Yellow Bird
Tiki's golden hour
Light, citrusy, and sweet with Galliano's herbal vanilla giving it more depth than a simple daiquiri. Named after a Jamaican folk song — it drinks exactly like that sounds.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz White Rum
- 1/2 oz Galliano
- 3/4 oz Triple Sec
- 3/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice
Method
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake well. Double-strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.
A midcentury Caribbean cocktail with documented origins at Half Moon resort in Jamaica (1954), where the original formula used rum, crème de bananas, coffee liqueur, and orange juice. The modern recipe with Galliano, white rum, triple sec, and lime juice was standardized following Galliano's June 1972 advertising campaign in The Palm Beach Post. The cocktail's name connects to the Haitian song "Choucoune," adapted to English as "Yellow Bird" in 1957 by the Norman Luboff Choir and popularized by Arthur Lyman's 1961 recording (#4 on Billboard charts), which was recorded in Henry J. Kaiser's Aluminum Dome (studio) in Honolulu. Per Difford's Guide #2113; PUNCH magazine. Notes: no single documented creator; recipe variant (original Half Moon formula) differs significantly from the modern Galliano-prominent version. The name's cultural heritage traces to Haiti (Oswald Durand's 1883 poem "Choucoune"), though both song and cocktail naming may derive from the drink's golden hue or tropical aesthetic.
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