Lavender Bee's Knees - A Gin Cocktail #drinks #syrup

We cherish the flavors in this exemplary gin mixed drink, light and natural with the lavender, flawlessly citrusy with the lemon! Cheers to summer with this Lavender Bee's Knees!

We have been occupied the most recent couple of weeks wrapping up the finish of summer by discovering approaches to utilize our new herbs from our greenhouse before the cool evenings of fall completion off our herbs. One of the herbs we have been truly getting a charge out of is our lavender, which at last has set up itself enough to blossom, its purple blooms fragrantly flower in the pre-fall sun.

The Bee's Knees is a scrumptious great mixed drink formula that has been around since forbiddance. Honey bee's Knees got its name from the mainstream 1920's expression "It's the honey bee's knees," which means the best. The Bee's Knees is a remove from the old reserve, the Gin Sour mixed drink, however uses nectar to add a rich complex sweetness to the beverage.

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Ingredients
For the Lavender Simple Syrup

• 1 cup water
• 4-5 sprigs of lavender and/or flowers
• 1 cup sugar

For the Cocktail

• 1 oz Lavender Simple Syrup
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 2 oz gin

Instructions
For the Cocktail

1. Add the gin and honey into a shaker and stir to dissolve the honey.
2. Add in the remaining ingredients.
3. Fill shaker with ice.
4. Shake and strain into a cocktail coupe.
5. Garnish with a sprig of Lavender.
6. Cheers!

For the Lavender Simple Syrup

1. Bring sugar and water to a boil, take off of heat, and add lavender sprigs.
2. Let sit for 15 minutes, strain out sprigs.
3. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 2 weeks.

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