The Aviation co*cktail Recipe (2024)

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How to make on the rocks Aviation? ›

An aviation has the dry herbal notes of gin, bright citrus flavor from lemon juice, and sweetness and floral fun from maraschino cherry liqueur and crème de violette liqueur. It's served straight-up, so make sure the co*cktail is icy-cold and pour it into a cold glass so the drink stays cold longer.

What Gin works best in an Aviation? If you like the floral nature of the drink (and probably go a little heavy on the Violette as a result), try the likes of Cotswolds Gin with its huge lavender and grapefruit top notes, or Brooklyn Gin that combines similar floral tones with a medley of citrus.

It all starts with our precise blend of botanicals – cardamom, coriander, French lavender, anise seed, sarsaparilla, juniper, and two kinds of orange peel. The botanicals are suspended in a neutral grain spirit for 18 hours in macerating tanks.

During all of our co*cktail mania, I started experimenting with a co*cktail that's like a sister to the Aviation. Kind of like Lindsey Lohan in Parent Trap, estranged twins that look alike but with some contrary personalities. I call it the Violet Tide - and I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do!

While the Aviation is clearly the defining co*cktail for this drink - it makes for a wonderful drink with the essence of the botanicals working well with the sweet-sour nature of lemon, maraschino cherry, and violette. But the botanical mix works well in plenty of others, including the Southside, Negroni, and Collins.

The Aviation co*cktail is a classic gin co*cktail and is quite possibly the most successful variation on the Gin Sour. The Aviation gets its name from the light blue colour of the co*cktail that is created by adding a bar spoon of Crème de Violette.

Hugo Ensslin's original recipe included gin, lemon juice, maraschino (cherry liqueur) and crème de violette. However, crème de violette was no longer produced in the 1960s and the recipe was changed to include triple sec instead. This led to a version of the co*cktail without the characteristic blue hue.

Are you looking to make an entirely non-alcoholic version of the Aviation co*cktail? You can create a refreshing and flavorful non-alcoholic gin Aviation co*cktail by replacing Maraschino Liqueur with Maraschino cherry juice and Creme de Violette with lavender simple syrup.

Aviation American Gin & Mediterranean Tonic Water | The Pairing Guide | Our Perfect Serve | Fever-Tree.

Do you shake or stir Aviation co*cktails? ›

We have recipes for the classic Daiquiri, the Strawberry Daiquiri, and the Hemingway Daiquiri. Aviation: With crème de violette and fresh lemon juice as staple ingredients, the Aviation co*cktail must be shaken in order to include the right amount of air bubbles necessary to give it its soft, cloudy appearance.

“Our barometer for go-to gin is versatility, value, and integrity. Sipsmith London Dry Gin checks all three of these boxes. Distilled with a historical London Dry Gin-style purity in mind, this gin is equally at home in a dry Martini, Negroni, Tom Collins, or other classic gin co*cktail.

The Winner: Aviation American Gin and Drapo Dry Vermouth

To me, this is very much the archetype for a dry, gin martini.

In 2006, this vision materialized into reality with the first batch of Aviation Gin. The brand was aptly named as a nod to the classic Aviation co*cktail, a symbol of the era's innovation and elegance.

If you like a dry drink, ginger ale or ginger beer makes an ideal gin mixer. It works especially well with big-flavoured gins that you'd like to tone down a little. Because it's spicy rather than floral, it can stand up to bold flavours often found in gin.