PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Galliano o ½ ounce Plymouth Sloe Gin o ½ ounce Southern Comfort o 3 ounces orange juice Garnish o orange wheel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except Galliano over ice. 2. Strain into ice-filled collins glass. 3. Float the Galliano on top of the drink. 4. Garnish with orange wheel. Remarks: This should serve as the model for the naming of cocktails: Long - because

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Finlandia vodka o ¾ ounce Lazzaroni amaretto o ¾ ounce Plymouth Sloe Gin o ¾ ounce Southern Comfort o 2 ounces fresh orange juice Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry o orange wheel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a collins glass. 3. Garnish with orange wheel and cherry. Remarks: A classic for good reason. It’s pleasant though a little sweet. None of it

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Lazzaroni amaretto o 1 ½ ounces Grand Marnier o 1 ½ ounces Southern Comfort Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in cocktail glass labeled “Drink Me” . 3. Garnish with a cherry. Remarks: "Alice ventured to taste it; and finding it very nice (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavor of cherry tart, custard, pineapple,

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey o ¾ ounce Southern Comfort o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 ounce Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry juice Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: Think this might be too sweet? Not to worry. It isn't. It's a very pleasant and different tasting cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Clase Azul Reposado tequila o ¾ ounce Southern Comfort o ¼ ounce Monte Alban mezcal o 1 ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce agave nectar Garnish o peach slice and lemon wheel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with peach slice and/or lemon wheel. Remarks: This is an appropriate pairing since tequila and mezcal are as related as can be.

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce Southern Comfort o 1 ounce blue Curaçao o 1 ½ ounces cranberry juice Garnish o 1 kiwifruit slice Method: 1. Shake all except cranberry juice over ice. 2. Strain into a large ice-filled cocktail glass. 3. Top with cranberry juice. 4. Garnish with a kiwifruit slice. Remarks: "in a bar, a tavern, or cantina. Nothing gets them worked up like that Funky Cold Medina." .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Southern Comfort o 2 dashes Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce grenadine Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with an orange twist. Remarks: This is a cocktail that is crowded with flavors. As ever, be careful with the absinthe and generous with the grenadine. Relax and enjoy. . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Crème de Mûre o ¾ ounce Southern Comfort o ¾ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except bitters over ice. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Float bitters on top on the drink. Remarks: We're pretty sure that St. Phillip is ordering a double. St. James behind him might also be. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Hennessey VS cognac o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o 1 ounce Southern Comfort o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters o 1 light squeeze of an orange wedge Garnish o cinnamon stick (optional) o candied ginger (optional) Method: 1. Combine in a brandy snifter. 2. Garnish with cinnamon stick and candied ginger, if using. Remarks: This is a very warming drink and one you will want to sip slowly. .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Mount Gay XO o ½ ounce Southern Comfort o 1 bar spoon light Crème de Cacao o 1-2 dashes Pernod Absinthe Supérieure Garnish o 2-3 drops E.V. olive oil Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Top with olive oil. Remarks: Perhaps you’re not used to all these ingredients in the same cocktail, but relax, they all do come together nicely. Try

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Chambord o ½ ounce Plymouth Sloe Gin o ½ ounce Southern Comfort o 1 bar spoon Campari o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o raspberries Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with raspberries. Remarks: This is proof positive that a Slow Comfortable French Kiss is good anytime. No need to wait for mistletoe

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce Southern Comfort o ½ ounce Schladerer Edel-Kirsch liqueur Method: 1. Combine in a shooter glass. 2. Do what comes naturally. Remarks: We don’t have many shooters in this collection. Perhaps we should have had more. Or that might just be fuzzy thinking on our part. . . .