Name: Blooded Knees
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 20 ml Honey and water syrup; 22.5 ml Blood orange juice; 22.5 ml Lemon juice

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

²⁄₃ fl oz

Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)

³⁄₄ fl oz

Blood orange juice

³⁄₄ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Blooded Knees contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
14.54% alc./vol. (29.08° proof)
19.5 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Miguel Perales Premium Member 14w

Nicely balanced. Great citrus flavors with the gin coming through at the end.
I used Monkey 47 gin which is more subtle and not as assertive.

Peter M Premium Member 1y

I made this with Hayman's London Dry and I feel like it was buried by the other ingredients. Delicious, but not as complex as anticipated. Might need to try a more "assertive" gin...

Avery Garnett 3y

Simple, delicious. How you manage to get a colour other than one that so red it is almost purple from the blood orange juice is beyond me, though

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Blood oranges vary enormously in colour.

Joe Cornwall 3y

Isn't this just a Bebbo with better (imho) proportions?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Thanks, Joe. I hadn't connected the two cocktails but I've now added links between them.

Chris Dimal 3y

What in the world! One of the best cocktails ever! The blood orange contributes this fruitiness, complexity and colour which is unbeatable. I expressed a Blood Orange Twist for this one. Absolutely a 5 star drink.

Felicia Premium Member 4y

Quite tasty. Mine was a deep ruby red because the oranges were so dark (and delicious). I love the Cocktail Finder - when I have a bundle of these I can search only on ‘blood oranges’ and pop! A delightful list of things to try - and Simon, A Big Thank You for such a remarkable website.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

My pleasure! We love the growing community using what we've built and all of you contributing to help us improve it.

Jonathan Stephens Premium Member 4y

Love it. More interesting colour and taste than Bees Knees (also nice)

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 4y

Immediate love. Lovely balance and depth. And it seems like this would be great with a bit of sparkling wine. At any rate, a great base for riffing. (2 Feb 2022, 3:58p)

Danielle Minkler 4y

Nice aperitivo drink! I additionally garnished with rosemary and next time I might also try smoking the glass with the rosemary. I might also add a quarter of aperol for complexity and to balance the citrus.