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It's certainly one of my favorites, even in these times where the choices are bountiful. Perhaps the bee's knees drink was so good, it was literally 'the best' cocktail during this time. This totally makes sense, as they had to be quite creative in making alcohol in the prohibition era. The funny thing is that the bee's knees is likely invented as a way to mask the flavor of really bad bathtub gin. Now it is generally a consensus that the expression means that something is of the highest quality and is excellent. It actually has a rich history, but it hasn't always meant the same thing (like smallness and something that doesn't exist).įrom the roaring 20's, the expression was included as a part of a nonsense language young people invented, as a word for something that is the best. The phrase 'bee's knees' came before the cocktail. All my honey and lemon drinks can work beautifully with lavender honey as well, such as this sore throat tea, the Penicillin cocktail and a ginger whiskey sour. The lavender honey is perfect to keep in the refrigerator all summer long, so you can make this lavender gin cocktail, but also to sprinkle on top of mango granola and sweetened condensed milk. The infused lavender honey is mush easier to make than you may assume, and it has tons of different uses. A floral twist on a Prohibition era cocktail, this lavender bee's knees is made with just 4 ingredients and is the perfect combination of tart, sweet and floral.