Yellow Bird
The Yellow Bird is a citrusy tiki cocktail made with White Rum, Galliano, Triple Sec and Lime Juice. It is shaken and served in a cocktail glass, about 24% ABV.
- Method
- Shaken
- Glass
- Cocktail glass
- Served
- Martini
- Strength
- About 24% ABV
- Family
- Tiki
- Flavour
- Citrus
- Listed in
- IBA official cocktail
Ingredients
- 30mlWhite Rum
- 15mlGalliano
- 15mlTriple Sec
- 15mlLime Juice
How to make it
- Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Tip: Fill the shaker with ice and shake hard for 10 to 15 seconds, until the tin is frosty.
About the Yellow Bird
Named after 'Yellow Bird', a Caribbean standard of the 1950s based on 'Choucoune', a 19th-century Haitian poem.
Missing something?
- No White Rum? Use Gold Rum (A little richer)
- No White Rum? Use Cachaça (Grassier and funkier)
- No Galliano? Use Yellow Chartreuse
- No Galliano? Use Licor 43 (More vanilla and citrus, less anise)
- No Triple Sec? Use Grand Marnier (Richer and cognac-based, with less bright orange)
- No Triple Sec? Use Blue Curaçao (Same flavour, but turns the drink blue)
- No Lime Juice? Use Lime (Squeeze fresh: 1 lime gives about 25 ml)
- No Lime Juice? Use Lemon Juice (Softer, different aroma)
All swaps for White Rum, Galliano, Triple Sec and Lime Juice
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