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Hey, I'm Jocelyn and this is Sandra and this Friday cocktail is one of my absolute favorites
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I knew you were going to love this one. So let's get right to it. This one's called the Aviation
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The Aviation is an old drink. It's like what? It's kind of a prohibition era drink, right
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It actually was invented at the turn of the century and was popular through the 20s
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but it actually disappeared because crem de violette went off the market
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It did in like the 60s, right? So this, cremphilette has only come back in, like, I don't know, the last 15 years maybe
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So this was completely gone. I stumbled upon it in an old book I was reading from the 20s, and I was like, I ran out the liquor store, and I had to get all the ingredients
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Because I didn't have Loxardo, nor did I have Cromet. So I went out and got them and I absolutely fell in love with this and this is my front porch drink So you want to tell I sorry I just talking right over you You go ahead and tell everybody what you putting in
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So we start with gin, obviously, and now I'm putting in some luxardo. How much gin did you put in
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Two ounces of gin. So it's a strong drink, and it's very pretty
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You'll see you when we finish, but don't let it fool you. Then I'm putting in a half ounce of Luxardo, which is a Marascio-Chiri liqueur
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Do not confuse Luxardo with Marichita. cherry juice out of the jar that you get the fruit
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It tastes nothing like it. Actually, this is a really nutty sort of flavor, not at all like a maraschino cherry
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So pram de Villette is a very floral, lovely liqueur. Like a violet
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Like a violet. It calls for a quarter ounce. Jocelyn likes a healthy quarter, so I'm putting it a healthy quarter
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Yeah, I'm a big fan of the healthy quarter. And more for the smell than for the flavor that it gives really
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And of course the beautiful violet flavor that it adds It got a beautiful fragrance to it Okay so lemon juice and three quarters an ounce and I think that that a really important thing in this drink because otherwise you can get a little too floral
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Yeah, and it looks already sweet. So you notice there's no simple syrup in this, no other sweet
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but it's right in here. And a good shake. I'm going to get our garnish ready
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And so some people do a brand, a brandy cherry. Other people do just plain old marasino cherry
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And others do a lemon peel. My favorite are these beautiful Italian cherries that are, they just have the best flavor, in my opinion
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They're lovely. The Italian. Could that be a more beautiful thing? It looks like Easter time in the last meeting
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It really, truly. And it smells so good. This should be a perfume I should and this is the one gene drink that I will drink any day of the week Good depths on a high of ears I love this You have to have an aviation If you haven had one before
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go to a good bar with a good bartender who knows their craft hot tails because this has to be done
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right if you're not ready to invest in all of this. But if you're me, you invest in all of this
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and he drank these a lot. So thank you so much for making one of my absolute favorites
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Oh, and you know what? There was a moment early in my aviation days when I subbed, don't yell
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I said gin and vodka. And it's okay with vodka, but you know what
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The gin really makes this a whole different drink and the depth that gin gives to this is
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it's kind of necessary. But if you're like me and you're not a lover of gin and you need to eat
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into it I'm going to give you permission to do that. Sandra's not
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Cheers y'all. See you next Friday
