Name: Aviation Cocktail (Savoy spec.)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 52.5 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Chilled water

Aviation Cocktail (Savoy spec.)
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ³⁄₄ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry (& optional sugar rim).
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with skewered cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Tangy gin-laced lemon sourness with aromatic maraschino - too many of these and you really will be flying.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

AVIATION COCKTAIL.
1/3 Lemon juice.
2/3 Dry Gin.
2 Dashes Maraschino.
Shake well and strain into chilled glass.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

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Nutrition:

One serving of Aviation Cocktail (Savoy spec.) contains 171 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
21.2% alc./vol. (21.2° proof)
21.2 grams of pure alcohol

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John Redfern

10th March at 21:22

Very simple a little on the dry side for me personally

Kévin Martin

26th January 2024 at 20:48

Excellent cocktail. Très simple mais très savoureux. Douceur et acidité se marient très bien.

Egor Doroshenko

10th September 2023 at 09:58

Hello Simon! I noticed that it is so close to SKIPPER by Albert Crockett. Maybe you can add SKIPPER to the Guide? Page 162 of Old Waldorf Bar Days: two thirds gin, one fourth Maraschino, dash of orange juice, dash of lemon juice. Shake!

Simon Difford

10th September 2023 at 17:43

Frappe cocktails are shaken and then strained over crushed ice.

Egor Doroshenko

10th September 2023 at 12:12

And what is the meaning of "frappe" in the book? I thoght it was something like "shake", but maybe it means to serve with crushed ice?

John Hinojos

18th August 2023 at 00:19

We decided to adjust the Maraschino Liqueur based closer to the original Craddock recipe. Really liked the resulting cocktail as it was very dry. The Maraschino adds a wonderful hint of flavour which was balanced by the lemon. The taste of the gin was in the forefront.