PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ½ ounce Chambord o ½ ounce Cointreau o 1 ounce sake o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 ounce pineapple juice o 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice o 1 ounce fresh orange juice Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: Of all the ways to enjoy the many colors of autumn this is by far the tastiest. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Blood Orange Infused Vodka, see: Syrups etc. o 1 ounce sake o 1 ounce grenadine o 1 ounce pink grapefruit juice o 1 or 2 drops of rose water o 3 ounces rosé champagne Garnish o grapefruit peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a collins glass. 3. Top with champagne and stir once gently. 4. Garnish with grapefruit peel. Remarks: This is an exoti

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o 1 ½ ounces sake o ¼ ounce Amontillado sherry o ¼ ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 dash of agave nectar Garnish o 1 blue cheese stuffed olive Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail or martini glass. 3. Garnish with a blue cheese stuffed olive. Remarks: Damn it, Jimmy, we expected so much more of you. Great garnish though.

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o sugar o 3 raspberries o 1 ½ ounces Remy Martin RSVP cognac o 1 ounce sake o ½ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce agave nectar Garnish o raspberries or lemon peel Method: 1. Moisten rim of a cocktail glass with lemon and invert it into a shallow dish of sugar to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Muddle raspberries in a cocktail shaker. 3. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and sh

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce sake o ½ ounce Triple Sec o 1 ounce fresh orange juice Garnish o orange slice Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass or into a double Old Fashioned glass over ice. 3. Garnish with orange slice. Remarks: Often you’ll find this made with gin, sake, and Triple Sec. You’ll also find it with orange juice in place of Triple Sec. But here you can have it all. Enjoy.

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Chiru Junmai Ginjo sake o 3-4 ounces fresh orange juice o ¾ ounce grenadine Garnish o lemon wheel o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Add sake to an ice-filled collins glass. 2. Top with orange juice. 3. Slowly add grenadine. 4. Garnish with lemon wheel and a cherry and let it settle. Remarks: The name and look of this cocktail are an exquisite match. Of course, the same can be sa

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o salt o lime zest o 2 ounces sake o ½ ounce Triple Sec o 1 ounce Roses' Sweetened Lime Juice o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup, see: Syrups etc. Garnish o lime peel Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a cocktail glass and invert it into a shallow dish of salt to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice. 3. Strain into the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce sake o 1 ounce Grand Marnier liqueur o champagne Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Combine sake and Grand Marnier in a champagne flute. 2. Top with champagne. 3. Garnish with an orange peel cut into the shape of a Japanese goldfish. Remarks: It is very easy to drink too many of these. Just kidding about the goldfish garnish thing. But... . . .

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:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces sake o ½ ounce Triple Sec o ½ ounce Lemon Squash, see: Syrups etc. Garnish o lemon wheel o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon wheel and a cherry. Remarks: This has similar though fewer ingredients than the Kabuki Cocktail. As a result the taste of the orange liqueur is more no

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ½ ounces Bombay gin o ½ ounce sake Garnish o candied ginger or olives Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with candied ginger or olives. Remarks: Sake can be substituted for vermouth in many recipes. We tend to avoid that but thought that this one really highlighted the difference. . . .

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 1 ½ ounces Hennessy VS cognac o 1 ounce sake o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash of Woodford Reserve Cherry bitters or to taste Garnish o lemon twist o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve over ice in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a cherry and a lemon twist. Remarks: We first tested this with a dry vermouth. Then we substituted Li

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 3 Shiso leaves or a combination of mint and Thai basil leaves o 1 ounce 1800 Silver tequila o 2 ounces sake o ¾ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o Shiso or Thai basil and mint leaves Method: 1. Lightly muddle leaves in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake to chill. 3. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 4. Garnish with additional leav

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 5 raspberries o 3 cilantro sprigs o 1 ounce Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o 1 ounce sake o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o ¾ ounce agave syrup Garnish o cilantro sprig o raspberry Method: 1. Muddle sprigs and berries in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake. 3. Strain into an ice-filled double Old Fashioned glass. 4. Garnish with additional sprig and be

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ kiwifruit peeled o ½ ounce Grey Goose vodka o 1 ½ ounces sake o ¼ ounce agave syrup o 2 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o 1 slice of peeled kiwifruit Method: 1. Muddle kiwifruit in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients except soda and shake to chill. 3. Fine strain into a cocktail glass. 4. Add a piece or two of fresh ice and top with soda. 5. Garnish w

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail   o 1 teaspoon grated ginger o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ¾ ounce sake o 1 dash Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o ½ ounce fresh orange juice o 1 ounce Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Muddle ginger in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients except the soda and shake to chill. 3. Strain into an ice-filled double Old Fashioned glass. 4. Top w