PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o kosher salt o 1 ½ ounces Ilegal mezcal o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino liqueur o ¾ ounce grapefruit juice o ½ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o lime wheel Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a cocktail glass with lime and invert it into a shallow dish of kosher salt to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice. 3. Serve up in the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with lime wheel. Remarks:

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. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with an apple fan. Remarks: This a very different tasting cocktail. It is impressive to be able to say that as we have tested quite a f

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ¼ ounce green Chartreuse o ¼ ounce Luxardo maraschino o 1 dash Angostura bitters Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: This is based on the Armistice Cocktail which was created by Erik Hakkinen of the Zig Zag Café in Seattle, WA. We think you should enjoy one of these and give

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ¾ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¾ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 dash Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: This is a tasty cocktail in a way that belies the tropical nature of its name. . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce Schladerer Edel-Kirsch liqueur o 1 ½ ounces Godiva Chocolate liqueur o ½ ounce Lazzaroni maraschino o ½ ounce Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry juice o ½ ounce cream Garnish o whipped cream o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with whipped cream and cherry. Remarks: I

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 dash Luxardo maraschino o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: This is very similar to today’s Brooklyn Cocktail but not the 1908 original. See Grohusko's Brooklyn Cocktail to get close to the original. . . .

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 ¼ ounce Lillet Rouge o ¼ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¼ ounce Schladerer Edel- Kirsch liqueur 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: There’s a whole lotta shakin’ going on. Not literally, you actually stir it,

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 fresh cherries o 1 ½ ounces Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o 1 long stemmed chocolate coated cherry if possible. Method: 1. Remove the pits from several cherries and muddle the fruit in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients except soda and shake to chill. 3.

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Remy Martin VSOP cognac o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¾ ounce pineapple juice o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters or to taste Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a cherry. Remarks: When there’s VSOP involved, we think sophisticated. When pineapple is involved perhaps not so much. What’s the net re

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. . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Blandy's 5-Year-Old Malmsey Madeira o 1 ounce Luxardo maraschino liqueur Garnish o 2 Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherries Method: 1. Stir to combine cocktail ingredients in a cocktail glass. 2. Garnish with cherries. Remarks: This recipe was found in Old Waldorf Bar Days by Albert Stevens published in 1931. It is another cocktail from New Orleans. Thank you, NOLA.

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. Strain into 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, we would rathe

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Ilegal Mezcal o ¾ ounce Aperol o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¾ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o grapefruit peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Express the grapefruit peel over the cocktail and drop it in for garnish. Remarks: Attributed to Phil Ward, this is yet another of the mezcal-based cocktails for which he is held in such high regard. .

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 1 ½ ounce Tullamore DEW Irish Whiskey o ¾ ounce green Chartreuse o ¾ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¾ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o lime peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lime peel. Remarks: We liked the original recipe but felt it lacked presence. So, we increased the whiskey a tad. Clever us. Enjoy. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Bombay gin o 1 dash Luxardo maraschino o 1 ½ ounces grapefruit juice Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: For presentation purposes you may want to fine strain this. Pink or white grapefruit are both fine taste-wise, but we do think pink looks better. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 2 ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ¾ ounce Luxardo maraschino o 1 ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o 1 star anise Method: 1. Swirl absinthe in chilled cocktail glass and discard the excess. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice. 3. Serve up in the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with star anise. Remarks: In the m

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:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ½ ounce grapefruit juice o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o lime wheel or wedge Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a cocktail glass with lime and invert it into a shallow dish of sugar to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice or add ¾ cup of ice to the cocktail ingredients an

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay gin o 1 ½ ounces Lillet Blanc o 1 dash Lazzaroni maraschino liqueur o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste Garnish o lemon peel or 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 or lemon peel. Remarks: The classic Imperial Cocktail as mentioned in Daly’s Bartender’s Encyclopedia

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 dash Lazzaroni maraschino liqueur 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: A healthy dash of maraschino makes this a smoother version of what would otherwise be a rather wet martini. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Pedro Domencq Fundador brandy o ¼ ounce Fernet~Branca o ¼ ounce Maraschino liqueur o 1 dash Hella Citrus bitters o ¼ ounce grenadine Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Express lemon twist over the glass and drop it in for garnish. Remarks: This is a satisfying and bitter cocktail. It is an ex

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Bombay gin o ½ ounce green Chartreuse o ¾ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¾ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o lime peel Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lime peel (optional). Remarks: Traditionally the Last Word is a drink of equal parts. However, one part of Chartreuse is more equal than one part of just about anything else so we adjusted it. You still taste Cha

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o 1 tablespoon Remy Martin VSOP cognac o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: We had to work hard with this drink. We not only changed the proportions of the ingredients, we also added maraschino. We think it now has the gravitas its name deserves. .