A super refreshing and smoky Mezcal Cocktail.

The Yellow Pepper No. 2 was created by Gabriella Mlynarczyk for the restaurant Birch in Hollywood, CA. Birch is where I first met Gaby after I became aware of her cocktails and what she was doing I sought a job with her so I could learn. And learn I did.

What Gaby does is unrivaled and not replicable and she opened my eyes to whole world of cocktails and possibilities I had not been aware of prior. Working with her was the best thing for my creativity because after years of knocking out classic cocktails, it got the old gears going and stoked my creativity. This drink was one of my favorites from the menu at Birch and many many customers became regulars because of the menu we had.

The name of the drink is an interesting story because at Birch we didn’t have cocktail names, each drink had a number from 1 to 10. So when a customer ordered they’d just say something like “Can I have a number 2” and so forth and so on. Yellow Pepper No. 2 was how the drink was known internally and I hope Gaby forgives me for letting you guys in on that, and of course, it was named so because of the main ingredient Yellow Bell Pepper. Gaby is also the author of an amazing cocktail book called “Clean and Dirty Drinking” and you guys should do yourselves a favor and pick it up it will blow your minds.

A little note on this drink: I decided to omit the bitters in this drink but if you want to add a little spice hit it with 2-3 dashes of Scrappy’s Firewater Bitters.

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Yellow Pepper No. 2

A Yellow Bell Pepper Cocktail

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Servings 1 Cocktail

Ingredients

 

OZML

• 1.5 oz Mezcal or Tequila if you want less smoky flavor
• 1.5 oz Yellow Bell Pepper Juice
• .75 oz Yellow Chartreuse
• .75 oz Lemon Juice
• .75 oz Simple Syrup

Optional

• 2-3 dashes Scrappy’s Firewater Bitters

Garnish

• 1 Roasted Shishito Pepper
• 1 dash Sea Salt Smoked

Instructions

 

• Add ingredients to Tin
• Add shaking ice
• Add large cube of Ice to glass
• Strain into glass
• Add 1 dash of Smoked Sea Salt
• Garnish with Roasted Shishito Pepper

Keyword bell pepper, chartreuse, lemon juice, Mezcal, simple syrup, Tequila, yellow chartreuse, yellow pepper