Best Bitter Bee Cocktail Recipes

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Provided by Gonzalo Guzmán

Yield Makes 1 cocktail

Number Of Ingredients 3

1 1⁄2 ounces honey
2 ounces mezcal, such as Del Maguey Vida brand
1 1⁄2 ounces freshly squeezed lemon juice (from 1 lemon)

Steps:

To make a honey syrup, in a small bowl or jar, combine the honey with 1 1⁄2 ounces water.
In a cocktail shaker, combine the mezcal, lemon juice, and 3⁄4 ounce of the honey syrup (save the remaining honey syrup for another cocktail). Fill the shaker three-quarters of the way with ice and shake vigorously for 10 seconds if serving on the rocks or 15 seconds if serving "up." Strain into an ice-filled double old-fashioned glass or bucket glass, or serve up with no ice.

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Yield Makes 2

Number Of Ingredients 5

1/4 cup hot water
1 teaspoon dried lavender blossoms*
1/4 cup honey
6 tablespoons gin
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Steps:

Mix hot water and dried lavender blossoms in bowl. Let steep 5 minutes. Whisk in 1/4 cup honey. Strain into another bowl. Add 3 tablespoons of the honey syrup, gin, and lemon juice; strain into cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into 2 chilled Martini glasses.