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Honey Hole

5 from 1 vote

Course: DrinksCuisine: American

Servings

servings

Calories

300

kcal

Total time

minutes

How to make the Honey Hole.

Ingredients

1 oz 1 Lemon Juice
1/2 oz 1/2 Honey Syrup
1/2 oz 1/2 Elderflower Liqueur
2 oz 2 Rye Whiskey

Directions

Technique: Tiki Dirty Pour
Combine all ingredients into a shaker with crushed ice.
Vigorously shake for 10 seconds.
Dirty pour the whole shaker into a glass. Crushed ice and all.

What Does The Honey Hole Taste Like?

The honey hole is a beautiful blend of floral flavors with spice. The flowery sweetness of the elderflower liqueur and honey are balanced well with the spiciness of the rye. You can choose to pour this neat if you want for a short, strong pre-dinner cocktail or serve it up tiki-style and pour it dirty for a refreshing sipper. Either is good, but I choose to do it tiki-style for the photo because it is terrific served this way, and I feel this style of pouring is underrepresented.

This is not a classic cocktail, but one I made for a friend’s wedding I bartended for. The bride was on a big whiskey sour kick at the time and wanted that to be one of the drinks on the menu. They planned the wedding near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in a beautiful wildflower field, so I modified the cocktail to be floral. The bride pushed me to add the cocktail to the app and website and call it Jack’s honey hole, and while I enjoy a good dirty, off-color joke, I feel I should present the semblance of decency.