PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce light Crème de Cacao o 1 splash Cointreau o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o 1 Hershey’s Kiss Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a martini glass and invert it into a shallow dish of cocoa powder to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Lightly press a chocolate kiss onto the bottom of the g lass. 3. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice. 4. Serve up in the prepared glass

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Grey Goose vodka o ¾ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ½ ounce Schladerer Edel- Kirsch liqueur o 1 ounce fresh lemon juice o ¾ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 2 dashes Woodford Reserve Cherry bitters or to taste Garnish o 2 Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherries Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with cherries. Remarks: We intended this

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:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ½ ounces cranberry juice o ½ ounce agave nectar o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer Garnish o orange wedge o rosemary sprig o cranberries Method: 1. Combine all cocktail ingredients except ginger beer in a copper mug with ice and stir well. 2. Top with ginger beer. 3. Garnish with an orange wedge, rosemary sprig, and cranberries. Remarks: There are many spins on the cl

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Kahlúa o ½ ounce white Crème de Menthe o 1 ½ ounces cream Method: 1. Stir spirits in an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 2. Top with cream. Remarks: This is very like a White Russian. Given the book it is named after that isn't surprising. It differs though as the Crème de Menthe brightens the experience, a lot. . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce light Crème de Cacao o ½ ounce Licor 43, Cuarenta Y Tres o ¼ ounce strawberry jam o 2 ounces Lindemans Strawberry Lambic Method: 1. Drizzle chocolate syrup on the inside of a large cocktail glass. 2. Shake cocktail ingredients except lambic over ice. 3. Strain into the prepared glass. 4. Top with lambic. Remarks: You will taste the chocolate in this one. We used Ghirarde

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o ¾ ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 splash olive brine Garnish o olives Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a martini glass. 3. Garnish with an odd number of olives greater than one. Remarks: Dirty- because of the olive brine. Blonde- because of the Lillet Blanc. Martini- because, well, it's a martini. We also tried it with Bombay Sapphire gin. That s

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o 1 splash green Chartreuse Method: 1. Stir over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a martini or cocktail glass. Remarks: If martinis, shaken or stirred, leave you cold. If even the dirty ones don't get you there. Olives stuffed with blue cheese aren't enough to make you smile? Try this martini. It's a real gem. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ½ ounce Lazzaroni amaretto o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o champagne Garnish o apple peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into a champagne flute. 3. Top with champagne. 4. Garnish with apple peel. Remarks: Sweet enough to seduce any

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Grey Goose vodka o 1 ounce St. Germain liqueur o ½ ounce Lime Cordial, see: Syrups etc. Garnish o lime peel Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lime peel. Remarks: The name Gimlet suggests gin or vodka. We would also like to suggest the same. Try both. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Grey Goose vodka o 1 ½ ounces Chambord o 1 ounce Godiva White Chocolate liqueur o ¾ ounce cream Garnish o raspberries o mint sprig Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with raspberries and mint. Enjoy the kisses. Remarks: The technical descriptor for this cocktail is “Yummy”. Chambord makes the flavor of raspberry up front and personal. Godiv

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Grey Goose vodka o ½ ounce Chambord o 2 ounces pineapple juice Garnish o fresh raspberries or pineapple slice Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with raspberries and/or pineapple. Remarks: If you like pineapple, this drink is for you. Trying ½ ounce less pineapple juice and ½ ounce more Chambord should brighten the day of raspberry lovers everywhere. . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Grey Goose vodka o 1 ounce Chambord o 1 ounce Grand Marnier o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o lemon twist o raspberry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a chilled martini glass. 3. Garnish with a lemon peel and raspberry. Remarks: A martini that's perfect for your poolside enjoyment. Remember to wait a full 20 minutes before diving in to your next round or at lea

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Grey Goose vodka o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o 1 ounce Pear Simple Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Garnish o pear slices Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with a pear slices. Remarks: It is way too easy to drink too many of these. The spirits just seem to disappear into the fruity sweetness of it all. . . .

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:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Grey Goose vodka o 1 ounce Lillet Rosé o ¼ ounce Fernet~Branca o ¼ ounce Rose Petal Simple Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters Garnish o rose petals, optional Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a rose petal or three, if using. Remarks: For those who think a that a Hanky Panky by any other name would taste the same, we sugge

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ½ ounces Chambord o 1 dash of pineapple juice Garnish o fresh raspberries or a long lemon peel Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Strain into a martini glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel or raspberries. Remarks: Identical to the French Martini except in proportions which is to be expected. It wouldn’t be Hollywood if it weren’t a little derivative. Which is why there wasn't a “Star War

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Blood Orange Infused Vodka, see: Syrups etc. o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Tonic Water Method: 1. Combine in an ice-filled collins glass and stir gently. 2. Serve with a straw. Remarks: A man sits at a bar, his back to the window, toying with the pink cocktail in front of him. Two women enter and sit at the far end of the bar. As the bar has just recently opened it’s clear they are there to enjoy their o

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Bombay gin o 1 ounce Finlandia vodka o 2 ounces Kahlúa o 2 ounces pineapple juice o 2 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Tonic Water Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except tonic over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. 3. Top with tonic. Remarks: And now for something that is truly completely different. Not so much for combining gin and vodka, that’s been done before. Kahlúa and pineapple

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Finlandia vodka o 1 ½ ounces blue Curaçao o 1 ounce cream Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: A pleasant way to ensure you are getting the Recommended Daily Amount of creamy blue vodka. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Grey Goose vodka o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o ¾ ounce grapefruit juice o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 slice of English cucumber o Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o lemon wheel o cucumber ribbon o rosemary sprig Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass.

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Finlandia vodka o 1 ½ ounces Blandy's 5-Year-Old Malmsey Madeira o 3 ounces apple cider o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ ounce fresh orange juice o 2 teaspoons apricot jam Garnish o thyme sprig Method: 1. Combine all but jam in a saucepan and heat until warm but do not boil. 2. Remove from heat, add jam and stir to dissolve. 3. Strain into a glass mug. 4. Garnish with thyme sprig. Remarks: T

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:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o sugar o lime zest o 1 ½ ounces Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Cointreau o ½ ounce Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres) o 1 ounce Key Lime Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 ounce pineapple juice Garnish o lime wheel Method: 1. Moisten the rim of martini glass and invert it into a shallow dish containing a mixture of sugar and lime zest to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice. 3.