May 29-Bee’s Knees

This cocktail is the Bee’s Knees both figuratively and literally. I say this because this cocktail is one of the best from its time and it is actually called the Bee’s Knees. It gets this name from the fact that this cocktail uses honey syrup as a sweetener. This is probably the best known cocktail that uses honey, up there with the Penecillin and maybe the Gold Rush.

This recipe was different than the one I learned earlier since it includes orange juice instead of purely lemon juice. But the true star of the show is the honey. It is a simple ingredient that isn’t used a lot despite it being super satisfying in almost everything it goes in, especially things with gin in them. The botanicals in gin work so well with the honey.

People used to think this was an American cocktail, but it actually started in France. A Paris bartender named Margaret Brown.

Full judging here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18suHpqET_tGQXLm4T4I41JM0tjRNu87thrU46OKAVCw/edit?tab=t.0