Name: Mellow Yellow
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Whisk(e)y - Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Becherovka liqueur; 15 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 7.5 ml Apricot (brandy) liqueur; 1 Orange bitters; 10 ml Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in a

Nude Savage Pony glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
1/2 fl oz	Becherovka liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
1/4 fl oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
1/3 fl oz	Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)
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Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
27.43% alc./vol. (54.86° proof)
25.5 grams of pure alcohol

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