This drink is an amazingly balanced and tasty twist on the vintage Bees Knees cocktail, but includes blood orange juice instead of ordinary orange juice. Freshly squeezed, of course. With all of that citrus content, you can expect some tart, but the honey syrup keeps that in check. It’s glorious.

BLOODY KNEES

2 oz Gin of choice (I used Fords Gin on this one)

2/3 oz Honey syrup (3:1)

¾ oz Blood orange juice (freshly squeezed)

¾ oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

Shake the ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled glass, garnish with a twist of orange zest. (If using straight honey rather than 3:1 honey/water syrup, use 3 bar spoons of honey and stir into other ingredients to blend it well before adding ice to shake.)