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Moonlight Cocktail (Gaz Regan's)
Basically an Aviation but with triple sec in place of maraschino and lime instead of lemon juice. Gaz used lime juice because he didn't have any lemons...
Caspian Berggren
20th March at 18:28
Since Maraschino liqueur isn't ny favourite I tried this out and it's honestly perfect for my taste buds. It's violette forward, similar to the Aviation, but without the astringency that comes with Maraschino. I used Dry Curacao and to me that worked fabulously. It's really great to see violette where it gets to shine without overpowering or getting overpowered by the other ingredients!
14th June 2024 at 20:20
Accidentally used bianco vermouth rather than Cointreau, having Arsenic and Old Lace in mind.
Still delish!
Still delish!
20th January 2024 at 20:24
Made it with 15 ml of lime, it was pretty well balanced, the créme de violette wasn't as overpowering as I expected. It's definitely more approachable than the Aviation.
30th October 2023 at 17:43
I always make this when I have a little bit of lemon and lime juice left over. Tastes like refreshers (the fizzy fruit sweets) in alcoholic liquid form. A firm house favourite.
26th August 2023 at 22:18
Not much into "floral" cocktails, but this was really good. Nicely balanced. Nose was very "citrusy" and the Creme de Viollete was very prevalent upfront on the palate, with a nice citrus finish. A definite recommend.
25th June 2023 at 05:25
Very gin forward, would have to try out with other gins. Rest of it is a nice base to round things off. I wonder how it would go with Botanist or Old Pilot's.
16th January 2023 at 17:56
Just tried this (with all lime) - a bit hit. Will definitely try again!
6th August 2021 at 18:09
Went with the full half shot of Lime. Wow what a winner! Dryer the Gin the better. Family Fav. now.
14th March 2021 at 23:40
Made to recipe and liked very much. Would agree with Arild and add a dash of absinthe and bitters. Everything balances perfectly.
6th March 2021 at 19:29
I preferred this to Aviation. It got even better with one dash absinthe and one dash of Tonic bitters (from Bitter Truth, I suppose many citrus bitters would work)
21st February 2021 at 20:46
Inspired by an Aviazione, I swapped out the gin for grappa. Might need to dial up the violette a tad or perhaps go with all lemon... thoughts?
6th March 2021 at 19:40
Grappa is such a poorly regulated liquor so it depends. In my experience they can be anything between a distillate that includes slugs, leaves and a grape picker’s lost glove, to a lovely, smooth brandy. Some do have a bitter, stingy flavour profile that will not work well with citrus. If that is the case with yours, I would first try just a tad of sugar syrup.
Anonymous
28th January 2021 at 16:42
Used blue curaçao in place of triple sec. On second attempt, reduced to 1/4 oz, but taste was still out of balance and medicinal.
13th November 2020 at 20:03
Really very nice - like a sophisticated fizzy sherbet
Anonymous
19th July 2020 at 20:10
I, like gaz, only had limes. The sourness is initially a shock to the taste buds but by the third sip balance is restored.