Tequila Honey Bee

Ingredients

• 2 oz Reposado Tequila
• 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
• 0.75 oz Honey Syrup
• Lemon peel · optional garnish

Method

1. 1

   Add the reposado tequila, lemon juice, and honey syrup to a shaker with ice.

2. 2

   Shake until well-chilled.

3. 3

   Strain into a chilled coupe.

4. 4

   Express a lemon peel over the drink and drop it in.

The Story

The Bee's Knees is a Prohibition-era gin sour sweetened with honey. Substituting reposado tequila, whose light oak plays well with honey, gives a modern variation often called a Honey Bee or Tequila Bee's Knees.