The Bee’s Knees made with bourbon.
Why you are pouring this tonight
The Gold Rush is the bourbon cousin of the Bee’s Knees and a modern classic from Milk and Honey, New York, 2003. Three ingredients: bourbon, lemon, honey syrup. Served over a single big rock in a heavy glass with a lemon twist. Looks like an Old Fashioned. Drinks like a sour. Better than both at the right moment.
Use a sturdy bourbon (Buffalo Trace, Wild Turkey 101) so it stands up to the lemon. Anything too smooth gets lost. Make a 3:1 honey syrup ahead of time. Shake hard with ice for twelve seconds, strain over a single big clear rock in a heavy rocks glass, lemon twist expressed over the surface. The drink is named after the cocktail-bar gold rush of the early 2000s when this entire style of three-ingredient bourbon-lemon-honey sour took over American menus. Pair with smoked salmon, blue cheese, the back end of a long Friday afternoon.
What to pour it alongside
Smoked salmon, blue cheese, late afternoon.
Notes
Use a sturdy bourbon (Buffalo Trace, Wild Turkey 101) so it stands up to the lemon. Anything too smooth gets lost.
The recipe
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