Comments on: Colonial Cocktail http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2008/02/04/colonial-cocktail/ Adventures in Amateur Mixology Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:23:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: cocktailkid http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2008/02/04/colonial-cocktail/#comment-674 cocktailkid Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:17:07 +0000 http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2008/02/04/colonial-cocktail/#comment-674 If you like this, it's nott too far from an Aviation which is generally made as 2oz Gin 1oz Fresh Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Maraschino Shake and serve straight up. Although originally it is thouight to have contained a dash Creme de Violette, or Creme de Vette, which would give the drink a slightly blue tinge and explain the name. If you like this, it’s nott too far from an Aviation which is generally made as
2oz Gin
1oz Fresh Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Maraschino

Shake and serve straight up. Although originally it is thouight to have contained a dash Creme de Violette, or Creme de Vette, which would give the drink a slightly blue tinge and explain the name.

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