Bushwacker (cocktail) topped with a grating of fresh nutmeg. However the recipe now has as many variations as there are gin joints or bartenders. The quantity of vodka or rum, which lends the drink most of its alcohol, can be varied making the drink anywhere between 40% and 75% alcohol or it can be completely left out for a low-alcohol beverage. Fruit can also be added to the cocktail as another seasonal variation to an otherwise basic drink. The Bushwacker was invented at the Ship's Store/Sapphire Pub in Sapphire Village, St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands in the spring of 1975 by bartender
Yellow Bird (cocktail) Village", a possible birthplace of the cocktail. Others argue that it was "not" named after the song and obtains the name from its sunny color resulting from Galliano, a golden, anise-flavored Italian liqueur or from its color combination of yellow and orange fruits that are accompanied by a "golden rum". It is worth mentioning that this IBA does not include this latter ingredient. Yellow Bird (cocktail) Yellow Bird is a Caribbean cocktail beverage. The origins of the "yellow bird" name is unclear. Some sources mention that the cocktail was named after the Haitian tune "Yellow Bird," that was first rewritten