Bebbo Cocktail

Serve in Coupe glass...
2	spoon	Runny honey
1½	fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
¾	fl oz	Freshly squeezed lemon juice
½	fl oz	Blood orange juice
¼	fl oz	Chilled water (omit if wet ice)

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How to make:

STIR honey with gin in base of shaker until honey dissolves. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

Comment:

Fresh, clean and fruity with honeyed notes. Choose your honey wisely.

About:

A long lost relation of the Bee's Knees revived thanks to Ted Haigh's 2004 book Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails. Although not classically called for, this is best made with blood orange juice. We've also knocked back the lemon juice by 25% from the original recipe.

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