Clover Club (Difford's recipe)

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Photographed in an Urban Bar Retro Optic Coupe 21cl

Ingredients:
5 fresh Raspberries
1 2⁄3 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄2 fl oz Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
1⁄2 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄3 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
1⁄2 fl oz Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist and raspberry.

How to make:

  1. MUDDLE raspberries in base of shaker.
  2. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and strain back into shaker.
  3. DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.
  2. Garnish with raspberry floated in centre of cocktail.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10
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Review:

It's a bit of a faff to make, but it's worth the clogged sink drain from the raspberry shrapnel. Using raspberry syrup and especially raspberry jam in a Clover Club introduces cooked "jammy" notes, while this can be delicious (see Julie Reiner's Clover Club), I like to retain and hero fresh berry flavours.

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History:

My version of a classic .

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Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

  • 18.1 grams of pure alcohol

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OodelallyGolly ’s Avatar OodelallyGolly
3rd April at 00:47
I used seven raspberries and swapped out the Bianco Vermouth for Lillet Blanc.

Tasted better than when I used Dry Vermouth as a substitute.

It’s sweeter, bolder and well worth dealing with the raspberry mash.
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Caspian Berggren’s Avatar Caspian Berggren
2nd August 2025 at 17:17
Maybe our Swedish raspberries were too small, underripe or something but my cocktail looked more like a gin sour than it did a Clover Club, and that was with 6 raspberries. Next time I'll make this with 2-3x the raspberries for the flavour and the colour.
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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
17th June 2025 at 13:02
We tried this with Blanco Tequila instead of the Gin. Warmer, brooding but more subdued. There's a reason the original is a classic...a sprightly, carefree and sunny cocktail.
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Cassandra Adams’ Avatar Cassandra Adams
10th December 2025 at 20:25
Great suggestion, we enjoyed this alternative.
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Louis’ Avatar Louis
8th December 2024 at 00:42
Excellent with Monkey 47. I go with 7 or 8 raspberries.
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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
5th May 2024 at 14:48
Strange that this gets 4.5 stars, while the Julie Reiner jam version gets 5+. For me the fresh fruit version is a clear winter.
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Andre Derailleur’s Avatar Andre Derailleur
2nd February 2024 at 09:11
This is another sour with egg white that can be made as a blender drink. Just fine strain and you have a great drink without any “pfaffing” about.
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Rory Heffron’s Avatar Rory Heffron
19th December 2023 at 18:35
Made this now with raspberries, blackberries and passionfruit. All excellent. I Found Roku gin to work well.
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Nicola Adams’ Avatar Nicola Adams
7th November 2023 at 07:06
It’s a little on the painful side to make, but that burst of creamy, super fresh raspberry definitely makes this version of the Clover Club the one that killed the rest
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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
28th January 2024 at 00:16
Your raspberries may vary!
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Nicola Adams’ Avatar Nicola Adams
7th November 2023 at 07:24
… tho depending on your raspberries you might need to add a few more than 5 to get that punch of raspberry flavour. Sometimes the raspberries you buy can look a lot more amazing than they taste, and in this case up to ten is better - sieving this many definitely makes it more annoying to make but it’s still worth it!
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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
27th October 2023 at 20:29
Simon, this is stellar. I used St. George Botanivore and Cocchi Americano, cane sugar syrup too. Magnificent.
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Jon Pidwerbecki’s Avatar Jon Pidwerbecki
5th September 2023 at 20:40
Great drink. Light favorable, pretty. I used 1/2 lemon 1/2 egg white Gordon’s Gin and blended all with immersion blender prior to adding ice. Shake with ice and Poured the glass expressed the lemon and topped with a raspberry
Just a great before dinner drink.
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