Bee’s Knees Cocktail

[nverland]

Bee’s Knees Cocktail
Prep time: 5 minutes Yield: 1 cocktail

Ingredients

For the honey syrup (makes 1 cup, enough for 8 cocktails)

1/3 cup honey
2/3 cup hot water

For the cocktail

2 ounces gin
1 ounce honey syrup
3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
Ice
Lavender bitters (optional)
Lemon peel, for garnish


Method

1 Make the honey syrup: Combine the honey and hot water. Stir until incorporated. The syrup can be refrigerated for up to a month or more.

2 Make the drink: Add the gin, 1 ounce of the honey syrup, and lemon juice to a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake for about 30 seconds, or until a frost forms on the shaker. Put a single large ice cube into a cocktail or old-fashioned glass. Strain drink into a glass and garnish with lemon peel.