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Cocktail Glass

Glass Guide- Cocktail Glass

This yellow brandy cocktail can be shaken or blended and makes a refreshing drink for summer evenings. The liqueurs add a unique blend of herbal flavor to the palate. Be sure to use Yellow Chartreuse, not green, or it will be a green bird, not a Yellow Bird.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 oz brandy
  • 1/2 oz Pernod
  • 1/2 oz yellow Chartreuse

Preparation:

Shaken:
  1. Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.
  2. Shake well.
  3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Blended:

  1. Pour the ingredients into a blender with 3/4 cup of ice.
  2. Blend until smooth.
  3. Pour into a chilled hurricane glass.

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