Name: Elder Aviator
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 20 ml Elderflower liqueur; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Chilled water

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

²⁄₃ fl oz

Elderflower liqueur

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Elder Aviator contains 201 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
20.34% alc./vol. (40.68° proof)
24.6 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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jill andrews 4w

Really refreshing and summery.

Greg Martin 1y

Excellent cocktail! Well balanced. Added 2.5ml of elderflower syrup to everything. Delicious!

Chris Brislawn 2y

I thought the gin should play a supporting role behind the lemon and elderflower so I used the refined Citadelle gin rather than a more aromatic one. I had lots of lemon zest so I expressed and dropped 2 big zest strips into each drink. Wonderful marriage of flavors. A fine tribute to de Saint-Exupery.

Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 2y

Excellent! I was concerned the Elderflower would over power, and as others have noted, the drink is perfectly balanced.

Susan K 2y

Absolutely lovely and excellent balance. Used a local distillery's gin that is sassafras-forward, but look forward to trying this with other gins too.

Michael Cronin 4y

Made with Beefeater as my local State Liquor stores have been out of Plymouth the last two times I’ve been in. This was excellent! I don’t use my St Germain frequently so I was doubly happy.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 4y

I am not convinced by this cocktail (sorry Simon). For my palate it is a little bland, but sorrily I have really no idea how to adjust it to my taste.

Alasdair MacDonald 5y

Much like Letti before me I made this with Elderflower cordial,1/2 a shot (if you can find the purple leafed Elder the flowers make a pink cordial) and substituted the Maraschino for 1/2 a shot of Cointreau to try and balance the sweetness. 1/2 a shot of Lemon juice then brings the whole thing together and the pink cordial imparts just a hue of colour. Beautiful.