Bee's knees
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A bees knees is a Prohibition era cocktail made with gin, fresh lemon juice, and honey. It is served shaken and chilled, often with a lemon twist.
A bee's knees cocktail made with gin, 1:1 honey syrup, lemon juice and orange juice
Bees knees cocktail with Barr Hill Gin, honey, and lemon
Margaret Brown
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Margaret Brown, posthumously known as the "Unsinkable Molly Brown", was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was a survivor of the RMS Titanic, which sank in 1912, and she unsuccessfully urge
Bee's knees
…who was the first head bartender at the Ritz in Paris in 1921, when its Cafe Parisian opened its doors. A 1929 news article attributes the cocktail to Margaret Brown, an American socialite (the "Unsinkable" Molly Brown of Titanic fame). In 2017, Barr Hill Gin started an annual event called Bee's Knees Week to promote…
Brown c. 1910s
James Joseph (J.J.), Margaret (Maggie), and their children Lawrence Palmer (Larry) and Catherine Ellen (Helen) Brown, in Leadville, Colorado
Sinking of the RMS Titanic, by Willy Stöwer, 1912
Brown presenting Carpathia Captain Arthur Henry Rostron with an award for his service in the rescue of survivors of the Titanic