Cider Honey Bee

Name: Cider Honey Bee
Ingredients: 2 oz Gin; 3 oz Apple cider; 1 oz Honey syrup; 1 oz Lemon juice; 1–2 dashes Bitters; Thin apple slices

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Cloudy gold, and it tastes like orchard long before it tastes like gin. Thin the honey with hot water or it seizes into a lump in the tin, and go easy on it — the cider is already sweetening this. I make these in October and call it produce.

Ingredients

Where there's a range: the low end is lighter, the high end is fuller.

2 ozGin
3 ozApple cider
1 ozHoney syrup
1 ozLemon juice
1–2 dashesBitters

Garnish

Thin apple slices

Method

Add all to a shaker filled with ice and shake. Pour over rocks or into a chilled glass. Garnish with apple slices around the rim.