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Yellow Bird

Tiki/tropical

4.2 86 ratings

Ingredients

2/3 oz Light gold rum 1-3yo
2/3 oz Light white rum
1/2 oz Banana liqueur
1/3 oz Galliano liqueur
1 1/2 oz Orange juice
5/6 oz Pineapple juice
1/6 oz Lime juice

How to make

Serve in a collins glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of banana carved to resemble a bird, or skewered pineapple wedge, Luxardo Maraschino Cherry and half orange slice wheel.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with carved banana or skewered pineapple wedge, maraschino cherry and half orange slice.

Flavour profile

12.6% alc./vol. · 1.4 standard drinks · 201 calories

History

With sunny colour and tropical flavour, the rum-based Yellow Bird evokes the Caribbean. Ripe banana and peppermint freshness from two liqueurs most influence this lightly Tiki cocktail.

The drink may be named for its golden-yellow color or possibly after the 19th-century Haitian song "Choucoune." This song was adapted with English lyrics and retitled "Yellow Bird" in the mid-1950s. Norman Luboff and his choir first recorded it in a calypso style in 1957. While the Mills Brothers' 1959 recording achieved modest success, it was Arthur Lyman, a Hawaiian singer, whose version reached No. 4 on the Billboard charts in July 1961. It is suggested that this record was frequently played at Shell Bar in The Hawaii Village, inspiring the creation of this cocktail there.