Name: The Business
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 30 ml Lime juice; 20 ml Honey and water syrup

The Business
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
²⁄₃ oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

As the name suggests, The Business is a riff on a classic Bee's Knees with lime juice. It's snappier with lime instead of lemon juice.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Sasha Petraske at his famous Milk & Honey bar in Manhattan, New York City, USA.

The Business features in Georgette Moger-Petraske's 2016 Sasha Petraske Regarding Cocktails.

The Business
2 oz (60 ml) gin
1 oz (30 ml) fresh lime juice
¾ oz (22.5 ml) Honey syrup
Combine the gin, lime juice, and honey syrup in a cocktail shaker, add 1 large ice cube, and shake vigorously until the drink is sufficiently chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe.
Georgette Moger-Petraske, Sasha Petraske Regarding Cocktails, 2016

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Nutrition:

One serving of The Business contains 184 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
16.52% alc./vol. (16.52° proof)
18.2 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese

3rd June 2024 at 18:00

First off, first time, over dilution just killed this for me. Second, my opinion is skewed and biased from using (first, gin - but also) the very distinct Barr Hill honey (a raw honey might yield similar results for you). Properly, delicately diluted, this is amazing. Give it to me all day. Gin tops white rum with lime. I can't deny.

G. M. Genovese

1st November 2024 at 10:12

Ford's and Nate's Organic raw honey made a fine swill, but not an eye-popping, 5-star madness like with the Barr Hill.

Georgette Moger-Petraske

18th April 2024 at 03:03

Original recipe for The Business is 3/4 oz honey syrup.

Simon Difford

18th April 2024 at 08:45

Many thanks, Georgette. I've added the original recipe from Regarding Cocktails.

Julia Gilchrist

15th March 2024 at 11:27

Gorgeous with homemade pear & honey syrup 🍐

Annabelle Egginton

9th March 2024 at 18:56

More complex in taste than the bees knees

Miguel Perales

9th September 2023 at 20:57

Also went with a botanical Gin (Botanist). Great combination of flavors. The honey is very prevalent on the nose, but it gets a little bit lost in the palate. Great citrus overtones with a nice gin finish.

John Hinojos

9th July 2022 at 00:00

Great mixture of ingredients. Simple and refreshing. Gin give some nice herbal tones with the honey syrup. Great as designed.
However, since we saw this basically as a daiquiri made with gin. After tasting, we added the equivalent of 4 drops of Difford's Diaquiri Bitters. Pulled the flavours to a new level. Either way it is great.

Trevor Jones

31st May 2022 at 01:06

Personally I prefer this over a Bee's Knees, & this recipe made with Esme botanical New-Age Gin is a perfect combination!

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