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For those who can't find lavender syrup, it's easy to make your own: just bring 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water, and a bunch of fresh or dried lavender to a boil, stir to dissolve the sugar, turn off the heat and let steep for about 20 minutes.

Then fine strain to remove the lavender. The result is roughly the color of elderflower liqueur, but you can add a drop of red and one of blue food coloring to make it lavender-colored (though in this recipe the creme de violette takes care of that).

Had no lavender syrup, simply substituted marachino liqueur at the same purportions as the current recipe with supurb results. Pleasantly dry and well balanced. Biggles Aviation is a favorite and now so is this. Must find the elusive lavender syrup.

Here's my spin:
2 oz. Tequila (used Cuervo blue agave Silver)
.25 oz Crème de Violette
.25 oz Lavender Syrup
.67 Lime juice
1/12 oz. agave syrup
1.5 dash Bittermen's Burlesque Bitters
Shake with Ice – serve “Up” Lime rim garnish

Made 7 of these for guests yesterday - very pleased with the results!

We’re relocating so we have to drink the bar. Supplies are running low. Thus I made this with mezcal. It was surprisingly OK. Burnt flowers? Incense? Used 10 mL lavender syrup and no simple.

The only change I made to this was subbing in hibiscus-honey syrup for the sugar syrup (a natural, since jamaica goes so well with tequila). It's only a tiny change (1/2 tsp!), but that little tweak tasted fantastic... AND resulted in the loveliest shade of lavender for the drink!

I think bartending is like music making: there are professionals and amateurs. This cocktail seems to be difficult to remake, I simply could not match the great first version .-(

Considering I drink gin like it’s going out of fashion, this is so much better!

I am not a lover of flowery liqueurs, but in this cocktail it blends perfect with the tequila blanco. Very good and much more interesting than the elder version!