# Yellow Daisy

Equal gin and dry vermouth meet rich orange liqueur and an absinthe accent in a compact, bracing Savoy relative of the Martini.

Strength: 32% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [Dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-gin.md)
- 30 ml [Dry vermouth](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-vermouth.md) — Keep the opened bottle refrigerated and use it fresh.
- 15 ml [Grand Marnier](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/grand-marnier.md)
- 1 dash [Absinthe](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/absinthe.md)

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Method

1. Shake all the ingredients with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled.
2. Fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

## Related drinks

- [The Joy Division](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/the-joy-division.md): A dry gin Martini brightened with Cointreau and a restrained measure of absinthe.
- [Tuxedo No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tuxedo-no-1.md): Equal dry gin and vermouth, a broad lemon peel, and absinthe make Harry Craddock’s 1930 Tuxedo branch austere, aromatic, and deliberately distinct from the sweeter original.
- [Savoy Hotel Special Cocktail No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/savoy-hotel-special-cocktail-no-1.md): A tiny trace of grenadine and absinthe pulls a two-to-one dry Gin Martini into the theatrical but still austere world of the Savoy bar.
- [Hoffman House Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hoffman-house-cocktail.md): A shaken two-to-one dry-gin Martini seasoned with orange bitters and fragrant orange oil.
- [Marguerite](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/marguerite.md): An equal-parts ancestor of the Dry Martini, softer and more wine-led, with orange bitters tying gin to vermouth.
- [Arsenic and Old Lace](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/arsenic-and-old-lace.md): Violet perfume threads through a dry gin Martini while a discarded absinthe rinse leaves only an anise shadow, making this modern normalization much lighter than the startling 1941 namesake.
- [Gibson](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gibson.md): A dry gin Martini whose pickled cocktail onion brings a subtle savoury sweetness to the glass.
- [Turf Club](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/turf-club.md): Dry gin and vermouth become unusually dimensional under measured accents of maraschino, absinthe, and orange bitters, placing this turn-of-the-century Martini relative beside but not inside the Tuxedo family.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/yellow-daisy
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/yellow-daisy-77c75df0.webp
- Recipe source: https://savoycocktaildatabase.com/cocktails/yellow-daisy-cocktail/