Name: Club Cocktail (Whitfield's recipe)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Maraschino liqueur; 20 ml Pineapple juice; 2 Creole bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 fl oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
1/2 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
2/3 fl oz	Pineapple juice
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

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Strength & taste guide:

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Dry/sour

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Review:

Pineapple juice adds fruity tropical freshness and a foamy head to this cocktail. Fortified with cognac and aromatised with a splash of maraschino cherry liqueur and a couple of dashes of New Orleans bitters.

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History:

The Club Cocktail first appeared in W.C. Whitfield's 1939 Just Cocktails book (although does not appear in his 1941 Here's How Mixed Drinks by the same Three Mountaineers Inc. publishers).

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Nutrition:

One serving of Club Cocktail (Whitfield's recipe) contains 183 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
22.34% alc./vol. (44.68° proof)
21.4 grams of pure alcohol

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