Bees Knees Variations?

I recently picked up some huckleberry honey and prickly pear honey that I used to make 2:1 honey syrups of each. Haven't used the prickly pear in a Bee's Knees yet, but the huckleberry was amazing. My recipe is the same as yours, but an ounce of honey syrup instead of 3/4.

The version I like best is this:

*1.5 oz gin

*3/4 oz Drambuie

*3/4 oz lemon juice

*1/2 oz honey

*1 egg white (optional)

Found it somewhere on r/cocktails.

EDIT: I should note I don't make a honey syrup. I actually heat it up so it is thinner, and so that I don't dilute the flavor. I know this may be weird, but I'm often too lazy and in a hurry to make multiple drinks. So I don't generally make syrups.

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I really enjoy it with a rum like Appleton signature or Appleton 12 instead of the gin.

Add a couple dashes of absinthe to make it a Bee Sting. Adds a nice dimension.

I really like the Killer Bee from Nopalito in San Francisco:

• 2oz mezcal
• 1.5oz lemon juice
• 0.75oz 1:1 honey syrup

Swap out the honey syrup for the ginger honey syrup you would use in a Penicillin. Really good. I call it "Bee's Remedy"

You could try infusing some tea into the honey syrup or gin. Tea should work well with both the honey and lemon taste.

I call this one the "Royal Jelly"

2.00oz Gold Rum

0.50oz Lemon Juice

1.00oz Honey

One Egg White

Put ingredients into a shaker and shake to mix and make foam.

Then add ice and shake to cool and dilute.

Strain into glass and serve.

My glass of choice would be a Coupe. Something Goblet like in appearance to gif the impression to the drinker that they are a king or queen, enjoying their feeding of Royal Jelly.