I've been making Aviation cocktails lately. The Aviation is a pre-Prohibition cocktail that's basically a gin sour. The recipe is:

2 oz gin
0.5 oz lemon juice
0.25 oz creme de violette (or creme yvette if you can't find creme de violette)
0.5 oz luxardo maraschino

shake with ice in a shaker and strain into a cocktail glass. serve with a cherry.


Separately, I have recently discovered that there's a global shortage of Chartreuse! The monks have apparently decided to limit production. Has anyone been able to find it in stores?