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Bee’s Knees

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The Bee's Knees was invented by Frank Meier, an Austrian-born, part Jewish bartender who was the first head bartender at the Ritz in Paris in 1921, when its Cafe Parisian opened its doors. The name comes from prohibition-era slang meaning "the best".

Method
Shaken
Glass
coupe
Difficulty
Medium

Ingredients

Servings:
1
Your bar: 0/3
Honey Syrup
15 ml
Gin
60 ml
Orange Zest(optional)
1
Orange Juice(optional)
23 ml
Lemon Juice
23 ml
🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free

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Instructions

  1. Stir honey with lemon and orange juices until it dissolves
  2. Add gin and shake with ice
  3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass
  4. **Variations:**
  5. - Barr Hill Gin is sometimes recommended for its honey infusion, though other gins may be used (including Barr Hill's Tom Cat gin).
  6. - The honey may be diluted 1:1 with warm water to thin the consistency.
  7. - The honey may be diluted 1:1 with simple syrup instead of water.
  8. - A sprig of basil or thyme may be used for garnish instead of lemon peel.
  9. - Some variations contain orange juice
  10. - Add 2 dashes of absinthe and 2 dashes of orange bitters to make a variation called "Oldest Living Confederate Widow"

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