B-Town Kitchen and Raw Bar
Time Traveler
Ingredients: Empress Gin, maraschino liqueur, lemon juice, Giffard Creme de Violette, lemon garnish
$12
Photograph by Cocoa Laney
B-TOWN KITCHEN AND Raw Bar is a fusion seafood restaurant that updates their cocktails seasonally, but the Time Traveler is a perennial menu staple.
This powerful little rendition of an Aviation is served in a chilled Libbey cosmopolitan glass. Initial flavors are lemon and violet, botanicals which play well off each other and layer over the herbaceous nature of the Empress Gin. On the finish, maraschino liqueur gives the drink a subtle confectionary taste that harkens the entire experience back to old-fashioned violet candy.
Empress Gin is infused with butterfly pea blossom, which gives it an indigo hue that flushes pink when mixed with citrus. This, along with the creme de violette, gives the Time Traveler a cosmic purple color. The black tea used in Empress makes the drink a little softer than typical Aviations.
If you’d like to sip this blast from the past, the Time Traveler is waiting patiently for you at B-Town! 714 Lakeway Dr., Bellingham, 360.392.6520, btownkitchen.com
