An uncomplicated, traditional wine spritzer! You can add some peach schnapps or flavored soda (orange) for more flavor or a different flavor.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 5 mins |
| Servings: | 1 |
| Yield: | 1 cocktail |
Ingredients
- 2 fluid ounces gin
- 1 tablespoon maraschino liqueur
- ¼ fluid ounce lemon juice
- 1 cup ice
- maraschino cherry for garnish
Instructions
- Combine gin, maraschino liqueur, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker. Add ice, cover and shake until chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
- Garnish with maraschino cherry.
- Include ¼ oz crème de violette to enjoy the original recipe of the drink.
Reviews
This was a popular drink from the 1930’s. However, this recipe is missing one important ingredient: Creme de Violette. It is what gave it the sky blue look. It’s from Austria so it wasn’t available during the war. People learned to make it with out. It’s my wife’s favorite drink. My recipe is ½ oz lemon juice, ½ oz Creme de Violette, 1 tsp Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur, 2 ½ oz good quality gin. Shaken and served up with a twist of lemon.
Coming home from a hot day at work I made this for my husband. He gave it a 5 star… Note* I used 2.5 ounces of Gin, top shelf.