CLOVER CLUB - an Amazing drink combining raspberries and gin with the proof of time
CLOVER CLUB
The Clover Club is a classic cocktail that can be traced back to the late 1800s. According to "The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book," the drink was created at the bar of the Bellevue-Stratford in Philadelphia.
This is a pre-Prohibition classic, and without a doubt is one of Philadelphia’s most known cocktails, and that is for a reason. Apart of it’s amazing taste, in part it is assumed the Clover Club keeps conquering the bars around the world thanks to Gary Regan’s book “Joy of Mixology.” In addition, a bar in Brooklyn, New York, with the same name opened in 2008. That is a sense additionally solidified this drink as a staple in the cocktail culture.
The main ingredient for this drink is a good quality gin. Anything mid-range and above should work, but as a general rule use any good London Dry gin. The botanical notes of the gin combine in a great way with the tartness from the lemon and raspberries and rounded by the sweetness of the raspberry syrup. The egg white adds to the feel of the drink making it, at least in my case, irresistible.
Some bars use grenadine, instead of raspberry syrup, but the raspberry syrup makes a ton of difference. I didn’t have raspberry syrup on hand, so alternatively you can muddle few raspberries with simple syrup, and you are ready to go.
INGREDIENTS:
60 ml (2 oz) Gin
22.5 ml (3/4 oz) Lemon juice
22.5 ml (3/4 oz) Raspberry syrup
1 Egg white
Garnish: 3 Raspberries
PREPARATION:
In a cocktail shaker place the egg white, gin, lemon juice and raspberry syrup. Close and shake without ice (dry shake) for 10-15 seconds to emulsify the egg white. Open the shaker, add ice and shake for 8-10 seconds to chill.
Double-strain into a coupe glass and garnish with squared raspberries.
Cheers and Enjoy!