PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Lazzaroni Amaretto o ¾ ounce Triple Sec o 6 ounces strong hot coffee Garnish o whipped cream o grated nutmeg o 1 Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Combine cocktail ingredients in a warmed cup or mug. 2. Top with whipped cream. 3. Garnish with a cherry and grated nutmeg. Remarks: We're not sure Bogart would approve of the garnish. Lorre might, but that was a different flick. . . .

PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Finlandia vodka o 1 ounce Lazzaroni Amaretto o 8 ounces strong hot coffee Garnish o almond flavored whipped cream* o ground cinnamon Method: 1. Combine cocktail ingredients in a warmed cup. 2. Top with whipped cream. 3. Garnish with cinnamon. Remarks: A tasty and satisfying coffee that is a tad sweet. *whip cream with 1 teaspoon almond extract or amaretto. . . .

PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Lazzaroni Amaretto o 8 ounces cold strong coffee o 4 ounces milk Garnish o vanilla flavored whipped cream* Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a hurricane glass. 3. Top with whipped cream. Remarks: This is sweet, cool, tasty, and easy to make even if you are whipping the cream by hand. *lightly whip cream with confectioners' sugar and a dash of vanilla extract. . . .

PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Campari o ¾ ounce Crème de Cassis o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice o champagne Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except champagne over ice. 2. Strain into a champagne flute. 3. Top with champagne 4. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: Bittersweet. Like the moment our young graduate realizes he or she will be leaving friends behind to enter the workforce. With the drink you can control the bitterness by adjusting the Campari. With the workforce thing, well… . . .

PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Crème de Cassis o 5 ounces red wine Garnish o blackberries Method: 1. Combine cocktail ingredients over ice in a wine glass and stir. 2. Garnish with blackberries. Remarks: This is an exceptional cocktail. It can be served up or over ice. . . .

PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o kosher salt o 2 ounces 1800 Silver tequila o ¾ ounce Thai Chili-infused Aperol, see: Syrups etc. o ½ ounce Simple Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o 1 ounce grapefruit juice o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 3 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o lime wheel Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a collins glass and invert it into a shallow dish of kosher salt to coat the rim of the glass. 2. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda over ice. 3. Strain into the ice-filled prepared glass. 4. Top with soda. 5. Garnish with lime wheel. Remarks: We enjoyed this drink very much. We also tried it with straight Aperol and found the cocktail made with the infused version to be much more interesting. . . .

PH factor: 10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 3 ounces Crown Royal o 1 ounce Licor 43 o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry o orange twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve over ice in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist and a cherry. Remarks: Originally, this was a bourbon cocktail. We substituted rye for a cleaner taste. Either way this is one very good cocktail. . . .

PH factor: 9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Crown Royal o ¾ ounce Pimm’s No.1 Cup o ¾ ounce Simple Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o 4 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer Garnish o cucumber slice Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a collins glass. 3. Top with ginger beer. 4. Garnish with cucumber slice. Remarks: We have quite a few Pimm’s No.1 Cup cocktails several of which are mixed with ginger beer. This may be the easiest to make and to drink of all of them. It is an excellent summertime refresher. . . .

PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ½ ounce Campari o ¼ ounce dark Crème de Cacao 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: Usually, a Campari cocktail is all about the Campari. This is not your usual Campari cocktail. . . .

PH factor: 9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Heaven’s Door Straight Rye whiskey o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o ½ ounce Grand Marnier o 1 ounce blood orange juice o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters or to taste o 1 dash Hella Smoked Chili bitters or to taste Garnish o blood orange peel flamed Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve over a single large ice cube in an Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: You can give the wolf its bite with the bitters. . . .

PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¾ ounce Flor de Caña Extra Seco rum o ¾ ounce Mount Gay Eclipse rum o ¾ ounce Mount Gay XO rum o ¾ ounce J. Wray & Nephew Silver rum o 1 teaspoon Goslings Black Seal 151 proof rum o 1 ounce Grand Marnier o 1 ounce fresh lime juice o 2 ounces fresh orange juice o 2 ½ ounces pineapple juice o ½ ounce grenadine o ½ ounce orgeat syrup Garnish o pineapple wedge Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except the Goslings over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled hurricane glass. 3. Float the 151 on top. 4. Garnish with pineapple wedge. Remarks: Created by Donn Beach of Don the Beachcomber fame. It was intended to be a hangover cure. This actually makes sense if you ascribe to the notion that the way to deal with a hangover is to never get sober. . . .

PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce J. Wray Silver Jamaican rum o 1 ounce Godiva Milk Chocolate liqueur o ½ ounce Honey Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o ½ ounce cream Garnish o strawberry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with strawberry. Remarks: Not overly sweet, thanks to the honey syrup. The taste of honey goes extremely well with the milk chocolate liqueur. . . .