Serve in an
Old-fashioned glassPhotographed in an
Urban Bar Fluet Double Old Fashioned Gold Rim 45clGarnish:
Skewered Luxardo Maraschino cherry
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients and strain into chilled glass filled with crushed ice.
| 1 1/2 fl oz | Gin |
| 1/2 fl oz | Luxardo Maraschino liqueur |
| 1/6 fl oz | Orange juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/6 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
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Review:
Temperature and dilution are key to the success of this cocktail, achieved with a glass filled to the brim with very cold ice chips.
Variant:
With a splash of grenadine replacing orange juice.
Aviation Cocktail (Savoy spec)
History:
A pre-prohibition cocktail from the Big Brass Rail bar at the original Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, USA. Adapted from a recipe first published in Albert Stevens Crockett's 1931 Old Waldorf Bar Days.
SKIPPER
Albert Stevens Crockett, Old Waldorf Bar Days, 1931
Solon recalls that this was so called in compliment to a yachtsman well known many years ago, but does not remember his name.
Two-thirds Gordon Gin
One-fourth Maraschino
Dash of Orange Juice
Dash of Lemon Juice
Frappé
Nutrition:
One serving of Skipper contains 137 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 25.37% alc./vol. (50.74° proof)
- 17.8 grams of pure alcohol
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