Description
A gin cocktail with a dash of purple.
Ingredients
Scale
- Ice
- 1/2 oz Crème de Violette
- 1 1/2 oz gin
- 3/4 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- 2 oz club soda
- Blood orange slice for garnish
Instructions
- Fill a rocks glass with ice and place in the freezer while you prepare your Violet Collins cocktail.
- In a cocktail shaker, combine gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup with 1 1/2 cups of ice, and shake for approximately 15 seconds.
- Remove your glass from the freezer and pour the Crème de Violette over the ice into the chilled glass.
- Layer the gin mix over the Crème de Violette by slowly straining it into the glass.
- Top off with club soda.
- Add a slice of blood orange for garnish and enjoy a sippable cocktail with Violet Collins!