PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 2 ounces 1800 Reposado tequila o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o lime twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a twist of lime. Remarks: Lighter and a bit tangier than your basic Manhattan. As with that cocktail, feel free to adjust the sweet vermouth, or in our case, the Lillet Rouge t

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 2 ounces 1800 Silver tequila o your favorite hot sauce to taste o one whole new pickle Method: 1. Pour tequila in a shooter glass. 2. Add hot sauce to taste. 3. Toss it down. 4. Slam it like you’re from Alabama. 5. Bite the pickle. Remarks: Derived from a recipe found in Tim Federle's entertaining book of the same name. This is for shooter and spice lovers only. However, a large bite of a new pickle

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 2 ounces 1800 Silver tequila o ½ ounce green Crème de Menthe o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 splash agave syrup Garnish o mint sprig Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with mint sprig. Remarks: Drinks with this name can be found in several books and in various places on the internet. They couldn’t be further from the shooter recipe found in Tim Federle’s appropriatel

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste o 1 teaspoon sugar o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Reposado tequila o ½ ounce Crown Royal Garnish o grapefruit peel Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of an Old Fashioned glass and discard the excess. 2. Muddle sugar and bitters in a mixing glass. 3. Add ice and spirits and stir to dissolve t

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 2 ounces 1800 Añejo tequila o 4 ounces orange juice o ¾ ounce grenadine Garnish o orange wheel o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Stir tequila and orange juice over ice in a highball glass. 2. Float grenadine on the drink. 3. Garnish with a cherry and an orange wheel and let settle. Remarks: The above version of the Sunrise has largely replaced the original cocktail which was created at

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces 1800 Silver tequila o 2 ounces Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ¼ ounce Cointreau o ¼ ounce blue Curaçao o 1 splash fresh lime juice o 1 dash Rose’s Sweetened Lime Juice 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: Gentlemen, in dance or life, you are either on your toes or your heels. With the Texas

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:  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 3 grapes o 2 ounces 1800 Reposado tequila o 1 ounce Pierre Farrand Dry Curaçao o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce egg white o ½ ounce agave nectar Garnish o 3 grapes Method: 1. Muddle grapes in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add remaining cocktail ingredients and shake without ice. 3. Add ice and shake again to chill. 4. Fine strain into cocktail glass. 5. Garnish with

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 2 ounces 1800 Reposado tequila o ½ ounce Fernet~Branca o ½ ounce agave syrup o 2-3 drops Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters Garnish o grapefruit rind Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except bitters over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Float bitters on top. 4. Express rind over cocktail and discard. Remarks: Fasten your seatbelts. There is no ignoring the combination of Fe

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 2 ounces Mango Infused Tequila, see: Syrups etc. o ½ ounce Cointreau o 1 ounce fresh lime juice o 1 cup fresh mango peeled o 1 teaspoon grated ginger o 1 cup ice Garnish o lime wheel or candied ginger Method: 1. Blend till smooth. 2. Serve up in a hurricane glass. 3. Garnish with a lime wheel or, for avid Tina Louise fans, a piece of candied ginger. Remarks:: Infused liquors are generally smoo

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Silver tequila o ½ ounce dark Crème de Cacao o ½ ounce cream Garnish o whipped cream o cocoa powder Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with whipped cream and cocoa powder. Remarks: We would describe this as a dessert cocktail with attitude. Not a complaint, trust us. . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o salt o 2-3 slices Jalapeño pepper o 2 ounces 1800 Reposado tequila o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ¾ ounce maple syrup Garnish o lemon wheel Method: 1. Moisten the rim of an Old Fashioned glass and invert it into a shallow dish of salt to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Add ice to the glass and set it aside. 3. Muddle jalapeño in a cocktail shaker. 4. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shak

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Silver tequila o ½ ounce Triple Sec o 4 ounces watermelon juice o 1 ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce agave nectar Garnish o watermelon wedge Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a martini glass and invert it into a shallow dish of salt to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Cube and remove seeds from enough fresh watermelon to yield 2 cups. 3. Liquify fruit in a blender. 4. Fine strain into a cock