How to Make a Yellow Bird: Yellow Bird Cocktail Recipe

A Yellow Bird is a rum-based drink with a bright yellow color. According to the International Bartenders Association, it has just four ingredients: white rum, yellow Galliano, triple sec, and fresh lime juice. Many Yellow Bird recipes, however, take the drink into Caribbean-punch territory with the addition of orange juice, pineapple juice, and playful garnishes such as maraschino cherries, or pineapple wedges.

The Yellow Bird has just four simple ingredients:

1. 1. Galliano L’Autentico: Galliano liqueur is what gives the Yellow Bird its distinctive hue. Made with vanillin, star anise, and aniseed, Galliano is 30% ABV and adds a warm vanilla note to the cocktail.
2. 2. White rum: Light rum is a must for this cocktail. Dark rum will turn the Yellow Bird brown.
3. 3. Triple sec: Triple sec is an orange-flavored (and orange-colored!) liqueur with 15–40% ABV, depending on the brand. It’s also an ingredient in the Margarita and the Cosmopolitan.
   
4. 4. Lime juice: Everything’s better with a little acidity. Fresh lime juice keeps this drink balanced.