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Yellow Jacket (Tequila-based)

Name: Yellow Jacket (Tequila-based)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Reposado tequila; 20 ml Elderflower liqueur; 15 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 1 dash Orange bitters

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (34)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Reposado tequila (100% agave)
²⁄₃ fl oz	Elderflower liqueur
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

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

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
27.74% alc./vol. (55.49° proof)
20.9 grams of pure alcohol

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.

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.

Patron Reposado Tequila 375ml - makes 9 cocktails
$26.99 $3.00 per cocktail Patron Reposado Tequila image

St Germain Elderflower Liqueur 200ml - makes 9.5 cocktails
$14.99 $1.58 per cocktail

Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

$4.62 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 9 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Beth Schneider 23w

An unexpectedly lovely sipper! Added to the favorites.

Gareth Hives Premium Member 38w

Happy Christmas all. Just tried this, absolutely lovely. Followed the steps but then afterwards read ‘best shaken’. Will definitely try that next time as maybe it could do with a little extra life breathed into it. Favourites….

Werd Bmocsil 1y

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.

Werd Bmocsil 1y

FWIW, I used Casamigos Reposado, and St. Germain, Yellow Chartreuse, and Fee Bros. Orange Bitters

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Should be stirred rather than shaken. I have corrected above. Many thanks for bringing to my attention.

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