Comments on: Last Night’s Dogbite: The Bumblebee

By: Shana

Shana — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:48:31 +0000

Recipes all look great! I think the Bumble-Bee would be really good too if instead of putting the honey in it, you put Seagram’s 7 Dark Honey. It would lighten up the cocktail a little bit an give it a kick of extra spice!

By: geek+nerd

geek+nerd — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:32:47 +0000

This looks very tasty – thank you for sharing!

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By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:53:24 +0000

DJ, I should have elaborated on the term in the post. Strained honey, as I understand it, is basically taking unprocessed honey and running it through a mesh. A very coarse filtering process.

In other words, any commercial honey will do but, as Tony mentions, it has a great impact on the quality of this drink.

By: DJ HawaiianShirt

DJ HawaiianShirt — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:20:24 +0000

WTF is strained honey??

By: sylvan

sylvan — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:22:21 +0000

Hmm, really a lime-honey rum sour. I think I’ll bee trying this one out soon!

By: Matt Robold (RumDood)

Matt Robold (RumDood) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:07:09 +0000

I loved this drink at Heaven’s Dog last Spring (I think it was Spring). I don’t make these nearly enough, but if you have the right honey, it is amazing with El Dorado 15.

I’m also curious as to how it would work with Scarlet Ibis or – soon – Smith and Cross.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:22:17 +0000

Thanks for the compliment, Blair. I scrapped the first couple I did and finally got it somewhat presentable.

As for the rum I use two as my go-to rums, Angostura 1919 and Appleton V/X. Angostura if I want the vanilla/honey pairing to be emphasized and APpleton if I want more funky pot-stilled bite to it.

Either are great, it’s just a mood thing. Bacardi 8 isn’t terrible in it but lays down a bit too much. I’d be curious how Scarlet Ibis or a Plantation rum would tear through it.

By: Tony Harion

Tony Harion — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:24:16 +0000

Hey Gabe!
Playing around with the honey is pretty important on this one…
I think the ratios pretty much depend on the quality of the honey you get. The better the quality of your honey the more capable of overpowering the drink it is.
Delightful cocktail and great picture!