Yellow Daisy
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Ingredients
How to make
Serve in a coupe glass
- 1 SHAKE (or stir) all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
Flavour profile
23.5% alc./vol. · 1.8 standard drinks · 190 calories
History
This drink is classically shaken, although many bartenders will prefer to stir. Herbal, zesty and spirituous. Absinthe plays a key role but does not overwhelm.
The Yellow Daisy, despite its name, is not related to the daisy family of cocktails. It is best understood as a sweetened and aromatized Martini. This drink achieved popularity in the early 20th century and was included in Harry Craddock's 1930 publication, The Savoy Cocktail Book. The book noted that the drink was the favorite, and possibly the creation, of Richard William "Deadwood Dick" Clark. Clark was a well-known, larger-than-life figure from the American West, who associated with individuals such as Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane. YELLOW DAISY COCKTAIL.* (Serves 6) 2 Glasses Gin. 2 Glasses French Vermouth. 1 Glass Grand Marnier. Add a dash of Absinthe before shaking. * This is not only the favorite drink but also the one made famous, if not invented, by Richard William ("Deadwood Dick") Clark, who recently passed away at the age of 84. He was a former Guster Scout, Pony Express rider, stage-coach guard in Deadwood Gulch, and the inspiration for all 64 Deadwood Dick novels written by E. L. Wheeler. Clark was a friend to many Wild Western figures, including Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill, Poker Alice Tubbs, Calamity Jane, Madame Mustache, and Diamond Dick Turner of Norfolk, Nebraska. Clark is buried on Sunrise Mountain, with a view of Deadwood Gulch, South Dakota.