Aviation

This classic was created by Hugo Ensslin and featured in his 1916 tome: Recipes for Mixed Drinks. This cocktail came about during the dawn of aviation – when you were more apt to see a zeppelin floating about above you than a winged passenger craft. The beautiful color contributed by the crème de violette gives the drink its classic hue – that of a sky at dusk. Though it sounds lighter-than-air, this drink provides a good measure of gin and will have you either floating or crashing to the ground should you have too many! Cheers!