Name: Clean Aviation
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 52.5 ml Vodka; 15 ml Maraschino liqueur; 7.5 ml Crème de violette liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 1 Absinthe verte (green); 7.5 ml Chilled water

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in an

UB Retro Coupe 1920 7.75oz

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 3/4 fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
1/2 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1/4 fl oz	Crème de violette liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1/4 fl oz	Chilled water
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Review:

Named in homage to the laudable quest for a clean aviation fuel, this is a classic Aviation (usually based on gin) but made with vodka and given a touch of extra complexity with the merest hint of absinthe.

History:

Created in November 2020 by yours truly as a result of a comment left by Julie Kovar on our Aviation page.

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Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.96% alc./vol. (41.92° proof)
20.5 grams of pure alcohol

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