Name: Club Cocktail (Difford's recipe)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Cognac (brandy); 5 ml Pisco; 12.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 25 ml Pineapple juice; 2 dash Creole bitters

Club Cocktail (Difford's recipe)
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₆ oz	BarSol Mosto Verde Italia Pisco
0.42 oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
⁵⁄₆ 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 and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with pineapple wedge and maraschino cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Cognac and pisco brandies with maraschino and pineapple adding fruity tropical freshness and a foamy head.

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History:

I merely added a splash of pisco to the classic Club Cocktail, which first appeared in W.C. Whitfield's 1939 Just Cocktails' book to arrive at this delicious recipe:
60 ml Cognac
7.5 ml Pisco
15 ml Maraschino liqueur
22.5 ml Pineapple juice
2 dash Peychaud's/Creole-style bitters
While delicious, this recipe is boozy, so in June 2020, I rained this back to the recipe above.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Club Cocktail (Difford's recipe) contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
20.77% alc./vol. (20.77° proof)
19.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Justin Aniello

15th March at 00:15

Did a comparison between the boozy version and the new, boozy won out. Pineapple was a little too prevalent in the new version, and the higher pisco/maraschino ratio to cognac was more to my liking. I also found Angostura superior to Peychaud's, I would likely even drop down to one dash if I make this again in the future.

Jon Solberg

11th June 2023 at 18:49

Spritig.

Miguel Perales

3rd July 2022 at 23:48

Having been born in Peru but growing up in the US, I love to try any new drinks that include Pisco. This was a very nice, complex flavored drink that I really appreciated. To make it easier to measure in ounces, I went with 1/2 oz. Luxardo and 1 oz. pineapple juice. People not used to Pisco don't realize it tends to have what I call a "time delay" on it's effect (may be the White Shark effect noted below, LOL). Well done.

Kelley Reece

11th September 2021 at 02:37

Nice complexity and dimension in this recipe. Definitely preferred over the Whitefield recipe. Next time I’ll use a little less Luxardo liqueur.

Geoff B.

14th November 2020 at 05:46

Great move Simon! I love these proportions with this ‘new’ recipe. This is very delicious and is now my goto brandied tropical awesomeness that, as Sally noted, hits like a great white.

Sally Morgan

25th September 2020 at 18:49

Partner’s comment - ‘it’s something and then something comes up and hits you from underneath- a bit like a great white shark’

I think he liked it. Made very much easier to get right by my shiny new Diffords measure ?

Simon Difford

26th September 2020 at 07:50

Great to hear. And many thanks for buying an Easy Jigger.

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