Club Cocktail (Butt's recipe)

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Glass:

Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
12 oz Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
12 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
12 oz Syrup from Luxardo Maraschino Cherries
3 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
34 oz Chilled water omit if using wet ice
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

How to make:

  1. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. Garnish with skewered maraschino cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Review:

An aromatic, spirited, classical cocktail.

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History:

Adapted from a drink created in 2002 by Michael Butt at Milk & Honey in London, England.

Nutrition:

One serving of Club Cocktail (Butt's recipe) contains 215 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 18.1% alc./vol. (36.19° proof)
  • 23.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Caitlin Eisner’s Avatar Caitlin Eisner
13th December 2025 at 04:46
This tastes very Christmasy and holiday to me, I assume because of the bitters and cherry, but it's so good that it should be enjoyed year-round. It is quite boozey so it may not be appropriate for the family dinner, but it would go over very well at the office after-party.
Chris Dimal’s Avatar Chris Dimal
8th December 2025 at 14:43
Very spirited indeed, quite sweet too. I made this two times, one with my Brandied cherries (featuring cherry juice, sugar, Maraschino liqueur and brandy) then with the Luxardo Cherry syrup. While I love the Luxardo cherry syrup a lot, for once, I think my brandied cherries with its relative freshness and spirituosness for once, beat the Luxardos.