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

Four Leaf Clover
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Glass:

Serve in a Martini glass

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)

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of physalis (cape gooseberry).

How to make:

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.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Originally based on vodka, but seemed a shame not to try it as a Daiquiri.

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History:

Created in 2008 by Denis Broci at Maze bar & Restaurant in London, England.

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

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István GT

7th March at 13:18

I loved this with oftd float, totally changed the vibe

Miguel Perales

2nd December 2023 at 20:59

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

8th May 2023 at 08:55

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

26th August 2024 at 16:24

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.

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Florian Ruf

11th February 2023 at 15:26

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?