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Harry Grainger
United Kingdom
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Gin
Triple sec
Orange flavoured soda water
Orange juice
Orange bitters
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I was wiki-walking through everyday phrases, went down the Bee's Knees route and happily ended at this link about the cocktail.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee%27s_knees
It suggests that Barr Hill Gin have instituted a Bee's Knees Week which is the biggest Sustainability week in the spirits industry - I don't know if that's true. But part of my day job is about Sustainability, and I love gin, so I'll climb on board.
BHG includes honey, and so does Silent Pool, so that's my first swap-out.
I don't have orange juice, so that's gone, for now.
But gin, honey, lemon juice, that sounds like a plan. Might downplay the lemon a little based on others' comments.
Verdict:
Not at all disappointed with this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee%27s_knees
It suggests that Barr Hill Gin have instituted a Bee's Knees Week which is the biggest Sustainability week in the spirits industry - I don't know if that's true. But part of my day job is about Sustainability, and I love gin, so I'll climb on board.
BHG includes honey, and so does Silent Pool, so that's my first swap-out.
I don't have orange juice, so that's gone, for now.
But gin, honey, lemon juice, that sounds like a plan. Might downplay the lemon a little based on others' comments.
Verdict:
Not at all disappointed with this.
Is it from the Mexican acrobat/actor Cantinflas who is probably most famous in the English-speaking world for his appearance as Passepartout opposite David Niven in Around The World In 80 Days (1956 - jeeps, it's older than I am!)?
Which could lead on to the other cocktail, Cantinflas Moustache...although in the closing credits Niven was represented as a clockface, Cantinflas as a Penny Farthing and, I think, Robert Newton's Detective Inspector Fix by a moustache...