PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Monte Alban mezcal o 1 ounce Sandeman Tawny Porto 20 Year Old o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o 1 dash Hella Smoked Chili bitters or to taste Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: If you want to or have recently given up smoking, this cocktail may not

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o grated lemon zest o sugar o 2 ounces Remy Martin VSOP cognac o 1 ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a cocktail glass with lemon then invert it into a shallow dish containing a mixture of sugar and lemon zest to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice to chill. 3. Serve up in the prepared glass

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Plum Gekkeikan wine o ½ ounce St. Germain o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o rosemary sprig o thin plum slice Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a collins glass. 3. Top with soda. 4. Garnish with rosemary and plum slices. Remarks: This is a refreshing and tasty cocktail. When should one drink it, you ask?

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o ½ ounce Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Mount Gay Eclipse rum o ¾ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 ounce guava nectar Garnish o lime wedge Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a collins glass. 3. Garnish with lime wedge. Remarks: A rich, fruity, and delicious cocktail that will be a real crowd pleaser. You may want to make it by the pitcher full

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o grated lemon zest o sugar o 2 ounces Remy Martin VSOP cognac o 1 ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a cocktail glass with lemon then invert it into a shallow dish containing a mixture of sugar and lemon zest to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice. 3. Serve up in the prepared glass. 4. G

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce St. Germain liqueur o 1 ½ ounces Plymouth Sloe Gin o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o lemon wheel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 3. Top with soda and stir gently. 4. Garnish with a lemon wheel. Remarks: This is a hard one to define. It

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 3 cardamom pods o ¾ ounce Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o ¾ ounce Remy Martin VSOP cognac o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Angostura bitters Garnish o lemon twist o grated cardamom pod Method: 1. Muddle cardamom pods in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake to chill. 3. Fine str

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o sugar o 2 ounces Grey Goose vodka o 1 ½ ounces Plum Gekkeikan wine o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur Garnish o 1 cracked almond Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a martini glass and invert it into a shallow dish of sugar to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Stir remaining cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 3. Strain into the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with a cracked almond. Remarks: This is a fun d

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Grey Goose vodka o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o 1 splash of pineapple juice o ½ ounce Honey Syrup see: Syrups etc. o champagne Garnish o 3 sparrow tears if available Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into a chilled flute. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with sparrow tears to taste. Remarks: Sweet, like tears of joy for the unexpected reoccurrenc

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Grey Goose vodka o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce Honey Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o champagne Garnish o 2-3 drops Moroccan Orange Blossom Water o 3 sparrow tears (if available) Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into a chilled flute. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with sparrow tears to taste. 5. Using an eye dropper add two or three drop

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Añejo tequila o 1 teaspoon St. Germain liqueur o 2 1x3 inch pieces of lemon peel (julienned) o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o additional lemon peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except soda in an ice-filled collins glass. 2. Add julienned lemon peel. 3. Top with soda. 4. Twist an additional piece of lemon peel over the glass and discard. Remarks: Generally,

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o sugar o 5 blackberries o 1 ¾ ounces Grey Goose vodka o 1 ounce St. Germain liqueur o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o mint leaf Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a martini glass and invert it into a shallow dish of sugar to coat the rim. 2. Muddle blackberries in a cocktail shaker. 3. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake to chill. 4. Fine strain into the prepared glass. 5. Garn

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:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¾ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce Sauvignon Blanc o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o apple slice Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a thin slice of apple. Remarks: There is body here and a taste that screams autumn. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¼ ounce green Chartreuse o 2 ounces Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce Cinnamon Thyme Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste o 2 thyme sprigs Garnish o 1 thyme sprig o 1 rosemary sprig o lemon wheel Method: 1. Swirl Chartreuse to coat the inside of a cocktail glass and discard excess. 2. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 3. Strain in

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Sandeman Tawny Porto 20 Year Old o ½ ounce St. Germain o champagne Garnish o several impaled blueberries Method: 1. Combine St. Germain and port in an ice-filled collins glass and stir. 2. Top with champagne. 3. Garnish with blueberries. Remarks: This is a full-bodied champagne cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Heaven's Door Straight Rye whiskey o ¾ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 ounce organic apple juice o champagne Garnish o apple slice Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a collins glass. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with thin apple slice. Remarks: When we first tested this we thought it could be better. We su

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 ounces Ararat 5 Star VS Armenian brandy o ½ ounce Ilegal mezcal o ½ ounce Pierre Farrand Dry Curaçao o ½ ounce St. Germain o 1 dash Hella Citrus 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 an orange twist. Remarks: Where to start? Okay, Eric Satie was a great composer, and The Velvet Gentleman is also a

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Hennessy VS cognac o 1 ounce Plum Gekkeikan wine o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon wheel or plum slice Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with plum slice or lemon wheel. Remarks: You may not have a veranda overlooking a lake, neither do we, but if you have a nice place to sit and an

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Mount Gay Eclipse rum o 1 ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 bar spoon Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o lime wheel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lime wheel. Remarks: A real cocktail in its own right that doesn’t come across as just another daiquiri clone. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 1 ounce Bombay gin o ¼ ounce Chambord o ½ ounce St. Germain o champagne Garnish o raspberry Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 3. Top with champagne and let it settle. 4. Garnish with raspberry if you must. Remarks: This is an interesting cocktail. The flavors mix well together and the champagne in a collins g