Aviation
45 ml Gin, 15 ml Maraschino liqueur, 15 ml Lemon juice, 7.5 ml Crème de violette, 1 Maraschino cherry
Photo: Corpse reviver by Meghan Newell · CC BY 2.0 · All credits
Ingredients
Measures below are multiplied for 6 drinks. Unmeasurable amounts such as “a splash” are left as written.
- 150 ml Jigger Three large sides (3 x 50 ml) of a standard jigger. Gin
- 150 ml Jigger Three large sides (3 x 50 ml) of a standard jigger. Triple sec
- 150 ml Jigger Three large sides (3 x 50 ml) of a standard jigger. Lillet Blanc
- 150 ml Jigger Three large sides (3 x 50 ml) of a standard jigger. Lemon juice
- 6 dashes Bottle Six quick shakes of the bottle - each a few drops, about a millilitre. Absinthe - For rinsing the glass, not for drinking
- 6 twists Orange twist (optional)
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What the jigger, the spoons and the jug hold, in millilitres and in fluid ounces, is on the measures reference.
Quick version
- Rinse a coupe with absinthe, then shake equal parts of the rest and strain in.
Method
Pitcher (6 drinks)Pitcher (6 drinks) - about 600 ml of measured ingredients, before ice and dilution.
Timings and per-glass steps below are written for one drink and are not scaled. A full jug takes longer to chill, so stir or shake until it is properly cold rather than by the clock, and pour over fresh ice one glass at a time.
- Put a dash of absinthe in a chilled coupe and swirl it around until the inside is coated, then tip the rest away.
- Shake the gin, triple sec, Lillet and lemon juice with ice for 12 seconds.
- Double strain into the rinsed coupe and finish with a twist of orange.
Serve it
Volumes in this story are multiplied for the size above, along with the ingredients. Years, ratios and the capacities of glasses and jugs are left as written.
Corpse Reviver No. 2
The name is the 1930s equivalent of a hair-of-the-dog, and the Savoy Cocktail Book is honest about the intention: a corpse reviver is meant to be taken before breakfast. Harry Craddock also warned that "four of these taken in swift succession will unrevive the corpse again", which is the most useful piece of advice in the whole book.
Getting it right
Equal parts make this an easy drink to remember and an easy one to get wrong, because there is nothing to hide behind - every ingredient is on show. Use a decent Lillet and a lemon you have just squeezed. The absinthe is a rinse and never a pour: you want the smell of it in the glass, not a mouthful of aniseed in the drink.
Tasting notes
Bright, herbal and strangely weightless for something this strong. It tastes like a lemon sherbet that has been to a very good party, which is exactly what you want at eleven in the morning after a wedding.
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