Blue Moon
ClassicGin and violet liqueur, stirred into a perfume of a cocktail.
Silky and aromatic. Clean juniper-forward gin carries the candied-violet scent of the liqueur, with a dash of orange bitters keeping it from turning soapy. Delicate, faintly sweet, and floral, with a soft slate-blue hue.
Ingredients
- 2.5 oz Gin
- 0.5 oz Crème de Violette
- 1 dash Orange Bitters
- Lemon twist · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Add every ingredient to a mixing glass with ice.
- 2
Stir until well chilled.
- 3
Strain into a chilled coupe.
- 4
Express a lemon twist over the drink and drop it in.
The Story
The Blue Moon is a pre-Prohibition classic built on gin and a violet liqueur — originally crème Yvette, now most often crème de violette. Stirred and served up, it drinks like a floral cousin of the Martini, and its name comes straight from the glass: the violette turns the drink a hazy moonlit blue. It is one of the oldest examples of a bartender reaching for colour and perfume rather than juice.
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