Strawberry Aviation

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Photographed in an Urban Bar Freddo Nick & Nora Glass

Ingredients:
2 fresh Strawberries (hulled, small & ripe)
1 1⁄2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄2 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1⁄3 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of hulled strawberry with mint sprig tip leaves.
  3. MUDDLE strawberries in base of shaker.
  4. Add other ingredients.
  5. SHAKE with ice.
  6. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

Just as the name suggests, only classically an Aviation should include crème de violette so if you feel this is lacking then consider adding 2.5ml (¼ a barspoon)– anymore and the parma violet floral notes overpower the strawberry.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Richard Godwin and published via his The Spirits on Substack, in turn his recipe is a strawberry-infused riff on Takumis Aviation.

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Florian Ruf’s Avatar Florian Ruf
15th October 2023 at 13:37
Excellent cocktail, fruity, but absolutely on the dry side and quite strong. I suggest to add some strawberry syrup unless you have really good, sweet and ripe strawberries. I upped the amounts by a third for a Nick&Nora.
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
23rd July 2023 at 00:17
Wonderful strawberry cocktail. The strawberries are center the flavour. Gin adds a bit of herbal notes, but are in the background. Did not add the Creme de violette as we felt it would overpower the cocktail and muddy the beautiful red colour of the cocktail.
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