Name: Yellow Daisy
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Gin; 40 ml Dry vermouth; 20 ml Grand Marnier; 3 dash Absinthe

Yellow Daisy
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
²⁄₃ oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
3 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

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Garnish: Pink grapefruit (or lemon) zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE (or stir) all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This is the kind of cocktail that many bartenders will want to stir rather than shake. However, it is classically shaken. Herbal, zesty and spirituous. Absinthe plays a key role but does not overwhelm.

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History:

Despite its name, the Yellow Daisy is not a member of the daisy family of cocktails. Best described as a sweetened and aromatised Martini, It was a popular drink in the early 20th century and featured in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book accompanied by a notation saying the drink was the favourite of, and perhaps invented by, Richard William "Deadwood Dick" Clark. He was a famous larger-than-life wild west character of the day who mixed with the likes of Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane.

YELLOW DAISY COCKTAIL.* (6 people)
2 Glasses Gin.
2 Glasses French Vermouth.
1 Glass Grand Marnier.
Before shaking add a dash of Absinthe.
*Not only the favourite drink, but also the one made famous, if not invented, by Richard William ("Deadwood Dick") Clark, recently deceased (84) : onetime Guster Scout, Pony Express rider, Deadwood Gulch stage-coach guard, inspiration for all the (64) Deadwood Dick novels of E. L. Wheeler; friend of Wild Westerners, Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill, Poker Alice Tubbs, Calamity Jane, Madame Mustache and Diamond Dick Turner of Norfolk, Neb. : Clark is buried on Sunrise Mountain, overlooking Deadwood Gulch, S. Dak.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Yellow Daisy contains 190 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
23.54% alc./vol. (23.54° proof)
23.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Brislawn

22nd November 2024 at 05:00

Being credited with creating a cocktail named the "Yellow Daisy" may be revealing a more sensitive side to Deadwood Dick than is likely found in the dimestore novels he inspired, in which he probably drinks tequila or rotgut whiskey straight out of the bottle. I kept Deadwood's preferred proportions but split the vermouth 2:1 between dry and bianco for a bit more herbal complexity. I'm sure Deadwood would approve. Excellent!

David Teager

26th March 2023 at 23:04

Nice enough, but in the end I think I’d rather have the related Ford (if one has Old Tom Gin).

Suzanne Hooker

6th March 2023 at 06:04

My husband's favorite drink is a 1:1 dirty martini. His favorite liquor is Gran Gala. We just picked up a bottle of absinthe to expand our cocktail making repertoire. As I looked for something to start with, this drink obviously checked every box. I ended up just using a splash of absinthe in the drinks, and I rinsed the coupes with absinthe as well. Then I topped the drinks with a spritz of orange oil. They were absolutely fabulous. I believe this may become my husband's standard.

John Hinojos

29th January 2023 at 01:13

Outstanding. The all the various herbal flavours blend perfectly together. Exactly matched the description. Being a lover of absinthe, we initially tried the recipe as written. Did another with a spray of absinthe on the top of the finished cocktail. Brought the punch of the absinthe to the initial taste of the cocktail. Wow.

simon kitchen

27th November 2020 at 17:50

Spotted this when you did a feature on grand marnier and thought the absinthe would be an interesting mix. I don’t have all the bartender gear so judging three dashes is difficult to balance the cocktail. We enjoyed it, but it’s not going to be in our top favourites. It’s very pleasant, balanced not sweet or dry, can just about make out the grand marnier behind the absinthe. Gin and vermouth seem to play a “dilution” role primarily for the absinthe.