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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...
Wendy Pierce
6th March 2021 at 04:49
I believe that the original creme Yvette was a different color, and had inferior ingredients to the new one. That's why the color of the blue moon and aviation is wrong, but they taste a lot better than with creme de violette!
6th March 2021 at 10:06
I'm not sure that's the case. I was working with Rob when he started his Creme Yvette revival project and he sort to replicate the original recipe. I've added to my notes above.