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Blue Moon Cocktail (1940's recipe)

A relation of the Aviation [see history], the Blue Moon features on the back label of Créme Yvette bottles dating from the 1940's. This cocktail became...
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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
29th December 2025 at 12:37
Made with homemade crème Yvette that a friend gave me for my birthday - a lovely and very delicate aviation. No artificial colour added so the finished colour was more yellowy. I only had strawberries on hand for the garnish but they rather overpowered the Yvette. Botanist gin likewise - will use 4 pillars or similar less juniper next time.
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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
29th December 2025 at 13:06
Follow up with 4 pillars gin, 15mL homemade Yvette, no sugar syrup, 7.5mL lemon juice was the business.
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