That first conversation took place b

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay gin o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o ¼ ounce Lazzaroni 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. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: The martini precursor? Perhaps. A very good cocktail on its own? Definitely. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 2 ounces Crown Royal o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 teaspoon Schladerer Edel-Kirsch liqueur Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of a cocktail glass and discard excess. 2. Stir remaining cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 3. Serve up in the prepared glass. Remarks: This is similar to the Remember the Maine cocktail. Notably the bitters have been omitted. We

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Pernod Absinthe Supérieure Garnish o lemon 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 lemon peel. Remarks: Presumably named for the town that was named for the area’s original residents. We also tested this with Sambuca. IOHO, it is more interesting with

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Campari o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Rouge Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Express an orange peel over the drink and drop it in, skin side up, for garnish. Remarks: Traditionally a Negroni has equal amounts of its three ingredients. To us a little more gin, and a little less Campari

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce Campari o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Rouge Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Express orange peel over the drink and drop it in, skin side up, for garnish. Remarks: Traditionally a Negroni would have equal amounts of all the ingredients. But we think that less Campari and mo

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¾ ounce Cointreau o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o ½ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o orange twist o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with a cherry or an orange twist. Remarks: In 1924 an American engineer in the Philippines who being cured of a life t

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 ½ ounces fresh grapefruit juice Garnish o thin wedge of grapefruit Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with grapefruit. Remarks: It required frequent retesting to arrive at this interpretation. Not complaining, just stating a fact. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Mount Gay XO rum o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Rouge o 2 dashes Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish: o lemon twist. Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve over ice in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: The internet is full of palmettos. Some call for dry vermouth and some call for sweet. So many palmettos, so little time. Try our version. We think you'