The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks dinner or mid-afternoon drinks accompanying cake or chocolate cookies, but they are anathema as a "cocktail" before a large meal. In terms of IBA Official Cocktails, Embury describes classic Before-Dinner Cocktails, which whet the appetite, not other categories. Embury breaks all cocktail ingredients down into three categories: The base is the principal ingredient of the cocktail. It is typically a single spirit such as rum, gin, or whiskey, and typically makes up 75 percent or more of the total volume of the cocktail before icing. The modifying agent is the ingredient that gives the cocktail its character. Its function is
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