Garnish:
Fresh ginger & lime wheels
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.
1 1/2 fl oz | Rutte Dry Gin |
1/2 fl oz | Barrow's Intense Ginger Liqueur |
1/2 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
1/3 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°brix) |
1/24 fl oz | Crème de violette liqueur |

Review:
A ginger-influenced Aviation named after the fictional book Biggles in Borneo about WWII flying heroes Ginger, Algy, and Biggles. Originally inspired by the ginger used in Canton Ginger liqueur being sourced from Borneo.
History:
A riff on the classic Aviation created in 2008 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England
Nutrition:
183 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 21.47% alc./vol. (42.94° proof)
- 18.5 grams of pure alcohol
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