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Name: Bee's Knees (The Kitchn)
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 drink
Ingredients: 2 oz gin; 3/4 oz lemon juice; 1/2 oz honey syrup; 1/4 cup honey; 1/4 cup water

Bee's Knees (The Kitchn)

drink gin sour shaken bees-knees

A drier bee's knees: gin with three quarters of an ounce of lemon and only half an ounce of 1:1 honey syrup, made fresh on the stove and shaken for about 15 seconds.

Source: The Kitchn · Sheela Prakash

Prep: 5 min
Total: 15 min
Yield: 1 drink

Method: Shaken
Glass: coupe
Ice: up
Garnish: lemon twist (optional)

Ingredients

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2 oz gin
3/4 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz honey syrup
For the honey syrup
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup water

Instructions

1.
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add the gin, lemon juice and honey syrup. Shake vigorously until well chilled, about 15 seconds.
2.
Strain into a coupe.
3.
Honey syrup
1. 1.
  Stir the honey and water in a small saucepan over medium heat until the honey dissolves, 2 to 3 minutes. Take off the heat and let cool for 5 minutes.
2. 2.
  The syrup keeps in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.

Bee's Knees (The Kitchn)

Ingredients

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Honey syrup

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