2 Cocktail Recipes with this ingredient.
The Bee's Knees is a Prohibition-era gin sour that used honey and citrus to mask the rough edges of bathtub gin. Today, with quality London dry gin available, it's a revelation — bright, floral, and perfectly balanced. The honey syrup is the key: make it 3:1 honey to hot water so it's thick and rich. It integrates beautifully with the botanicals of the gin. A classic that deserves far more attention in modern bar programs.
Sam Ross created the Penicillin at Milk & Honey in 2005 and it has since become one of the most influential modern cocktails in the world. Blended Scotch provides the base, fresh lemon and honey-ginger syrup create the sour backbone, and a float of peaty Islay single malt delivers a smoky, medicinal nose on every sip. Make the ginger-honey syrup fresh: 3:1 honey to water, steeped with fresh ginger slices for 15 minutes.