Aviation got its name because of the purple and blue sky-like color of the crème de violette. It was created in the early 1900s when the U.S. was very excited about the newness of air travel.

In rare cases, this yields a cocktail like the Aviation, which blossomed from almost total obscurity to seemingly complete ubiquity within only a couple years at the end of the 2000s.

The Aviation is one of bartenders' most beloved classic cocktails, and one that inspires incredibly strong opinions about the best way to make it. We asked 8 experts what their favorite gin is for ...

Related: How to Make a Classic Aviation Cocktail. The Aviation is a delicate dance between bright lemon, perfumed violet, and fruit-forward maraschino, but gin remains the base component of the drink.

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 ...

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 ...

Papa Johns teams up with Aviation American Gin to shake up National Happy Hour Day – unveiling a pepperoncini gin martini – the ‘Cini Tini. The ‘Cini ...

While inspired by an Aviation, the Kind of Blueberry differs from the original recipe in a few ways. A classic Aviation is made with gin, lemon juice, maraschino liqueur, and crème de violette (a ...

AVIATION: Air Cargo Cocktail. 2 minute read. TIME. April 3, 1944 12:00 AM GMT-4. I n Detroit’s 243-year history, probably no more exotic a luncheon had been served.

Papa Johns teams up with Aviation American Gin to shake up National Happy Hour Day– unveiling a pepperoncini gin martini– the‘ Cini Tini. Papa Johns and Aviation American Gin partner to ...