I last posted about the Aviation cocktail about five years ago (see
here). I first posted about Empress Gin, dyed indigo with butterfly pea flower, about three years ago (see
here). When my wife recently requested an Aviation (a drink she's been ordering a lot at restaurants lately), I thought to put them together in order to enhance the purple color. While Empress Gin has
a recipe of their own on the company website, I chose to stick with the recipe in David Lebovitz's
Drinking French in order to maintain flavor balance (and not cut out the creme de violette altogether).
As I hope you can see in the photos, my latest attempt is definitely more purple than my 2021 effort.
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| 2026 |
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| 2021 |
However, they're still not as dark as the ones The Playwright made for us back in 2016.
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| 2016 |
Sadly, he's not around anymore to ask but my guess is that he swapped the 2:1 proportion between the maraschino liqueur and the creme de violette in favor of the latter. I may try that next time. My wife has also suggested that his were more bitter which could bring greater flavor balance.
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