PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ ounce Bulleit Frontier bourbon o ¼ ounce Triple Sec liqueur o champagne Garnish o orange twist o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Combine first two ingredients in a champagne flute. 2. Top with champagne and stir once gently. 3. Garnish with a cherry and orange twist. Remarks: No need to wait for New Year’s Eve to enjoy this tasty take on the Champagne Cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Ararat 5 Star Armenian brandy o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o 2 teaspoons Triple Sec Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish orange peel. Remarks: If you haven't tried brandy from Yerevan, you should. Likened to Armagnac, it was a favorite of the tsars. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Hennessy VS cognac o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o ¼ teaspoon Sambuca Romano o ½ teaspoon Triple Sec Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: Attributed to Harry Craddock, bartender and author of the Savoy Cocktail Book. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Bombay Sapphire gin o 1 ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 ounce Triple Sec o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 splash Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: As is often true, equal amounts of the spirits in a cocktail will make for a tasty drink. It

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Triple Sec o ¾ ounce cranberry juice o ½ ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: You can substitute Rose’s Sweetened Lime Juice for the fresh lime juice. We prefer to use the fresh in this cocktail and reserve the Rose’s for our gimlets. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Bombay gin o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 tablespoon Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o ½ ounce Triple Sec o 4 ounces fresh orange juice o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o orange slice Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange slice. Remarks: : Not a new cocktail. This recipe is in the Savoy Cocktail Book of 1930. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce white Crème de Menthe o ½ ounce Triple Sec o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste 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: Originally a euphemism for moonshine now for hemp oil. Indeed, the times they are a-changing. . . .

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:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay gin o ¼ ounce Campari o ½ ounce Triple Sec 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: Created in California in the ‘90s. The Jasmine can be your “Gateway Drink” to the bitter world of Campari. . . .

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:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce Triple Sec o 1 ounce fresh lime juice Garnish o lime wheel Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Strain into a martini glass. 3. Garnish with lime wheel. Remarks: The Kamikaze is a simple and classic cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o sugar o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o ¾ ounce Triple Sec o ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice o 1 teaspoon sugar Garnish o lemon wheel Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a martini glass with lemon juice and invert glass into a shallow dish of sugar to coat the rim. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients vigorously over ice. 3. Serve up in the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with lemon wheel. Remarks: For all yo

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ½ ounce Bombay gin o ½ ounce Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ½ ounce 1800 Silver tequila o ½ ounce Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Triple Sec o 2 ounces cranberry juice o 1 ounce fresh lemon juice o 1 ounce Earl Grey Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o ½ of a lime wheel o mint sprig Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve over ice in a highball glass. 3. Garnish with

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Bombay gin o ½ ounce Campari o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Triple Sec 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: Named for Lucien Gaudin the famous French fencer, at least to the French. It's a pleasantly bitter Negroni-esque cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o grated lime zest o salt o 3 ounces 1800 Silver tequila o 1 ounce Triple Sec o 1 ounce fresh lime juice o 1 splash agave nectar o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o lime wheel Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a margarita glass and invert it into a shallow dish of a salt and lime zest mixture to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice to chill. 3. Serve up in the p

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Silver tequila o 1 ounce Lazzaroni amaretto o ½ ounce Triple Sec o 1 ounce fresh lime juice o 1 tablespoon agave syrup o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: To offset the sweetness of the amaretto we reduced the Triple Sec found in the original recipe to the amount above. . . .

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:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Triple Sec o ¾ ounce fresh orange juice Garnish o ½ orange wheel o 1 Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with ½ orange wheel and a cherry. Remarks: To be drunk the morning of the season’s first baseball g ame. It is to be followed with a Bronx Cocktail, if it’s a Yankee home opener.

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Jim Beam Bonded bourbon o ½ ounce Cointreau o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters o champagne Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a champagne flute. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: Why is this is a champagne cocktail for people who may not think they like champagne

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Triple Sec o 1 ounce Kahlúa o 1 ounce cream Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: This is similar to other drinks like the White Russian or the Sombrero and it holds its own in that august company. . . .

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

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ounces Bombay gin o 1 ounce Triple Sec o 1 ounce lemon juice o egg white Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Shake the cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 4. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: This cocktail may have been created in 1919 at Ciro’s of London. The “original” recipe called for Cointreau. We felt the strong orange flavor