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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...
John Hinojos
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.