PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Mount Gay XO rum o 1 ounce Sandeman Porto Tawny 20 Year Old o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o ½ teaspoon superfine sugar o 1 egg white o Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients except soda without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Double strain into a chilled collins glass. 4. Top with soda. Remarks: Based on the Chicago Fizz but different enough to warrant a name change. We stole a line from Old Blue Eyes, "Chicago is my kind of fizz, er town". . . .

PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Mount Gay XO rum o 1 ounce Sandeman Porto Tawny 20 Year Old o ½ ounce agave nectar o 1 whole egg Garnish o grated nutmeg Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Fine strain into a cocktail glass. 4. Garnish with nutmeg. Remarks: Finally, a delicious eggnog that can be made in small batches. It’s no longer necessary to wait until Christmas to share a toast with someone by the fireside. . . .

PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Mount Gay XO rum o 1 ounce Sandeman Porto Tawny 20 Year Old Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: This is a cocktail with body. We used bourbon, but rye is also an option. The port adds roundness and the rum provides depth to make this a cocktail you'll look forward to when your commute is finally over or you close your laptop after the last conference call of the day. . . .

PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Sandeman Porto Tawny 20 Year Old o champagne Garnish o grape or cherry Method: 1. Combine in a chilled flute. 2. Garnish with a grape or cherry. Remarks: This, perhaps not surprisingly, tastes like a 20-year-old port with bubbles. Which isn't such a bad thing, actually. . . .

PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Sandeman Porto Tawny 20 Year Old o ½ ounce St. Germain o champagne Garnish o several impaled blueberries Method: Combine St. Germain and port in an ice-filled highball or collins glass and stir. 2. Top with champagne. 3. Garnish with blueberries. Remarks: This is a full-bodied champagne cocktail. . . .

PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Kahlúa o 1 ounce Sandeman Porto Tawny 20 Year Old o 1 ½ ounces cream Garnish o freshly grated nutmeg Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish nutmeg. Remarks: This is a simplified version of the original recipe. We like it better and feel it that it is an excellent dessert or holiday cocktail. . . .

PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Hennessey VS cognac o 2 ounces Sandeman Porto Tawny 20 Year Old o 1 egg Garnish o grated nutmeg Method: 1. Shake without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again to chill. 3. Fine strain into a cocktail glass. 4. Garnish with grated nutmeg. Remarks: The intent was to create a coffee cocktail without the coffee. If you squint just right this might taste a little like coffee. We think it’s a tasty cocktail no matter how you look at it. . . .

PH factor: 10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ¼ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Sandeman Porto Tawny 20 Year Old o 1 dash Woodford Reserve Spiced Cherry bitters o 1 bar spoon maple syrup Garnish o Woodford Reserve cherries Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with cherries. Remarks: Feels like a Manhattan with an axe to grind. . . .

PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Monte Alban mezcal o 1 ounce Sandeman Porto Tawny 20 Year Old o ½ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o 1 dash Hella Smoked Chili bitters or to taste Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: If you want to or have recently given up smoking, this cocktail may not be for you. Otherwise, you’re going to like this drink. It's very different than the Port Royal Cocktail and a whole lot smokier. . . .

PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Goslings Black Seal 151 proof rum o 1 ounce Sandeman Porto Tawny 20 Year Old o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o ½ ounce fresh orange juice o 3 ounces pineapple juice o 1 dash Hella Ginger bitters o ½ ounce Honeysuckle and Black Pepper syrup* Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve over ice in a hurricane glass. 3. Garnish with lemon peel. Remarks: This is not your usual tall and fruity tropical drink. It is tall and fruity but the 151, ginger bitters, and the syrup make it a cocktail for all occasions. *available on-line . . .

PH factor: 8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Grand Marnier o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o 2 ounces blood orange juice o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o ½ blood orange wheel o 1 green olive Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail or over ice in an Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with orange wheel and olive. Remarks: Same old Manhattan got you down? This just might be the “something different” you’ve been looking for. . . .

PH factor: 9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Chambord o ¾ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters Garnish o orange twist (optional) Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist if using. Remarks: This is unlike its “American” namesake. For starters, it is redolent of raspberry. Plus the Woodford Reserve bourbon doesn't dominate but rather it compliments the Chambord nicely. . . .