This bees knees recipe is a gin cocktail shaken with lemon and honey. It is not a gimlet or a whiskey sour.
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Bees Knees
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 drink 1x
Description
Bees Knees. From Your Daily Hit.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ounces (60ml) gin
- 3/4 ounce (22ml) lemon juice
- 3/4 ounce (22ml) honey syrup
- ice
- lemon twist
Instructions
- Stir equal parts honey and warm water to make the syrup. Cool it.
- Shake gin, lemon, and syrup with ice.
- Strain into a chilled glass and add the twist.
Notes
Honey straight from the jar does not dissolve in a cold shake. Make the syrup.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Cocktail
- Method: No-cook
- Cuisine: American
Syrup
Half honey, half warm water.
Lemon
Fresh. Bottled juice tastes flat here.
Gin
Dry. The honey is the sweet half.
Shake
Hard. Honey drinks taste heavy if they are warm.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 320 calories per serving. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
Honey swap?
Use simple syrup and it is no longer this drink.
Glass
A coupe or a short rocks glass.
Batch
Keep the syrup cold and shake each drink.
Twist
Lemon oil over the top.
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