Friday Night Cocktail: Aviation

It's my birthday today, and Merv has promised to make all my cocktails! My first of the evening has to be an Aviation, it's my favorite cocktail - lightly floral and highly potent! You will need some less common ingredients - Maraschino and Violet liqueur - but once you have them you'll be making this again and again.

YOU WILL NEED

(enough for Merv too)

• 4 shots Bombay Sapphire Gin
• 1 shot Maraschino liqueur
• 0.5 shot of Violet liqueur
• 1.5 shots of freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 shot sugar syrup

AND TO MAKE

Add all the above ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake with plenty of ice.

TO SERVE

Strain into two martini glasses and garnish each with a cocktail stick of home-made maraschino cherries, or a coin of lemon peel. Sip whilst pondering what to have as your next drink... Same again?

Love Myrtle xxx