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Aviation Cocktail (Difford's recipe)

Citrus, floral gin with a slightly sour finish. The recipe above has been my preferred recipe for some years. However, in early 2020, I decided that...
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Davey Springer’s Avatar Davey Springer
4th August 2022 at 09:46
Yeah, this recipe is good but as always the devil is in the details right? Hendricks never works for me. Beefeater or Tanqueray or Brokers or …. Trad dry… capisce?
Creme de Violette of the best available quality. What are folks using?
Also very nice with Kempton Distillery’s lavender malt liqueur. Potent but yumbo.
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Davey Springer’s Avatar Davey Springer
29th October 2022 at 02:59
Unfortunately in Australia Gordon's is watered down to 37%! When Ian Fleming write Casino Royale I'm pretty sure that the Gordons which James ordered in Monaco would have been full strength at just over 47%. If you find it I recommend buying it because as you say, the Gordons profile is a classic. I have ended up settling on Tanqueray Ten for pretty much anything. It's great on it's own and offers a very solid base for everything that calls for London Dry.
Also, I recommend Massanez Creme de Violette. It possesses a useful concentrated sweetness which I can liken to confectioners sugar or 'fairy floss' but it's not syrupy and has a very nice colour.
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Charl Engela’s Avatar Charl Engela
26th October 2022 at 17:12
I always wonder why people don’t simply use Gordon’s. It was good enough for James Bond! IMO it’s still the best gin for cocktails. The others are great for mixing with tonic, but stirring and shaking - Gordon’s is it.
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