Raspberry Bee’s Knees Mocktail
Serves: 2
The phrase, Bees Knees was a prohibition-era slang for “the best”. This classic cocktail was born during prohibition and was made with lemon, honey and ‘bathtub’ gin, which refers to a spirit made by amateurs. We substitute Perrier for the gin and add raspberries. This mocktail surely won’t prohibit you from having fun!
Equipment needed: Cocktail shaker Muddler (or small, long wooden spoon)
The phrase, Bees Knees was a prohibition-era slang for “the best”. This classic cocktail was born during prohibition and was made with lemon, honey and ‘bathtub’ gin, which refers to a spirit made by amateurs. We substitute Perrier for the gin and add raspberries. This mocktail surely won’t prohibit you from having fun!
Equipment needed: Cocktail shaker Muddler (or small, long wooden spoon)
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons filtered water
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons honey simple syrup (see below for directions)
- 16 raspberries
- 2 cubes ice
- A few raspberries
- One Lemon slice
Directions
- Make the honey simple syrup: in a small pan or in the microwave, heat 2 tablespoons of honey with 1 tablespoon of hot water, and stir until the honey is dissolved. Remove from heat.
- Place the filtered water, lemon juice, honey syrup and raspberries in the cocktail shaker and muddle the ingredients until the raspberries have broken down.
- Add ice and shake vigorously.
- Strain the mocktail into glasses and add a few raspberries into the glass and garnish with a slice of lemon or raspberries.
