CLASSIC COCKTAIL · 1850–1889
Clover Club
Gin, lemon and raspberry under a pink egg-white foam: a Philadelphia classic.
1880sHistorical classicResearched
The Clover Club cocktail is named for a Philadelphia club founded in 1882 whose members met at the Hotel Bellevue. The first printed reference appears in 1901, when Waldorf-Astoria head wine man Michael Killackey listed a recipe with egg white, lemon, raspberry syrup and Plymouth gin. Albert Stevens Crockett later credited the Bellevue-Stratford, but the drink’s exact creator and date remain unknown.
THE RECIPESilky, tart and berry-led
Ingredients
- Gin60 ml
- Lemon juice20 ml
- Raspberry syrup20 ml
- Egg white1
- Raspberriesto garnish
Method
Dry-shake the gin, lemon, raspberry syrup and egg white, then shake again with ice. Strain into a chilled coupe and garnish with raspberries.
Coupe · no ice · raspberries