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Ways to use honey

For bars

Good honey knows its way around a bar.

Citrus, coffee, spice, a bit of bitterness. Honey gets on with plenty of what's already on your back bar, in cocktails and alcohol-free serves alike.

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Jar of Honey Hunny Blackbutt honey with a black lid

A few ways to put honey in the mix.

  • Honey syrup

    Easier to measure and stir into a cold drink than honey from the bottle. The ratio changes the texture and how much you pour, so pick one and stick with it. Batch it with the syrup calculator.

  • Citrus

    Lemon, lime and grapefruit give honey something to push against, with or without a spirit.

  • Coffee and darker flavours

    Cold brew, roasted notes and bittersweet ingredients make good company for a darker honey.

  • House serves

    A house honey drink is a small point of difference. Keep the build short enough that every bartender makes it the same way.

Ideas worth a test run.

Combinations to try on your own bar. They're starting points for testing, not finished recipes or drinks from a partner venue.

  • Mallee

    Mallee, lemon and soda

    A light, alcohol-free long drink. Balance the sourness, the honey and the dilution.

  • Blackbutt

    Blackbutt and cold brew

    Coffee-led and darker. Adjust for how bitter and sweet your coffee already is.

  • Red Gum

    Red Gum, ginger and citrus

    Something richer, for a long drink or an alcohol-free spritz.

  • Any of the three

    A house honey sour

    Swap the sugar syrup in your sour for honey syrup, then rework the proportions around your base.

Start with the honey itself

Mallee, Red Gum and Blackbutt take a drink in different directions. Taste them neat first, then build the drink around the one you like.

Not sure which? Use the honey picker

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