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Aviation Cocktail (Difford's recipe)

Citrusy, floral gin with a lightly sour finish
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Alexander Timofeyev’s Avatar Alexander Timofeyev
20th June 2021 at 00:18
I feel like there must be something wrong with my taste buds. I just made this with 2oz gin (Aviation), 0.5oz maraschino (Luxardo), 0.5oz crème de violet (Rothman & Winter), and 0.5oz lemon juice, and I still felt like the lemon juice dominated the drink, followed by the maraschino. I will try dialing the lemon juice down even more next time.

And I agree about it never looking as purple in real life. I think all the online photos are of pure crème de violet in a glass.
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Alexander Timofeyev’s Avatar Alexander Timofeyev
20th June 2021 at 13:18
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that your photo was staged, yours is the only one that looks real. The photos on every other site, however... The one on Liquor.com and on Aviation Gin's site look like pure crème de violet in a glass.
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
20th June 2021 at 07:50
The photo above is of the cocktail made with the recipe above but made using Benoit Serres Creme de Violet.
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