Cocktail of the Week - Clover Club

Feeling a little frazzled because of the holidays, I reached back for another old classic, a cocktail I've been making and enjoying for quite some time. It's a bit of a fern bar drink, but at least it has gin in it, so how bad could it be? Well, it does use raw egg, a bit of ano-no these days, but still the Clover Club looks good and tastes great!

Clover Club

• 1 1/2 oz gin (Bombay Sapphire here of course)
• 1/4 oz grenadine (Fee Brothers, as I still haven't gotten around to making my own!)
• 3/4 oz lemon juice
• egg white from one egg

Yup, it's true - you use raw egg white. Pour the gin, grenadine and lemon juice over ice. Crack an egg in half and strain the egg white out with using the shell. It's pretty easy actually. Shake vigorously, at least until your hand freezes a couple of times. Pour it out into nicely frosted cocktail glasses. If you're making two of them, carefully split the first couple of pours so everyone gets the same amount of the cool froth. It's a great looking drink; I should've taken a picture. A nice blush red, with a white foam on top. And it tastes really good - trust me, you won't even notice the egg white.

We then played 3 hours or so of Serious Sam 2, the sequel to our all time favorite co-op game. This one isn't too bad, but it's missing something. It's still early and it seems to be getting better, so we'll give it some more time.

Then we watched the third episode of the third season of The Sopranos. There seem to be some more interesting story lines coming along, so it is definitely picking up steam.