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 taste Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Express an orange twist over the glass and discard. Remarks: This is a tasty combination. The bitters maintain the balance here. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Reposado tequila o ¾ ounce Blandy's 5-Year-Old Malmsey Madeira o ¾ ounce Manzanilla sherry o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: Although this cocktail definitely tastes of Madeira and sherry, it is sufficiently fortified to never be confused with an afterno

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Tullamore DEW Irish whiskey o ¾ ounce Pierre Farrand Dry Curaçao o ¼ ounce Manzanilla sherry o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o orange peel flamed Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with flamed orange peel. Remarks: Another interesting pairing. We are beginning to see how Irish whiskey can lead to interesting p

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 2 ounces 1800 Añejo tequila o 1 ½ ounces Manzanilla sherry o ¾ ounce Pear Syrup, see: Syrups etc. 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: This pairing of tequila and sherry has a strong presence that is only slightly moderated by the syrup and lemon. . . .

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:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Johnnie Walker Blue Label scotch o 1 ounce Ilegal mezcal o ½ ounce Manzanilla sherry o ½ ounce agave nectar o ¼ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon wheel dehydrated or torched o ½ thinly sliced orange wheel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve over ice in an Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with lemon wheel and orange slice. Remarks: Peat in terms of scotch equals smoky. Smo

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Hennessy VS cognac o ½ ounce Crème de Mûre o ½ ounce Manzanilla sherry o ½ teaspoon fresh lemon juice o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o blackberry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with a blackberry. Remarks: This has a complex combination of flavors. But it is not nearly as complicated as the man

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:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o ¾ ounce Johnnie Walker Red Label scotch o ¾ ounce Sandeman Tawny Porto 10 Year Old o ¾ ounce Manzanilla sherry o 1 dash Angostura bitters Garnish o lemon peel 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 lemon peel and cherry. Remarks: We have several cocktails that pair scotch and sherry. All