Bees Knees co*cktail Recipe (2024)

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What is a bees knees drink made of? ›

A Bee's Knees co*cktail is made with just three ingredients – gin, honey, and lemon – but together they create a magical drink.

Sipsmith. Sipsmith, a London-based artisanal gin, has a nuanced flavor that pairs well with the honey and lemon in a Bees Knees.

The Bee's Kees is a Prohibition-era co*cktail featuring gin, lemon juice and honey. The unique name is a convention of the time: The phrase “bee's knees” was popular slang used to call something excellent or outstanding.

Directions. Add gin, lemon juice, and honey syrup to a co*cktail shaker filled with ice. Shake until chilled, about 15 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.

Bees have lots of other specialised structures on their legs to carry pollen, but the bee's knee itself is no more remarkable than any of the other leg joints. So with that in mind, what's the origin of the phrase: "the bee's knees"? Probably simply because "knees" rhymes with "bees".

Some people believe that it is a reference to the fact that bees carry pollen in sacks on their knees, and that the expression therefore alludes to this concentrated goodness. Others maintain that the saying is just a corruption of the word 'business'.

The bees' knees is also the name of a classic co*cktail with other names like the Bumble Bee. It's easy to make - and it's my first choice for a co*cktail to welcome spring. Think of a Tom Collins but with organic honey as a natural sweetener instead of sugar. Better yet with local honey!

It may sound simple, but magic occurs when making it as an Empress gin co*cktail. The lemon transitions the deep indigo, purple-like hue to a lighter pink. It's bubbly and beautiful, and you're sure to love it.

Bee's Knees is just, well, the bee's knees. This artful mix of bright ingredients and springtime botanicals is all flavour but none of the buzzzz. Tasting Notes: Lemon, Honey, Red Clover, Juniper and Timut Peppercorn.

The bee's knees co*cktail has unclear origins. It was possibly 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. A 1929 news article attributes the co*cktail to Margaret Brown, an American socialite.

What is the history of the bees knees co*cktail? ›

The Bee's Knees co*cktail is a gin, lemon and honey classic that dates back to prohibition. The phrase “bee's knees” was prohibition-era slang for “the best.” In that time, the addition of ingredients such as citrus and honey were often used to cover the less than ideal smell and taste of bathtub gin.

The Bee's Knees' beginnings were placed in the Prohibition era due to its inclusion of gin and its flapper-influenced name. Along with “the cat's pajamas,” “the flea's eyebrows,” and “the kipper's knickers,” the phrase “the bee's knees” was a popular expression in the 1920's.

Etymology. Attested since 1922, of unclear origin. There are several suggested origins, but it most likely arose in imitation of the numerous animal-related nonsense phrases popular in the 1920s such as the cat's pyjamas, cat's whiskers, cat's meow, gnat's elbow, monkey's eyebrows etc.

Masking the foul flavors

Gin was one of the most popular beverages of the era because it was usually the simplest, cheapest and fastest beverage to produce: Take some alcohol, thin it with water, add glycerin and juniper oil, and voila – gin! For this reason, many of the co*cktails created during Prohibition used gin.

Honey is a sweet liquid made by bees.

Royal jelly is often referred to as a honey bee's version of “a mother's milk” and is a protein-rich secretion produced by worker bees. This milky substance is fed to all larvae for a short period of time during the honey bee life cycle, and is also fed to the developing queen bee in extra amounts.