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Pool (by J. E. Clapham)

After dinner/digestif · Herbal · Nightcap/sipping

4.2 10 ratings

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Ingredients

1/12 oz Absinthe
2 oz Cognac (brandy)
3/4 oz Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh
1/4 oz Americano bianco
1/6 oz Fernet liqueur

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 No garnish to prepare.

Method

  1. 3 RINSE chilled glass with absinthe, discard excess and set aside.
  2. 4 STIR other ingredients with ice.
  3. 5 STRAIN into absinthe-rinsed glass.

Garnish

  1. 6 Serve naked, without garnish.

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Flavour profile

26.0% alc./vol. · 1.8 standard drinks

History

A tasty, spirit-forward digestif with herbal complexity. Serving over ice in an old-fashioned glass is preferred by some.

This is J. E. Clapham's 2025 version of the Pool cocktail, found in William J. Tarling's 1937 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book Coronation Edition.

Created by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails