The crème de violette adds a subtle floral character and light purple / blue colour to this Gin straight up cocktail, inspired by the Early romantic days of aeronautics&nbsp; Bartender Tip:Different brands of violettes have quite different colours!&nbsp;

Intermediate

Alcohol

Bitter

Sour

Sweet

Aviation

Cut your lemon ready for squeezing and zest for garnish

Fruit Zester

Knife

Prepare

Fill both your coupe glass and cocktail shaker with cubed ice

Coupe Glass

Ice Scoop

Shaker

Pour in all the ingredients into your shaker

Jigger

Mexican Elbow Juicer

Maraschino Liqueur

Crème de violette

Lemon juice

Add ingredients

Close the shaker lid and shake really hard for 7 seconds

Shake

Empty your ice in your coupe glass back into your ice bucket. Take off the small top off the shaker and strain out the ingredients into your chilled glass.

Empty and Strain

Lightly twist your lemon zest over the drink and gently place into your cocktail

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