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Sour · Shaken · Historical · complexity 2/5

Clover Leaf

Grohusko's Clover Leaf is a dry gin and raspberry-tinged egg-white sour served up with mint.

dry · berry · silky · minty · refreshing · summer

Served in Champagne glass. Ice: Cracked ice.

Variants (3)

Jack's Manual by J. A. Grohusko (1910, p.31)

1 portiondry gin — Source gives 100% dry gin.base
2 teaspoonfulssugar base
1 egg whiteegg white other
1 sprigmint other
0.1 portionRaspberry syrup — Source gives 10% raspberry syrup.sweetener
  1. Fill the glass with cracked ice and add the sugar, dry gin, raspberry syrup, and egg white.
  2. Shake well, strain into a champagne glass, and serve with mint.

Garnish: Mint sprig

Ice: Cracked ice

Bartenders' Manual by Bartenders Association of America (1913, p.21)

0.5 limelime juice — Lime juiceacid
1 drinkGordon gin base
0.5 glassice — Icebase
1 dashMaraschino liqueur — Maraschinomodifier
1 whiteegg white — White of eggother
3 dashGrenadine — Grenadine syrupsweetener
  1. Shake with ice and strain into a large cocktail glass.
  2. Decorate with mint leaves to represent a clover leaf.

Garnish: Mint leaves

Ice: Ice

The Artistry of Mixing Drinks by Frank Meier (1936, p.28)

0.5 lemonlemon juice — Lemon Juiceacid
0.5 whiteegg white — Egg Whitebase
1 glassgin — Ginbase
mint — Fresh Mintother
1 teaspoonGrenadine — Grenadinesweetener
  1. Shake well, strain into a small wineglass, and serve.

Garnish: A few sprigs of fresh mint

Lineage reconciliation

See also: Gin Rickey, Applejack Sour

The same as Clover Club; add a few sprigs of fresh mint.