Name: Yellow Jacket (Gin-based)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Gin; 12.5 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 25 ml Lemon juice; 12.5 ml Honey and water syrup

Yellow Jacket (Gin-based)
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
0.42 oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
⁵⁄₆ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
0.42 oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
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:

Rich honey and herbal liqueur balance sour lemon juice in this tasty gin-laced sour.

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History:

A Yellow Chartreuse-influenced riff on a Bees Knees which instead of a bee is named after the American name for what we English call wasps.

Nutrition:

One serving of Yellow Jacket (Gin-based) contains 187 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
19.1% alc./vol. (19.1° proof)
19.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Gabrielle14

11th April 2024 at 00:03

This turned out great! I swapped honey syrup for St Germaine

John Hinojos

16th April 2023 at 04:08

Was looking for a sophisticated evening cocktail. This is perfectly balance. Did use a little less of the honey syrup as we like our cocktails on the dryer side. This was a burst of flavours. The gin marries perfectly with the yellow Chartreuse. The lemon juice adds a wonderful citrus sour touch. Perfect for a quiet evening of listening to classical music.

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