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Ultraviolet Fizz
Submitted on: March 27, 2021
One of the first cocktails I ever loved was the Violet Fizz, which I regularly ordered when I lived in Japan -- and here's the scandalous part -- when I was fifteen! I went to high school on the Navy base, but in Japan, off-base, alcohol was freely available without ID. Teenagers didn't have to drink in secret places, either. We could hold our heads up high in proper nightclubs and order fancy cocktails with abandon. And the Violet Fizz was my drink of choice. Until a few years ago, it was rea...
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 ozButterfly Pea Flower Infused Gin
- 1/4 ozSimple Syrup (recipe)
- top with
Tools
Cocktail Shaker
Instructions
Garnish
Build
Glass
Estimated strength
Lemon twist.
Shake & Strain
Highball /Collins Glass
About 21% ABV (estimate)
By Mary Forrest
Cocktail Enthusiast
Mary makes drinks for herself and friends. While her "usual" is Irish on the rocks, she loves to entertain others whose preferences span the spectrum, so she keeps an insanely well-stocked bar. At Chez Mary, not only will you find over thirty types of whiskey, you'll also find the ingredients and implements needed for complicated and exotic cocktails ranging from 13-ingredient tiki punches to fancy Manhattans with every variety of flavored bitters (Thanks, Brendan!). Have her tell you the story ...
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Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the gin, Crème de Violette, lemon juice, and simple syrup and shake well. Strain into a collins glass over ice. Top with chilled club soda. Garnish with lemon twist.
Editor's Note
Butterfly pea flower-infused gin provides a deep, natural purple hue to this floral highball. A lighter hand with the violette liqueur keeps the sweetness in check.
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