Gin cocktails
Aviation
Pale sky-blue, floral and tart, with a cherry-almond note from the maraschino.
- Strength
- Medium
- Sweetness
- Balanced
Ingredients
- 60 ml2 ozLondon dry gin
- 15 ml½ ozMaraschino liqueur
- 7 ml¼ ozCrème de violette
- 22 ml¾ ozFresh lemon juice
Makes one drink, about 105 ml before ice.
Method
- Put the coupe in the freezer to chill.
- Add everything to a shaker. Fill with ice and shake hard for 10 to 12 seconds.
- Strain into the coupe.
- Garnish: brandied cherry.
- Glass
- Coupe
- Ice
- None, served up
- Garnish
- Brandied cherry
- Tastes
- Sour, Fruity, Herbal