Best Substitutes for Cloves
Out of Cloves? Here are the best alternatives that work in cocktail recipes.
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Original Ingredient
Cloves
Other
Intensely pungent, warm-spicy nose with eugenol heat and numbing depth. Palate is strongly aromatic with sweet-spicy clove warmth and slight bitterness. Long, warming, numbing finish.
Recommended Substitutes
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Cinnamon
Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.
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Allspice
Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.
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Nutmeg
Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.
General Substitution Tips
- → Match the alcohol level: a 40% spirit needs a similarly strong replacement or adjust volume.
- → For liqueurs, dilute spirits + simple syrup can replicate sweetness and proof.
- → Citrus substitutions: lemon and lime are mostly interchangeable at a 1:1 ratio.
- → For bitters, Angostura is the most neutral substitute for most other aromatic bitters.