Yellow Jacket (Tequila-based)

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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 1⁄3 oz Patrón Reposado tequila
2⁄3 oz Elderflower liqueur
1⁄2 oz Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 5/10
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Review:

A slightly sweet tequila-laced after-dinner/late night sipper with rich herbal liqueur and elderflower liqueur. Looks like the kind of cocktail that should be stirred but it's better shaken.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by the team at Employees Only in New York City, USA. This cocktail is named after the yellow jacket wasps that are attracted to agave being processed in Mexican distilleries during the production of tequila and mezcal.

Nutrition:

One serving of Yellow Jacket (Tequila-based) contains 191 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.5 standard drinks
  • 27.74% alc./vol. (27.74° proof)
  • 20.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Werd Bmocsil’s Avatar Werd Bmocsil
6th May at 02:08
This was lovely! Came across it in my copy of The Cocktail Seminars, where it is stirred, not shaken. Nevertheless, it definitely floats to the upper echelon of my rated list.
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
6th May at 06:31
Should be stirred rather than shaken. I have corrected above. Many thanks for bringing to my attention.
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Werd Bmocsil’s Avatar Werd Bmocsil
6th May at 02:10
FWIW, I used Casamigos Reposado, and St. Germain, Yellow Chartreuse, and Fee Bros. Orange Bitters
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