Transcript: Aviation

Cocktails on the Fly
Episode “Aviation”

Alberta Straub: Oh my gosh, guess what time it is you guys? Ooh, it is the time for Flighty to make her number one classic drink of all time, the Aviation. Now I know that Flighty told you that a Negroni was her favourite drink, but she loves the Negroni so much but she loves the Aviation, and you have got to understand why, I mean it is the Aviation, duh, doy.
Now I am going to tell you a little tiny secret and don’t tell anybody I told you this but the Aviation it is made with gin, I like to use Plymouth but it is made with Luxardo Maraschino liqueur but you can also make it with vodka if you so chose.
So anyway we are going to make it right now, so anyway. This is how you do it, it is really simple it is really good, I do it with all my Aviations and I do it in my bar, I always do it this way and I wanted to make the classic one here on the show because I want to be a little classic. But using the spa mix, Flighty's spa mix in there, you can see an old show to see how to make it. Using the spa mix in the Aviation make it absolutely deliciously good ad if you happen to use my cucumber spa mix and you use gin with it, use Hendrix gin, Hendrix cucumber gin, it is so super tasty you will not believe.
Ok today I am making the spa mix style, I am making regular, straight told classic super yummy Aviation. So here we go, so we start off with one and one half ounces of gin, whoo there we go filling, okay ooh it is so tasty. I can smell the gin already, no I am just kidding, okay and then three quarters of an ounce of Luxardo Maraschino liqueur, there we go okay. Then we are going to put in an ounce of lemons, I have, guess what these are? I have Myer lemons that makes it very tasty, but you don’t have to use Myer lemons.
Be careful of that, you know I am lucky I have glasses because I have little guards on my eyes, sometimes I lose my glasses like I did last week and it gets right there in my eye, but I am going to put a tiny bit more in because I know that is not quite a ounce. Then you put in a splash of simple syrup, this is optional. There are many recipes for the Aviation, the oldest recipes say no sugar at all, the ones from the 30’s and 40’s say a little bit of sugar and then the modern recipes you have got glasses edged with sugar it is all crazy. You just got to do what you got to do; it is all about your taste, Flighty like a little splash of sugar or her spa mix in hers.
Alright so we will put some ice cubes in, .there we go, we have got some nice big chunks of ice for shaking, there we go. Be careful about breaking your glass if you have got this big ice going. Because although it makes a great drink, shakes it up and gets it nice and cold, not a lot of dilution. It is a little bit dangerous so Flighty typically when she is doing her show trying to demonstrate things she will use a metal sleeve on either side, which is kind of the best way to go. Create your seal, okay it is time for shaking.
Oh it is cold now, see you can see all the ice on the side, okay it is time. Ok get your glass, the glass was chilled but flighty talked so long the glass isn’t chilled, the place is kind of cold, make sure you have a chilled glass. Pour into there and then add a lemon slice. There we are, classic Aviation, super yummy and super good, cheers!

Aviation
1. Add 1.5 oz gin
2. ¾ oz. of Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
3. 1 oz. of fresh lemon juice
4. Add ice and shake
5. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass
6. Garnish with lemon peel
7. Also good with spa mix