Yellow Bird
IBA official cocktail
TypeCocktail
Primary alcohol by volume
  • Rum
ServedStraight up; without ice
Standard drinkware
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Cocktail glass
IBA specified
ingredientsdagger
  • 3 cl White Rum
  • 1.5 cl Galliano
  • 1.5 cl Triple sec
  • 1.5 cl Lime juice
PreparationShake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass
TimingAll Day
dagger Yellow Bird recipe at International Bartenders Association

Yellow Bird is a Caribbean cocktail beverage.

History

The origins of the yellow bird name is unclear. Some sources mention that the cocktail was named after the Haitian tune "Yellow Bird," that was first rewritten in English in 1957 that became a sort of national anthem of the Caribbean due to the popularity of Harry Belafonte's recording. Hawaiian singer Arthur Lyman, one of the influencers of the tiki culture's exotica music, released a version of the song which rose to #4 in July 1961 on the Billboard charts and was played weekly at Shell Bar in The Hawaii Village, a possible birthplace of the cocktail.

Others argue that it was not named after the song and obtains the name from its sunny color resulting from Galliano, a golden, sweet vanilla-anise Italian liqueur or from its color combination of yellow and orange fruits that are accompanied by a golden rum. It is worth mentioning that this IBA does not include this latter ingredient.


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