Bee's Knees
Ingredients
2 oz Gin
1 oz Lemon juice
1/2 oz Honey Syrup
Garnishes
1 twist Lemon
Glass
Preparation
Add the gin, lemon juice and honey syrup into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with a lemon twist.
Description
A Bees Knees (or Bee's Knees) is a Prohibition Era cocktail made with gin, fresh lemon juice, and honey. It is served shaken and chilled, often with a lemon twist.
History
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".
