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Daily Archives: June 1, 2018

Bee’s Knees

Created during the Prohibition when adding citrus and sweeteners helped make ‘bathtub gin’ more palatable, this cocktail is ‘the bee’s knees’. That slang term means ‘the best’ and this easy sipper is perfect for a warm Friday night on this first evening in June. For those curious about honey syrup, it is simply 1 part honey dissolved into 1 part hot water. This thinned honey probably contributed to the cocktail’s name and being thinned,the honey is much easier to mix with the gin and lemon juice.  I like to think of this drink as a sibling to the recently posted Gimlet – and each are easily interchangeable to satisfy your tastes with a minimal number of ingredients…