Name: Last Aviator
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Gin; 15 ml Red bitter liqueur; 10 ml Crème de violette; 15 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Honey and water syrup

Last Aviator
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Photographed in an UB 1910 Old Fashioned 10.5oz

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
¹⁄₃ oz	Rothman & Winter Crème de Violette Liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange slice wheel..
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with orange slice wheel.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

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Review:

The original recipe is closer to equal parts, but I find the floral and bitter notes overpowering, so I've reined back somewhat in this interpretation.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by the team at Angeline in New Orleans, Louisiana (shuttered June 2018).

Nutrition:

One serving of Last Aviator contains 175 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
18.16% alc./vol. (18.16° proof)
16.3 grams of pure alcohol

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