Aviation

AVIATION

Yet another classic cocktail in front of your eyes! I've actually made one of these earlier, like a long time ago but alas, never took a picture of it. But here it is, the Aviation:

5 cl gin

1.5 cl maraschino liquor

1.5 cl lemon juice

~1 cl crème de violette, but I used Parfait amour instead, does the trick too. (+ crème de violette is very hard to come by these days)

1 cocktail cherry for decoration

Except for the cherry, add all of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker, add ice and shake vigorously. Double strain into a well chilled cocktail glass and drop the cherry in the middle of the glass! Done!

What I did in addition to this, I added a dash of parfait amour afterwards in the middle of this cocktail to create that pink hue color. As you can see, this cocktail is really beautiful in its essence.

Taste-wise, amazing! I could easily distinct all of the different flavors and at the same time this cocktail was sweet, sour and bitter. How can you go wrong with this? You can't!

No wonder this cocktail made it to the classics. Aviation, I salute you!