Bee's Knees
A Prohibition-era gin sour sweetened with honey.
ClassicHoneyCitrusFloral
Ingredients
- Gin2 oz (60 ml)
- Lemon Juice0.75 oz (22.5 ml)
- Honey Syrup0.75 oz (22.5 ml)
How to make it
- Shake all ingredients with ice.
- Strain into a coupe.
Glass: Coupe
May contain: Gluten. Always check your own bottles.
History
A product of American Prohibition, the Bee's Knees is a gin sour sweetened with honey, the honey and lemon helping to mask the harshness of bootleg 'bathtub' gin. Its name is 1920s slang for excellence — 'the bee's knees' — and it remains a benchmark of the era's homespun ingenuity.
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