Bees Knees

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Bees Knees
Photo: Will Shenton — via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Prep5 min
Cook0 min
Total5 min

Gin, lemon and honey — a Prohibition drink built to hide the taste of bathtub gin, and good enough to outlive it.

Ingredients

Serves:1
  • 60 ml gin
  • 22.5 ml lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 tsp warm water
  • 1 pieces lemon twist

Nutrition (estimated)

high confidence
237kcal · per serving
1.2g
Protein
22.9g
Carbs
0.3g
Fat

Recipe total: 237 kcal · P 1.2g · C 22.9g · F 0.3g

Estimated from 5 of 5 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

Video

Video: Bees Knees Cocktail Recipe - A SWEET, CITRUSY GIN COCKTAIL by Steve the Bartender on YouTube

Steps

  1. 1
    Make the honey syrup first: stir the honey into the warm water until fully dissolved. Neat honey will not incorporate in a cold shaker and sinks to the bottom.
  2. 2
    Chill a coupe glass.
  3. 3
    Combine the gin, lemon juice and honey syrup in a shaker with ice.
  4. 4
    Shake hard for 10 seconds.
  5. 5
    Double strain into the chilled coupe.
  6. 6
    Express a lemon twist over the surface and drop it in.
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Questions and answers

How long does Bees Knees take to make?

About 5 minutes.

What are the proportions for Bees Knees?

60 ml gin; 22.5 ml lemon juice; 1 tbsp honey; 1 tsp warm water; 1 pieces lemon twist.

How many servings does this Bees Knees recipe make?

1 serving. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.

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