Name: Yellow Cocktail
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc); 22.5 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 22.5 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in an

UB Retro Coupe Gold 7.75oz

Garnish:

Lemon zest coin-sized twist

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

3/4 fl oz	Gin
3/4 fl oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
3/4 fl oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
3/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
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Review:

Bittersweet and sweet 'n' sour, this aperitif is sure to pucker your taste buds for tasty morsels ahead.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2020 by Franck Audoux at the Cravan Café Bar in Paris France. This modern-day cocktail is apparently a version of a 1920s cocktail that was popular along the Riviera.

Nutrition:

One serving of Yellow Cocktail contains 169 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
18.93% alc./vol. (37.86° proof)
17 grams of pure alcohol

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