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Pool (by J. E. Clapham)

Name: Pool (by J. E. Clapham)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2.5 ml Absinthe; 60 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh; 7.5 ml Americano bianco; 5 ml Fernet liqueur

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (9)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1/12 fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
3/4 fl oz	Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina
1/4 fl oz	Americano bianco
1/6 fl oz	Fernet Branca liqueur

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
No garnish to prepare.

Method

RINSE chilled glass with absinthe, discard excess and set aside.
STIR other ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into absinthe-rinsed glass.

Garnish

Serve naked, without garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
26.01% alc./vol. (52.03° proof)
25.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Americano bianco — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2025 by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails. This is Mr Clapham's version of the Pool cocktail in William J. Tarling's 1937 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book Coronation Edition.

Review

A tasty, spirit-forward digestif with herbal complexity. Some will prefer this with the dilution afforded by serving over ice in an old-fashioned glass.