No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Bebbo Cocktail
Measurements in:
Serves:
| 1 2⁄3 fl oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
| 1⁄2 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1⁄2 fl oz | Orange juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1⁄2 fl oz | Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight) |
| 2 drop | Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s |
How to make
Glassware
Serve in a Coupe glass
Prepare
- Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
Method
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish
- EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Flavour Profile
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Health & Nutrition
Nutrition:
One serving of Bebbo Cocktail contains 156 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.2 standard drinks
- 15.93% alc./vol. (31.87° proof)
- 16.2 grams of pure alcohol
History
The Bebbo first appears in Hyman Gale and Gerald F. Marco's 1937 The How and When.
Bebbo Cocktail
Hyman Gale and Gerald F. Marco, The How and When, 1937
1 pony Lemon Juice
1 spoon Orange Juice
1 spoon Honey
1 jigger Dry Gin
Shake well
Strain into Cocktail Glass
The Bebbo also notably appears in Victor Bergeron's 1947 Bartender's Guide by Trader Vic and Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.
BEBBO COCKTAIL
Victor Bergeron, Bartender's Guide by Trader Vic, 1947
1½ oz. dry gin
1 oz. lemon juice
½ tsp. orange juice
1/2tsp. honey
Shake with cracked ice; strain into chilled cocktail glass.
BEBBO
Stanley M. Jones, Jones' Complete Barguide, 1977
Cocktail Glass
Shake
1-1/2 oz gin
1 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz honey
1/4 oz orange juice
This long-lost relation of the Bee's Knees was revived thanks to Ted Haigh's 2004 book Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails.
Review
This vintage riff on a Bee's Knees is fresh, clean and citrusy with rich honeyed notes. I've previously maintained this cocktail is better made using blood orange juice. However, trying it made with both types of orange juice alongside each other, the blood version is different rather than better.
(If using honey rather than honey syrup, stir two spoons of honey with the lemon juice in the base of the shaker to dissolve the honey. Then add the other two ingredients and shake.)
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