| IBA official cocktail | |
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 A bee's knees cocktail made with gin, 1:1 honey syrup, lemon juice and orange juice | |
| Type | Cocktail |
| Base spirit | |
| Served | Straight up: chilled, without ice |
| Standard garnish | Garnish with lemon peel |
| Standard drinkware | .svg) |
| IBA specified ingredients† |
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| Preparation | Combine gin, honey syrup, lemon juice and orange juice into a mixing tin. Shake. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon peel. |
| †Bee's knees recipe atInternational Bartenders Association | |
Abees knees (orbee's knees) is aProhibition eracocktail made withgin, freshlemon juice, andhoney. It is served shaken and chilled, often with alemon twist.
The name comes from prohibition-era slang meaning "the best".[1]
The bee's knees cocktail has unclear origins. It was possibly invented byFrank Meier, an Austrian-born, part Jewish bartender who was the first head bartender at theRitz in Paris in 1921, when its Cafe Parisian opened its doors.[2]
A 1929 news article attributes the cocktail toMargaret Brown, an American socialite.[3]
In 2017, Barr Hill Gin started an annual event called Bee's Knees Week to promote their product. Bee's Knees Week is the largest sustainability event in the spirits industry, focused on pollinator protection.[4][5] A 2023 article published byThe New York Times credited an increase in the cocktail's popularity in part to Bee's Knees Week.[6]
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