Name: Four Leaf Clover
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 dried Clove; 60 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 22.5 ml Apple juice; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Honey and water syrup

Ingredients

1 dried

Clove

2 fl oz

Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)

3/4 fl oz

Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)

3/4 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

1/2 fl oz

Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.

Prepare garnish of physalis (cape gooseberry).

Method

MUDDLE clove in base of shaker.

Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with physalis (cape gooseberry) on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

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

18.9 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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István GT 24w

I loved this with oftd float, totally changed the vibe

Miguel Perales Premium Member 2y

Apples and cloves go hand in hand. This cocktail is citrus and apple forward with just a hint of cloves at the end. A nice fall cocktail.
I re-mixed it again, but this time cut back on the lime juice to 1/2 oz/15 ml and it was more balanced and not as citrus prevalent; however, if you do use a sweetened apple juice you may require the original amount.

Chris Dimal 3y

I don't have whatever 'honey sugar syrup' is, so I split based it as honey and sugar syrup. It is quite sweet, with the clove rather subtle, almost missing. I also decided to honour both the recipes and split base it with vodka and Havana Club 3. The clove and the rum finish the cocktail quite nicely.

Niccolò Murtas 2y

the honey syrup is, at least on this site but I think more generally, less sweet than your substitute, inasmuch as it is honey mixed with (diluted in) water, not water and sugar (thus the syrup you added to the honey).

A bit confusingly, while the ratio of honey per water is usually indicated, I find that here it is suggested the monin honey syrup but its specifics/ratio are not described so we are left a bit to guess, which after all is in the nature of cocktail in terms of pinch/drops and yeah, ratios. But yes, I'd bet that you should have mixed your honey with water either one to one or two honey to one water if we were to follow the lines above.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 2y

I've switched to my preferred 3:1 honey syrup, changed rums, and reduced the apple juice to 22.5ml (3/4oz).

Florian Ruf Premium Member 3y

As longer I mix cocktails as more I appreciate the simple recipes. This cocktail is delicious, but for five stars I miss a tiny little thing. The problem is, actually I don't know what. Any suggestions?

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Four Leaf Clover