Clover Club Cocktail Recipe
Gin, raspberry and lemon shaken with egg white into a pink, silk-textured sour.
- Category: The Unforgettables
- Glass: Coupe glass
- ABV: 18%
- Difficulty: Medium
- Prep time: ~3 min
Ingredients
- Gin45 ml (1.5 oz)
- Fresh lemon juice15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Raspberry syrup15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Egg white1 piece
How to Make It
- Add all ingredients to a shaker without ice and shake to build the foam.
- Add ice and shake again until cold.
- Double-strain into a chilled coupe.
- Float raspberries on the foam.
Garnish
Fresh raspberries
What it tastes like
The citrus acidity leads, fruit notes come forward and it wears a foam cap.
The technique
Shaking. Anything with juice, syrup, egg white or cream gets shaken: the shaker chills the drink and adds roughly 20% water, and that water is what takes the edge off. Twelve to fifteen seconds, until the tin frosts over. Under-shaking leaves the drink harsh because it never got enough dilution.
Glass and ice
A stemmed, shallow coupe. The stem keeps your hand's warmth away from the drink, and the wide bowl carries the aroma to your nose. Served without ice.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Gin
- London dry gin: juniper up front, citrus and coriander behind it. Brand really does show here — Beefeater is sharp, Hendrick's floral, Tanqueray juniper-heavy.
- Fresh lemon juice
- Freshly squeezed lemon; one lemon gives 30-40 ml. It can swap with lime, but lemon is softer and less aromatic, so use a touch more.
- Raspberry syrup
- Raspberry syrup is there to balance the acidity of a sour beer, not to decorate it. With none, muddle raspberries into simple syrup and strain.
- Egg white
- Egg white adds texture, not flavour. Shake it first without ice (a dry shake), then again with ice. The vegan swap is chickpea water, in the same quantity.
The Story
Named for a gentlemen's club that met at Philadelphia's Bellevue-Stratford Hotel before Prohibition, and revived wholesale in the 2000s cocktail renaissance.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Clover Club mixed?
- It is shaken and served in a coupe.
- How strong is a Clover Club?
- Roughly 18% ABV as served — in fortified-wine territory — plan it as a single drink.
- Can a Clover Club be made without alcohol?
- Simply leaving the spirit out does not work — the body and the bitterness go with it. The 86 alcohol-free recipes in the catalogue are built to hit that balance from the start.
- Is a Clover Club hard to make?
- Moderate. A shaker or mixing glass plus a strainer covers it.
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