The 21st-Century Cocktail Is Made
In the third installment of a four-part series, Robert Simonson examines the late aughts, a boom time for the drinks now deemed modern classics.
- story: Robert Simonson
- illustration: Raphaelle Macaron
In the third installment of a four-part series, Robert Simonson examines the late aughts, a boom time for the drinks now deemed modern classics.
Once a secret handshake among the cocktail cognoscenti, the Aviation enjoyed a decade-long heyday before falling back into relative obscurity.
Tattersall Distillery's take on the problematic classic includes their very own flower liqueur.
How, after never having placed in the top 10 before, did the Aviation—a classic, but obscure purple-hued gin drink—edge out all of the competition?