Bee’s Knees recipe

Dry gin shaken with lemon juice, orange juice and honey, then strained into a cocktail glass and finished with a twist of lemon.

  • 2 mins total
  • 5 ingredients
  • Cocktail glass
Bee’s Knees in a martini glass with a lime wheel

Recipe card

Bee’s Knees

Prep
1 min
Making
1 min
Total
2 mins
Serves
1
Glass
Cocktail glass

Ingredients

Drinks

Makes 1 drink.

Method

  1. Use a jigger to measure the orange juice and lemon juice into a mixing glass.
  2. Add the honey.
  3. Gently stir with a bar spoon until the honey has dissolved.
  4. Add ice to a cocktail shaker.
  5. Use a jigger to measure the gin into the shaker.
  6. Add the juice mix to the shaker.
  7. Shake well until cold to the touch.
  8. Strain into a cocktail glass.
  9. Garnish with a twist of lemon.
Kris Barton, founder of ThatCocktail, enjoying a cocktail

About the author

Kris Barton

Kris has been making, and sometimes inventing, cocktails for more than 20 years, and founded ThatCocktail in 2019 to share quick and easy recipes you can make at home.

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