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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...
Julie Kovar
29th October 2020 at 19:12
How would you adapt this recipe to someone who strongly dislikes gin and prefers vodka? I was going to try using the same ratios, but does anyone have any other suggestions?
17th November 2020 at 04:48
I have been using Verstovia spruce tip flavored vodka to replace gin in my Aviation and other drinks. It has worked quite well!
2nd November 2020 at 09:59
Sorry it's taken me so long to get around to this Julie, but I've created a vodka-based "Clean Aviation" for you. I've added a link to this new recipe in Variant above.
29th October 2020 at 22:57
As funny as that would be, she lives with me and knows better!! I have vodka and was going to try to interchange them, obviously knowing the balance will be different, what would you recommend to change out if anything?
29th October 2020 at 20:51
Perhaps try telling them you are using a very complex juniper-flavored vodka. After all, gin is basically flavored vodka.