Name: Yellow Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Gentian liqueur; 22.5 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 22.5 ml Lemon juice

Yellow Cocktail
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Photographed in an UB Retro Coupe Gold 7.75oz

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
³⁄₄ oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of coin-sized lemon zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

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

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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
19.15% alc./vol. (19.15° proof)
17.2 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese

11th December 2022 at 09:09

Made two half-size versions. The first, too much Suze. Second shake, shifted the balance 10 ml Suze, 20 ml Chartreuse. So much better. (11 Dec 2022, 4:09a)