Bee’s Knees
Sours · Gin
- Strength
- 12.5%
- Std. drinks
- 1.18
- Calories
- 153
- Sugar
- 8.4 g
- 1¾ ozGin53 ml
- 2 tspHoney syrup
- ¾ ozLemon juice23 ml
- ¾ ozOrange juice23 ml
The ratio · 2¼ : ½ : 1 : 1
Highlighted: not in the Ward Eight.
Head to head
Bee’s Knees and Ward Eight side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference, by the numbers
Both have lemon juice and orange juice. Only the Bee’s Knees has gin and honey syrup; only the Ward Eight has rye whiskey and grenadine. In parts, a Bee’s Knees is 2¼ gin, ½ honey, 1 lemon and 1 orange; a Ward Eight is 4 whiskey, 1 lemon, 1 orange and ¼ grenadine. By volume, the Bee’s Knees is 49% spirit, 21% mixer and juice, 21% citrus and 9% syrup and sugar; the Ward Eight is 63% spirit, 16% mixer and juice, 16% citrus and 5% syrup and sugar. That makes them close cousins on the ratio map.
The Ward Eight is the stronger drink in the glass (16.7% ABV against 12.5%) and holds more alcohol (1.52 standard drinks against 1.18). The Ward Eight has more calories (about 177 against 153), but the Bee’s Knees has more sugar (8.4 g against 4.7 g). Both are shaken and served in a coupe.
Sours · Gin
The ratio · 2¼ : ½ : 1 : 1
Highlighted: not in the Ward Eight.
Sours · Whiskey
The ratio · 4 : 1 : 1 : ¼
Highlighted: not in the Bee’s Knees.
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Bee’s Knees vs.
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