PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1/3 ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o 1/3 ounce yellow Chartreuse o 1/3 ounce Cointreau o 1/3 ounce Licor 43, Cuarenta Y Tres o 1/3 ounce Luxardo maraschino 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: Complicated, in an interesting way. You will want to sip this. Perfect for a

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:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Mount Gay Eclipse rum o 1 teaspoon Lazzaroni maraschino o 1 teaspoon grenadine o 2 ounces pineapple juice Garnish o 1 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: This is a pleasant, light, easy to drink cocktail. If ever anyone deserved a cocktail named in their honor, this lady did. If you are

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Campari o ¾ ounce sake o 1 dash Luxardo maraschino liqueur o ½ ounce Rose’s Sweetened Lime Juice o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o champagne Garnish o 1 Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into a chilled flute. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with a cherry. Remarks: The Campari, Maraschino, and Sake, Champa

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 ½ ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ¾ ounce Luxardo maraschino o 1 ounce grapefruit juice o 1 ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o lime wheel or wedge Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into a martini or large cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lime wheel or wedge. Remarks: Similar to Papa Hemingway's suggested Daiquiri. Similar, but we use more t

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:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Chivas Regal scotch o 1 ounce Kahlúa o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o 1 ounce cream Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except cream over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Top with cream. Remarks: Experiencing the Piper at the gate is how the chapter begins, not how the story ends. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ounce Bombay Sapphire gin o 2 ½ ounces sake o 1 bar spoon Luxardo maraschino liqueur Garnish o 1 cherry blossom Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with a cherry blossom or other edible flower petals. Remarks: The Sakura is a good looking and good tasting low-ABV cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 4 blueberries o 2 ounces 1800 Silver tequila o ½ ounce Schladerer Edel-Kirsch liqueur o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 tablespoon Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry juice Garnish o blueberries o mint sprig Method: 1. Muddle berries in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add cracked ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake to chill. 3. Pour all into in a double Old Fashioned

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 2 ounces 1800 Añejo tequila o 1 splash Lazzaroni maraschino o 2-3 drops Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters or to taste o ½ ounce agave syrup, see: Syrups etc. Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake briskly over ice. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: Simple ingredients producing a whole greater than their sum. It's not overly sweet and the bitters add a chocolate f

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Silver tequila o ½ ounce blue Curaçao o ½ ounce Lazzaroni maraschino o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Bitter Lemon Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 3. Top with soda. 4. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: The original recipe for this cocktail wasn’t blue. It was a tas

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey o 1 ounce Plum Gekkeikan wine o ½ ounce Lazzaroni maraschino o 1 dash Hella Smoked Chili bitters or to taste Garnish o 3 Tillen Farms Bada Bing cherries Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with cherries. Remarks: This starts out a little sweet and finishes with a smoky heat. . . .

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ounce Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¾ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¾ ounce green Chartreuse o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: The art of making a great cocktail is all about combining great ingredients in just the right proportions. That’s what this site is all about and that is our f

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Hennessey VS cognac o 1 bar spoon of Luxardo maraschino o 1 dash Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Angostura bitters Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir to combine all but cognac in an Old Fashioned glass. 2. Add cognac and one large ice cube and stir to chill. 3. Run the lemon peel along the rim of the glass, skin side down and drop it in as a garn

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Boulard Calvados VSOP o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o ¼ ounce Fernet~Branca o ¼ ounce Luxardo maraschino Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: Our version of the Newark Cocktail given the ingredients we work with. It is similar to the Brooklyn Cocktail which is not surprising as both of them are Manhattan adjacent. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Grey Goose vodka o 1 ounce light Crème de Cacao o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o 3 drops rose water Garnish o 1 Turkish Delight candy Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into a martini glass. 3. Garnish with a piece of Turkish Delight candy. Remarks: As complex and interesting as the rose flavored candy that inspired it. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of a martini 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 lemon peel. Remarks: It's ve

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o 6 ounces Lindemans Kriek lambic Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except the lambic over ice. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Top with lambic. Remarks: This comes across very much as a cocktail, albeit a large one. The Kriek lambic (sour cherry) is primarily a flavoring agent but it also adds a lit

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 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:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients Cocktail o sugar o ¾ ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¾ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M o ¾ ounce Luxardo maraschino o ¾ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 pinch sea salt Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a cocktail glass and invert it into a shallow dish of sugar to coat the rim. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice to chill. 3. Strain into the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: Ad

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ¾ ounce Blandy's 5-Year-Old Malmsey Madeira o ¼ ounce Luxardo maraschino o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters 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 orange twist. Remarks: A little sweet but it will grow on you. A bourbon cocktail that you would be justified in describing as p