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

Pool (by J. E. Clapham)
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
¹⁄₁₂ oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
³⁄₄ oz	Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina
¹⁄₄ oz	Americano bianco
¹⁄₆ oz	Fernet Branca liqueur

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Prepare:

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

How to make:

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.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Americano bianco - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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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.

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Variant:

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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.

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Alcohol content:

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

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