Clover Club
Pink, fluffy and fruity
- Method
- Shaken
- Style
- Classic
- Glass
- Nick and Nora
- Time
- 5 min
Ingredients
- 45mlGinLondon dry style
No Gin? London Dry Gin — juniper forward, and what these recipes assume if you have not got a preference · Old Tom Gin — sweeter and rounder, the older style · Navy Strength Gin — a lot stronger, so save it for a clear afternoon
- 22.5mlLemon Juicefreshly squeezed
- 15mlGrenadinea Raspberry syrup is more commonly used if you have it. Originally, it was made with - so that's what we're using
- 15mlEgg Whiteif you're dairy-free, use - it'll be great. 7.5ml will do it
No Egg White? Aquafaba — the vegan alternative — one egg white is about 0.25 oz of aquafaba
- Garnish
- Raspberry on a skewer
Make it well
Shaken, properly.
Start by cracking your egg and separating the egg white from the yolk.
Egg white (or Aquafaba) goes in the along with all the ingredients.
Before adding ice, close your shaking tin and for 10-12 seconds. This emulsifies the egg white/Aquafaba with the spirits.
Open the tin, add ice, close and shake again for 10-12 seconds. It will want to expand so hold tight!
into the glass and leave it a moment to settle.
Garnish with a skewered raspberry or drop one into the foam.
On the palate
On the nose, you get the light fruits from the syrup/grenadine with a hint of lemon. On tasting, the syrup is actually pretty subtle, it's light and fruity as the citrus comes in. The gin rounds it off at the end with the peppery juniper notes. A brilliant little fluffy number.
Where it came from
The Clover Club first shows up in print around 1908, though the gentlemen's club it takes its name from had been meeting in Philadelphia's Bellevue-Stratford hotel since the 1880s. That club counted local lawyers, businessmen and politicians among its members. There, they sat back, talked business and drank this pink fluffy number. The club was called The Clover Club, if you couldn't guess. The cocktail all but disappeared for most of the 20th century, until the recipe resurfaced in cocktail books during the cocktail-making renaissance in the early 2000s.
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The bartender’s note
One drink, one story, one bottle worth buying.
Thursday evening, so you have time to shop. No more than that.