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Aviation Cocktail Recipe

Gin
Author: The Bar Team
An Aviation Cocktail served in an elegant martini glass and served with a twirled citrus peel.

A great mix of flavours, the Aviation cocktail is the perfect introduction to gin cocktails. This citrussy, lightly floral blend of gin, maraschino and lemon is a classic cocktail recipe from the Jazz Age, when aeroplanes were the latest zeitgeist.

What you’ll need

Ingredients

Serves:
1
2.8 units of alcohol per serving

Equipment

  • 1 x Ice
  • 1 x Jigger
  • 1 x Shaker
  • 1 x Stirrer
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Method

Ice

Fill a cocktail shaker with cubes of ice.

Pour

Using a jigger, measure 60ml London Dry Gin, 15ml maraschino liqueur, 10ml crème de violette and 25ml fresh lemon juice into the shaker.    

Mix

Shake the mixture vigorously in the cocktail shaker until the surface of the shaker feels chilled. Strain the mixture into a chilled martini glass using a cocktail strainer.  

Garnish

Garnish with a twisted orange peel.

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