Aviation (cocktail) explained

Iba:yes
Sourcelink:692
Aviation
Type:cocktail
Gin:yes
Served:straight
Garnish:maraschino cherry
Drinkware:cocktail
Ingredients:
Prep:Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Shake with cracked ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Timing:All day
Footnotes:Some recipes include crème de violette or Creme Yvette.

The aviation is a 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.

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 appeared in Ensslin's 1916 Recipes for Mixed Drinks. Ensslin's recipe called for two thirds El Bart gin, one third lemon juice, 2 dashes maraschino liqueur, and 2 dashes crème de violette.[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]

Creme Yvette, a violet liqueur made with additional spices, is sometimes substituted for crème de violette.[5]

Related cocktails

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aviation . Hess . Robert . Drinkboy.com . 5 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110121120104/http://drinkboy.com/Cocktails/Recipe.aspx?itemid=10. 21 January 2011 . live.
  2. Book: Ensslin, Hugo . Recipes for Mixed Drinks . Mud Puddle Books Inc . 2009 . 7 . 1917 . 978-1-60311-190-4.
  3. Book: Craddock, Harry. The Savoy Cocktail Book. Constable & Co.. London. 1930. 978-1-62654-0644. 25.
  4. Book: Regan, Gary . The Joy of Mixology . Clarkson Potter/Publishers . New York . 2003 . 209 . 0-609-60884-3.
  5. News: Spirits: We Want Creme Yvette! . The Washington Post. 7 October 2009 . 27 February 2013.
  6. News: Blue Moon Cocktail . The Washington Post. 2 April 2008 . 8 October 2011.
  7. Web site: The Cocktailian: Creme de violette lifts Aviation to the moon . San Francisco Chronicle . Regan . Gary . 28 September 2007 . 4 April 2011.
  8. Web site: Takumi's Aviation . Gary Regan . 26 April 2017 . 9 February 2022.