Classic Aviation Cocktail Recipe
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Classic Aviation Cocktail

By: NYRudy 
"The most complex, oddly simple, and quite ridiculously good tasting cocktail."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.0 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (2)

Prep Time:
3 Min
Ready In:
3 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 1 cocktail
 

Ingredients

  • ice cubes
  • 2 fluid ounces gin
  • 1/2 fluid ounce maraschino liqueur
  • 1/2 fluid ounce fresh lemon juice
  • 1 maraschino cherry

Directions

  1. Chill a cocktail martini glass in the freezer. Add ice to a shaker. Pour in gin, cherry liqueur, and lemon juice. Shake well for 1 minute (not kidding), then strain into the chilled glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 196 | Total Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 15, 2010 by Lorem Ipsum Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
Great cocktail! I also took the recipe picture, which is not quite right, I admit--I used...
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 28, 2010 by SLS73   view full review
This is sour/bitter. I couldn't find maraschino liqueur (was told that it is an "old time"...

 

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