A bees knees (or bee's knees) is a Prohibition era cocktail made with gin, fresh lemon juice, and honey.
It is served shaken and chilled, often with a lemon twist.
IBA official cocktail | |
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Type | Cocktail |
Base spirit | |
Served | Straight up: chilled, without ice |
Standard garnish | Garnish with lemon peel |
Standard drinkware | Cocktail glass |
IBA specified ingredients† |
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Preparation | Combine gin, honey syrup and lemon juice into a mixing tin. Shake. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon peel. |
† Bee's knees recipe at International Bartenders Association |
The name comes from prohibition-era slang meaning "the best".
The bee's knees cocktail has unclear origins. It was possibly invented by Frank Meier, an Austrian-born, part Jewish bartender who was the first head bartender at the Ritz in Paris in 1921, when its Cafe Parisian opened its doors.
A 1929 news article attributes the cocktail to Margaret Brown, an American socialite.
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. A 2023 article published by The New York Times credited an increase in the cocktail's popularity in part to Bee's Knees Week.
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