Evidence of an authorial correction and version lineage, not proof that a modern ingredient is identical to the original or that one recipe is timelessly correct.
Wilson says he corrected his own earlier Aviation account after finding an older formula with crème de violette, then used a newly available liqueur in a modern version.
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Chapter 3 — Liquor Store Archaeology
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Wilson says he corrected his own earlier Aviation account after finding an older formula with crème de violette, then used a newly available liqueur in a modern version.
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Physical PDF sheets 71–72; Chapter 3 — Liquor Store Archaeology.
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Evidence of an authorial correction and version lineage, not proof that a modern ingredient is identical to the original or that one recipe is timelessly correct.