Honey is the perfect sweetener to a non-alcoholic cocktail. Similar to cocktail syrups, but with the addition of floral notes and a thicker consistency. Given the different consistency to syrup, a shaker doesn’t do the trick and you will only be left with a firm spoonful of honey with none in your actual cocktail.

So, how do we use honey in the best way?
Well, simply add the honey using a bar spoon and slowly stir until all is incorporated. You can then shake and strain as you normally would.

Alternatively, you can make a honey syrup using honey and boiling water. This will make a thinner consistency meaning you can shake as normal.

When we balance our cocktail with sweet, sour and the right mouthfeel, we find the perfect equation.

Bemuse is the only drink of its kind, created using a natural fermentation method with honey, water and yeast. It is inspired by nature and brewed, crafted and canned in the UK. Pair it with food and you have the perfect experience.

With our family keeping bees for years, we understand their beauty and also importance. How they buzz about all day long to collect flower nectar, bringing it back to break it down into simple sugars stored inside the honeycomb. The bees wings create evaporation turning these sugars into sweet honey.

This honey is created for food over the cold winters when they are unable to collect food.

That’s not all. The queen bee lives among the hive and is fed specifically to become adult. There is normally only one adult in the hive and the other bees follow to protect her. The female worker bees are the ones that collect the nectar and the male bees sole purpose is to mate with the queen.

It is pretty complex and fascinating stuff. Oh, and that’s not all either.

Bees are in severe decline and if they were to become eradicated, the planet could be in trouble as they are such an integral part of most ecosystems.

Bees pollinate the food we need to survive and they pollinate many trees and flowers that filter our air and provide habitats for wildlife. Veggies such as broccoli, asparagus and cucumber rely on this pollination, along with apricots, strawberries, apples, tomatoes and almonds.

Is has been estimated that the cost to farmers to manually pollinate would be £1.8 billion in the UK alone.

How can you help the bees?
Although many factors that are harming bees include pesticides, habitat loss and climate change which is mostly out of our control, there are things we can do.

1. Buy and fill your garden with bee friendly flowers.
2. Provide shelter so they can hibernate such as bee hotels.

Is honey bad for bees?

It has been stated that harvesting honey is not bad for the bees. Many measures are taken to ensure they are not harmed or distressed. Different layers are taken out of the hive so they have an area to stay and are kept with enough food to see them through the entire winter.

To celebrate the bees in pure honey-licious style, we have collaborated with Bemuse Drinks to give you 20% off their entire range. Just use ‘JOMO20’ at checkout using this link.