Aviation (cocktail)
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| Type | Cocktail |
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| Primary alcohol by volume | |
| Served | Straight up; without ice |
| Standard garnish | |
| Standard drinkware |
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| Commonly used ingredients |
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| Preparation | Add all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry. |
| Some recipes omit crème de violette. | |
The Aviation is a classic cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette, and lemon juice. Some recipes omit the crème de violette. It is served straight up, in a cocktail glass.
[edit] History
The Aviation was created by Hugo Ensslin, head bartender at the Hotel Wallick in New York, in the early twentieth century.[1] The first published recipe for the drink appeared in Ensslin's 1916 Recipes for Mixed Drinks. Ensslin's recipe called for 1½ oz. El Bart gin, ¾ oz. lemon juice, 2 dashes maraschino liqueur, and 2 dashes crème de violette, a violet liqueur which gives the cocktail a pale sky-blue color.[2]
Harry Craddock's influential Savoy Cocktail Book (1930) omitted the crème de violette, calling for a mixture of two-thirds dry gin, one-third lemon juice, and two dashes of maraschino.[3] Many later bartenders have followed Craddock's lead, leaving out the difficult-to-find violet liqueur.[4]
[edit] Related cocktails
- The Aviation can be considered a variation on the Gin sour, using maraschino as its sweetener.
- The Blue Moon cocktail is made with gin, lemon juice, and crème de violette, without maraschino.[5]
- The Moonlight cocktail made with gin, lime juice, Cointreau, and crème de violette.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Hess, Robert. "Aviation". Drinkboy.com. http://www.drinkboy.com/Cocktails/Recipe.aspx?itemid=10. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ Ensslin, Hugo (2009) [1917]. Recipes for Mixed Drinks. Mud Puddle Books Inc.. ISBN 978-1603111904.
- ^ Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, Constable & Co., London, 1930; p. 25
- ^ Gary Regan, The Joy of Mixology, Clarkson Potter/Publishers, New York, 2003; p. 209
- ^ "Blue Moon Cocktail". The Washington Post. April 2, 2008. http://projects.washingtonpost.com/recipes/2008/04/02/blue-moon-cocktail. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ Regan, Gary (28 Sep. 2007). "The Cocktailian: Creme de violette lifts Aviation to the moon". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/28/WIVTS4MNB.DTL. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
