An amateur mixologist prepares and assesses the cocktails and miscellaneous drink recipes in Jack Grohusko's mixed drinks manual.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
18. Aviation Cocktail
A couple preliminary remarks are due here. Firstly, this is clearly not the Aviation Cocktail that predominates today, but the signature in-flight cocktail featured on a certain airline cocktail menu, which eventually fell out favor. You might sometimes find this cocktail called Aviation #1, which suits me fine. Jack knows of crème Yvette, but not of the Aviation #2. Secondly, note that the math doesn’t quite add up. The proportions are actually in relation to separate jiggers, as clarified in Jacques Straub’s 1914 book:
My interpretation:
2.25 oz Laird & Co. Applejack
0.75 oz fresh lime juice
1 dash Grand Absente absinthe
6 dashes (2 barspoons) Rose’s Grenadine
Shake well over ice, strain, garnish with lime wedge. The absinthe works here in a way similar to the Monkey Gland, and really takes it a notch above the “Applejack Cocktail (Special)” in a previous post.
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