Bourbon, shaken
Little Honey
Barline 1h,Q,h,h,q,Ro
The code is the shorthand off my printed menu; the Key tab decodes every letter.
- 1 1/2 oz Bourbon
- 3/4 oz Elderflower liqueur
- 1/2 oz Dry vermouth
- 1/2 oz Lemon juice
- 1/4 oz Honey syrup
- Egg white
Shake hard with ice, then strain.
Rocks, iced, orange twist.
Taste
An ounce and a half of bourbon, three-quarters elderflower, half an ounce each of dry vermouth and lemon, a quarter of honey, egg white. The foam carries the flower; dry vermouth keeps it lean. Shaken, rocks with ice, orange twist. Bourbon under elderflower.
History
Little Honey is missing from the pre-1970 manuals and has no entry under that name in Difford's, Punch, or Imbibe. The nearest parents are the Gold Rush, T.J. Siegal's bourbon, lemon, and honey sour at Milk & Honey around 2000, and the Bee's Knees, with St-Germain, launched by Robert Cooper in 2007, in the elderflower slot. The build here adds dry vermouth and egg white to those, with an ounce and a half of bourbon, over ice with an orange twist.
Same shape, other bottles
The Daisy family, with the bottle that changed.
- White Ladygin and orange liqueur for bourbon and elderflower liqueur
- Katinkavodka and lime juice for bourbon and lemon juice
- Man o' Warsweet vermouth and orange liqueur for dry vermouth and elderflower liqueur
- Hat Tipgin and simple syrup for bourbon and honey syrup
- King's Jubileelight rum and maraschino liqueur for bourbon and elderflower liqueur
- Rendezvousgin and lime juice for bourbon and lemon juice
This is one drink on my home bar's menu. Tick the bottles you own and the menu lists which of all 185 drinks they pour.