Classic Cocktails · Gin Cocktails
Clover Club
A Philadelphia gentlemen's club favourite with a velvety foam and bright raspberry fruit.
- Base spirit
- Gin
- Origin
- Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia
- Period
- c. 1900
Ingredients
IBA official specification
- London dry gin45 ml
- Raspberry syrup15 ml
- Fresh lemon juice15 ml
- Egg white1 piece
- Glass
- Chilled coupe
- Ice
- Served up, no ice
- Garnish
- Fresh raspberries
- Technique
- Shaken
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Prep time
- 5 min
Method
- 01
Dry shake all ingredients for 15 seconds.
- 02
Add ice and shake hard again.
- 03
Double strain into a chilled coupe.
- 04
Garnish with raspberries.
Tasting Notes
- Aroma
- Raspberry, juniper, lemon
- Finish
- Tart and smooth
- Character
- Fruity and velvety
Tasting scores are MIXY editorial assessments.
History & Background
Named after the Clover Club, a group of journalists, lawyers and writers who met at Philadelphia's Bellevue-Stratford Hotel from 1882. Out of fashion after Prohibition, it was championed again by Julie Reiner, who named her Brooklyn bar after it in 2008.
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Contains raw egg white; use fresh pasteurised eggs.
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