PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Old Forester bourbon o 1 splash Bénédictine D.O.M. o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 splash Luxardo maraschino Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with lemon twist. Remarks: With this cocktail, it’s all about balancing the tastes. Done right, it’s about as New Orleans as it can be. . . .

PH factor:  9.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Blandy's 5-Year-Old Malmsey Madeira o 1 ounce Luxardo maraschino liqueur Garnish o 2 Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherries Method: 1. Stir to combine cocktail ingredients in a cocktail glass. 2. Garnish with cherries. Remarks: This recipe was found in Old Waldorf Bar Days by Albert Stevens published in 1931. It is another cocktail from New Orleans. Thank you, NOLA.

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 thick orange wedges o 1 ounce Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao Method: 1. Lightly muddle orange wedges in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients and shake to chill. 3. Pour entire contents of the shaker directly into a double Old Fashioned glass. Remarks: The Curaçao Smash seems to be stronger than some of the other smashes we feature. It is also very re

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Amontillado sherry o ½ ounce Godiva Dark Chocolate liqueur Garnish o orange slice Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with orange slice. Remarks: The taste of each ingredient is evident in this cocktail and we don't mind that at all. . . .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Woodford Reserve bourbon o 4 ounces Lindemans Pêche lambic o 1 ounce Fever-Tree Premium Club Soda Garnish o peach slice Method: 1. Gently stir first two ingredients over ice in a large wine glass. 2. Top with soda. 3. Garnish with a peach slice. Remarks: Another example of the flavorful flexibility of lambic. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o ¼ ounce Luxardo maraschino 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. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with orange twist. Remarks: Deadly Sin? Only if sipping a delicious cocktail has somehow become a sin. Even if it has, we would rathe

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Jim Beam Bonded bourbon o ¼ ounce Bénédictine D.O.M. o 1 dash Angostura bitters Garnish o lemon twist Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a lemon twist. Remarks: This is an excellent drink that demonstrates the influence even a small amount of Bénédictine D.O.M. can have. . . .

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Jim Beam Bonded bourbon o ¾ ounce Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¾ ounce yellow Chartreuse Garnish o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with a cherry. Remarks: Created at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in the historic downtown area of Baltimore. It is named after the terrapins native to the brackish m

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:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 dash Angostura bitters or to taste o 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters or to taste o ½ ounce Earl Grey Simple Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: The term cocktail was coined in 1806 to describe a mixture of a sp

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ¾ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Crème de Mûre o 2 ounces apple juice Method: 1. Shake ingredients over ice. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. Remarks: Three ingredients each good on its own, become a real gift when combined in this cocktail. . . .

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ¼ ounce dark Crème de Cacao o 2 dashes Angostura bitters Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve up in a cocktail glass. 3. Garnish with an orange peel. Remarks: An interesting pairing that is made complete, in our opinion, by the bitters. . . .

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 Woodfo

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

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 teaspoon fresh ginger o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Pear Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o ½ ounce Honey Syrup, see: Syrups etc. o ½ ounce fresh lemon juice o Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer Garnish o pear slice o lemon wheel Method: 1. Muddle ginger in a cocktail shaker. 2. Add ice and remaining cocktail ingredients except the ginger beer and shake to chill. 3. Serve over ice in a double Old

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ounce Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Galliano o ½ ounce Amontillado sherry o 1 ounce Lemon Squash (see: Syrups etc.) o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 1 egg white Garnish o orange slice o Tillen Farms Merry Maraschino cherry Method: 1. Shake cocktail ingredients without ice. 2. Add ice and shake again. 3. Double strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 4. Garnish with an orange slice and che

PH factor:  8.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Jim Beam Bonded bourbon o ½ ounce Lillet Blanc o ½ ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Angostura bitters or 1 dash each of Peychaud’s and Hella Orange bitters Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into a cocktail glass or into an Old Fashioned glass over ice. 3. Garnish with an orange peel. Remarks: Perfection is worth striving for. So if at first you

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Aperol o ½ ounce fresh lime juice o 4 ounces Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer Garnish o ½ half orange wheel or lime wheel Method: 1. Combine in an ice-filled copper mug. 2. Stir to chill. 3. Garnish with orange or lime. Remarks: Created by Benton Bourgeois of the Pontchartrain Hotel’s Hot Tin Bar. It was made and named for Jim Morrison, yup that Jim Morrison. .

PH factor:  8.5 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge o 1 dash Pernod Absinthe Supérieure Garnish o lemon peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. 3. Garnish with a lemon peel. Remarks: Presumably named for the town that was named for the area’s original residents. We also tested this with Sambuca. IOHO, it is more interesting with

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 1 ½ ounces Boulard Calvados VSOP o ¼ ounce Johnnie Walker Blue Label scotch o ¾ ounce Woodford Reserve bourbon o 1 dash Angostura bitters o 1 teaspoon Demerara Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 2. Serve over a large ice cube in an Old Fashioned glass. Remarks: These ingredients go together well and result in a cocktail that will get your attention. If you

PH factor:  10 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o ¼ ounce Pernod Absinthe Supérieure o 2 ounces Woodford Reserve bourbon o ½ ounce Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres) o ½ ounce Amontillado sherry o 1 dash Hella Orange bitters Garnish o thin orange slice Method: 1. Swirl absinthe to coat the inside of a cocktail glass and discard excess. 2. Stir remaining cocktail ingredients over ice in a mixing glass. 3. Strain into the prepared glass. 4. Garnish with orange slic

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o 2 ounces Jim Beam Bonded bourbon o ½ ounce St. Germain liqueur o 1 dash Angostura bitters Garnish o orange peel Method: 1. Stir cocktail ingredients over ice in an Old Fashioned glass. 2. Garnish with orange peel. Remarks: This is a little like an “imperfect” manhattan but brighter and more accessible. . . .

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 Reserv

PH factor:  9.0 Recipe Ingredients: Cocktail o sugar o pumpkin pie spice o 2 ounces Finlandia vodka o ½ ounce Licor 43 (Cuarenta Y Tres) o 1 tablespoon bourbon o 1 ½ ounces Pumpkin Spice Syrup (see: Syrups etc.) o 1 ½ ounces cream Garnish o whipped cream o cinnamon stick Method: 1. Moisten the rim of a martini glass and invert it into a shallow dish containing a mixture of sugar and spice. 2. Shake remaining cocktail ingredients over ice. 3. S