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The Atty Cocktail
My recipe remains pretty faithful to Craddock's classic 1930s proportions, but in line with modern bartending conventions, I now disregard Craddock's instructions...
Brian Arthur
22nd May 2021 at 20:25
Even though this cocktail works out well, I have a feeling that the "3 Dashes Crème de Violette" is a typesetting error, and that line should have been in the next cocktail in the book, the Aviation, from whence it is missing.
13th June 2021 at 18:15
Sorry, I think you misunderstand me. The typo is not here in your guide, but in Craddock's 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book. Ensslin's Recipes for Mixed Drinks has the Crème de Violette in the Aviation, and the Savoy plagiarizes heavily from Ensslin's book.
23rd May 2021 at 10:03
The above 3 dashes creme de violette are correct. We have two versions of the Aviation, one with The Savoy spec (which as per the book omits creme de violette) and my own version which does include creme de violette.