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Honeysuckle

A delicate honey-sweetened rum sour with floral notes and bright lime.

rumEasy~22% ABV
MethodShakeGlassCoupeIcenoneGarnishlime wheel
Recipe
Serves1
Ingredients
  • 2 ozwhite rum
  • ¾ ozfresh lime juice(freshly squeezed)
  • ¾ ozhoney syrup(1:1 honey to water)
  • lime wheelgarnish
Instructions
  1. 1Combine rum, lime juice, and honey syrup in a shaker with ice.
  2. 2Shake vigorously until well chilled.
  3. 3Fine strain into a chilled coupe glass.
  4. 4Garnish with a lime wheel.
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History & Origin

The Honeysuckle appears in David A. Embury's influential 1948 book "The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks," where he describes it as a Bee's Knees made with white Cuban rum instead of gin.

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