Famous for its lilac hue, this classic deserves an elegant gin. Food & Wine / High Road Spirits, LLC / Nolet Distillery / Conniption Gin / Getty Images Cocktail enthusiasts have been sipping Aviations ...

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Can’t get airborne with an aviation cocktail? You need a layover. A friend recently mentioned that his favorite cocktail was the aviation, a sweet-and-sour gin and maraschino cocktail he’d had once — ...

The Aviation cocktail was created in 1916 by a New York bartender, but it’s gaining steam across the country among consumers in recent years for its balanced, pleasing taste and stunning purple color.

A couple of years ago I wrote a column about the Aviation Cocktail, a doozy of a drink that, at the time of writing, I believed had been created sometime in the 1930s. I was wrong. I was partially ...

Famous for its lilac hue, this classic deserves an elegant gin. Cocktail enthusiasts have been sipping Aviations for over a century. The drink’s origins are said to date to 1916 when bartender Hugo ...

Can't get airborne with an aviation cocktail? You need a layover. A friend recently mentioned that his favorite cocktail was the aviation, a sweet-and-sour gin and maraschino cocktail he'd had once — ...