Beesou Honey Aperitif

Beesou is a bitter honey aperitif blended from ethically sourced British honey and natural botanicals, including cinchona bark, chinotto, pink grapefruit and bitter orange. Its sunshine-yellow colour comes from safflower extract, and it contains no artificial flavourings, colourings or refined sugars. Bottled at 11%, it is suitable for vegetarians, and 10% of profits go to the charity Bees for Development.

The nose shows raw honey with herbal citrus. On the palate, bittersweet quinine and honey lead into a touch of cola, then zesty grapefruit and bitter orange, before a finish of lingering honey and quinine. Serve it as a Beesou Spritz, with one part Beesou to two parts sparkling wine over ice and a grapefruit wedge, or as a Beegroni, with equal parts Beesou, vermouth and gin.