Sour · c.1900
Clover Club
Gin, raspberry and egg white. Pink, foamed, and much older than its reputation.
Specification
| London dry gin | 50 ml |
| Fresh lemon juice | 20 ml |
| Raspberry syrup | 15 ml |
| Egg white | 15 ml |
| Dry vermouth | 10 ml (optional) |
Method
- 01Dry shake everything without ice for 10 seconds.
- 02Add ice and shake hard for another 12.
- 03Double strain into a chilled coupe.
- 04Let the foam set for half a minute before serving.
Where it comes from
Named for a gentlemen's club that met at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia before Prohibition. It was dismissed for decades as a ladies' drink on the strength of its colour, which says more about the twentieth century than about the cocktail.
If you change one thing: Use real raspberry syrup rather than grenadine. Grenadine is pomegranate and turns the drink sweet and one-note where raspberry keeps the tartness.