Honey Bee
A Prohibition-era cocktail combining white rum with honey and fresh citrus.
- 2 ozjamaican rum
- ¾ ozhoney syrup(1:1 honey to warm water)
- ¾ ozfresh lemon juice
- Lemon twistgarnish
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The Honey Bee is the rum-based cousin of the Bee's Knees. David Embury noted in his 1948 The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks that when made with Jamaican rum instead of gin, the Bee's Knees becomes a Honey Bee. The drink showcases how honey's floral sweetness pairs beautifully with aged rum's deeper, more complex flavors.
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