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Spirit-forward · Shaken · Historical · complexity 1/5

Yellow Parrot

Fitchett's Yellow Parrot is the Boston equal-parts absinthe, yellow chartreuse, and apricot brandy drink.

sweet · herbal · stone_fruit · anise · aperitif · formal

Served in Cocktail glass. Ice: Ice.

Variants (1)

About Town Cocktail Book by Joe Fitchett (1925, p.24) — Boston drink

0.17 gillAbsinthe or aniset — Absinthe or Anisetbase
0.17 gillapricot brandy — Apricot Brandymodifier
0.17 gillyellow chartreuse modifier
  1. Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.

Ice: Ice

This matters because it preserves a clearly named equal-parts liqueur cocktail still circulating in 1925.

Lineage reconciliation

See also: Pousse Cafe, Princess Mary Cocktail