PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounce Chartreuse (green) o ¾ ounce Chartreuse (yellow) Method: 1. Combine with ice in an Old Fashioned glass and stir. Remarks: At first this might seem a little stringent and demanding but if you like to sip your cocktails it might make you a believer. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Crown Royal o 1 ounce Drambuie Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: And why shouldn’t Canada have its own Rusty Nail, eh? . . .

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail       o 1 slice of Fresno pepper o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 2 teaspoons maple syrup o 2 ounces 1800 Reposado tequila Garnish o orange peel o slice of Fresno pepper Method: 1. Muddle pepper and bitters, in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and the remaining cocktail ingredients and shake. 3. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 4. Garnish with orange peel and pepper slice. Remarks: This is a cocktail that deserves to be called unique. If Fresno peppers are not available, try Serrano chilis. They are closer in both taste and Scoville units to Fresno peppers than are the more ubiquitous Jalapeños. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Reposado tequila o ½ ounce Ilegal mezcal o ½ ounce Galliano liqueur o ½ ounce agave nectar o 1 dash Hella Citrus bitters o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Add cocktail ingredients to an Old Fashioned glass. 2. Add ice and stir to chill. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: An interesting combination of flavors. The taste of Galliano dominates and with the agave nectar it makes this is a little sweet. As with all of our recipes feel free to tweak it and make it your own. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Johnny Walker Black Label scotch o ½ ounce Cointreau o 2 ounces cold strong coffee o 1 dash Hella orange bitters or to taste Garnish o orange twist Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: Originally this recipe called for multiple bitters and espresso. We feel preparing it as above makes it a more approachable cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o sugar cube o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon Garnish o orange peel o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Muddle sugar and bitters in an Old Fashioned glass. 2. Add ice and bourbon and stir. 3. Garnish with cherry and orange peel. Remarks: The Old Fashioned is among the earliest cocktails and has certainly passed the test of time. A warming bourbon such as Woodford Reserve coupled with bitters will tickle one’s palette and ease one’s mind. Being able to munch a good cherry like one from Tillen Farms always feels like a reward for a drink well drunk. . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces 1800 Reposado tequila o ½ ounce Ilegal mezcal o 2 dashes Angostura bitters or to taste o 1 bar spoon agave nectar Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir over one large ice cube in a double Old Fashioned glass. 2. Express a long orange peel over the glass and drop it in as a garnish. Remarks: Created in 2007 by Phil Ward of the East Village Death & Co. it is good example of mezcal's flexibility. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Galliano o 1 dash each Angostura and Hella Orange bitters or to taste Garnish o lemon and orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Express peels over the drink and drop in for garnish. Remarks: This drink is like the classic Old Fashioned. A sweeter, smoother, Old Fashioned to be sure. We omitted the sugar from the original recipe as the Galliano brings its own sweetness to the table. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 orange peel o 1 teaspoon sugar o 1 ½ ounces Mount Gay XO rum o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry o orange peel Method: 1. Muddle orange peel and sugar in a mixing glass. 2. Add ice, rum, and bitters and stir to chill. 3. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 4. Garnish with cherry and orange peel. Remarks: This is a very interesting take on the Old Fashioned. It's also a good excuse to enjoy Mount Gay XO rum. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail    o 1 ½ ounces Johnnie Walker Red Label scotch o ¾ ounce Drambuie o 1 ½ ounces orange juice Method: 1. Shake over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: The same ingredients as the Rusty Nail with 100% of your RDA of Vitamin C included at no additional cost. . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients:       Cocktail o 2 ½ ounces Bombay Sapphire gin o ½ ounce Johnnie Walker Blue Label scotch Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a martini glass. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: Some say we live in a three dimensional world. Others say four. We say five. In addition to Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, and Time, there's also Scotch. Scotch is the fifth dimension of your martini universe. Just pick your favorite scotch, the peatier the better, and expand your universe. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Johnnie Walker Black Label scotch o ¾ ounce Sambuca Romano o 2 dashes Angostura bitters or to taste o 1 ounce pineapple juice Garnish o pineapple wedge Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with pineapple wedge. Remarks: We tried this with a “sweeter” scotch and with a "drier" one. Either way it still tasted like Sambuca on the rocks. We thought increasing the scotch and decreasing the Sambuca would change that. It didn't. Finally, we added pineapple juice and we were glad we did. . . .