Contents
Ingredients
Gin – 45 ml
Maraschino liqueur – 15 ml
Lemon juice – 15 ml
Violet liqueur – 5 ml
Cocktail cherry – 1 pc.
How to make a cocktail
Pour all the ingredients into a shaker with ice cubes.
Shake well.
Pour through a strainer into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with a red cocktail cherry.
* Use the simple recipe of the Aviation Cocktail to make your own unique mix at home. To do this, it is enough to replace the base alcohol with the one that is available.
Aviation video recipe
Cocktail history Aviation
There are two versions of the creation of the Aviation cocktail. According to one of them, the first pilots-aviators drank it to overcome the fear of being lifted into the air.
According to another, which is considered the main one and looks more real, this cocktail was invented by the head bartender of one of the wealthy New York hotels named Hugo Enslinn at the very beginning of the 1911th century. In this hotel, a cocktail began to be served in 1916, and in 30 its recipe was first described – a quarter ounce of gin, three quarters of lemon juice, two parts of Maraschino liqueur and two parts of purple Crème de Violet, thanks to which the soft blue color of the drink is obtained. In the 60s of the last century, Creme de Violet became a rarity in the United States, and by the XNUMXs it had completely disappeared. The cocktail lost its popularity due to the sour taste.
This continued until 2007, when the production of purple liqueur began again, and thanks to the Internet, the original Aviation recipe became popular again.
Cocktail variations Aviation
Moon cocktail – the same ingredients, with the exception of Maraschino.
Moonlight cocktail – the same ingredients, only instead of Marschino – Cointreau orange liqueur.
Cream Yvette – the same ingredients, but with different spices.
Aviation video recipe
Cocktail history Aviation
There are two versions of the creation of the Aviation cocktail. According to one of them, the first pilots-aviators drank it to overcome the fear of being lifted into the air.
According to another, which is considered the main one and looks more real, this cocktail was invented by the head bartender of one of the wealthy New York hotels named Hugo Enslinn at the very beginning of the 1911th century. In this hotel, a cocktail began to be served in 1916, and in 30 its recipe was first described – a quarter ounce of gin, three quarters of lemon juice, two parts of Maraschino liqueur and two parts of purple Crème de Violet, thanks to which the soft blue color of the drink is obtained. In the 60s of the last century, Creme de Violet became a rarity in the United States, and by the XNUMXs it had completely disappeared. The cocktail lost its popularity due to the sour taste.
This continued until 2007, when the production of purple liqueur began again, and thanks to the Internet, the original Aviation recipe became popular again.
Cocktail variations Aviation
Moon cocktail – the same ingredients, with the exception of Maraschino.
Moonlight cocktail – the same ingredients, only instead of Marschino – Cointreau orange liqueur.
Cream Yvette – the same ingredients, but with different spices.