Instructions

Step 1

Stir lemon zest, honey, and 1 oz. hot water in a cocktail shaker. Add gin and ice; cover and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled champagne flute and top with Champagne.

Drinks

Bee’s Knees

Name: Bee's Knees
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 1 Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 tsp. grated lemon zest; ½ oz. honey; 1½ oz. gin; Brut Rosé Champagne, for topping

Serves
makes 1 Cocktail

PENNY DE LOS SANTOS

Kansas City's Rye restaurant pours this classic, a honey-sweetened gin potion, which gets its effervescence from a splash of rose champagne. This recipe first appeared in the iPad edition of our August/September 2013 Heartland issue with the story Mom and Populist.

Ingredients

1 tsp. grated lemon zest
½ oz. honey
1½ oz. gin
Brut Rosé Champagne, for topping

Instructions

Step 1

Stir lemon zest, honey, and 1 oz. hot water in a cocktail shaker. Add gin and ice; cover and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled champagne flute and top with Champagne.

Stir lemon zest, honey, and 1 oz. hot water in a cocktail shaker. Add gin and ice; cover and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled champagne flute and top with Champagne.