Name: Yellowjacket
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Mezcal; 10 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 7.5 ml Honey and water syrup; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 3 dash Orange bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Glass:

Photographed in an Urban Bar Retro Optic Coupette 15cl

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
3 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A honeyed herbal mezcal sour.

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Variations/similar cocktails:

Yellow Jacket (gin-based)
Yellow Jacket (tequila-based)

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2024 by Charles Joly and named after the American thriller drama television series.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Yellowjacket contains 160 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
20.65% alc./vol. (41.3° proof)
20.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Calvin Grant

2nd July at 03:53

Liking the bitters and saline that don't appear in Joly's video.

Ian Lockley

2nd July at 02:04

Interesting that this Yellowjacket has the same name as the original reposado tequila, elderflower liqueur and Yellow Chartreuse based Yellowjacket cocktail from the original Employees Only bar, from the early 2000’s

Calvin Grant

2nd July at 02:48

Check the link above to the tequila based Yellowjacket. Cheers.

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Simon Sedgley

24th March 2025 at 05:42

A delicious sour. If, according to the recipe as specified, it is too much on the sweet side for you, as it is for us, the only recourse is to dial down the syrup (we take it down to 2.5ml)...don't be tempted to reduce the Yellow Chartreuse as this will just knock the drink out of balance.

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