Few cocktails can compare to the classic sidecar: it's one of the great sour beverages featured in every Prohibition-era bartending book. This brandy sour is made with cognac, orange liqueur, and lemon juice; for a sweet contrast, add a sugar rim in the style of the 1930s.
Cocktail
By volume, primary alcohol: Cognac
Served
Without ice; straight up
Drinking glasses: Glass for a cocktail (Martini).
The sidecar is a cocktail traditionally made with
orange liqueur (Cointreau, Grand Marnier, Dry Curaçao, or a triple sec),
plus lemon juice.
It was created around world war one, in either Paris or London.
2 oz. 6cl Armagnac or Cognac
3/4 ounce 2,2 cl lemon juice
1 ounce 3 cl Cointreau orange liqueur
Lemon or orange twist as a garnish
Ingredients for a cocktail glass as stated by the IBA:
Cognac, 5 cl
2 cl triple sec
lemon juice, 2 cl
Preparation
Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice and add all of the ingredients. Shake well before straining into a cocktail glass.
The exact origin of the sidecar is unclear, but it is thought to have been invented around the end of World War I in either London or Paris. The drink was directly named for the motorcycle attachment, which was very commonly used back then.
French School side car is a drink made with equal parts of cognac, cointreau and lemon juice,
English School is two part cognac, 1 part lemon juice, and one part Cointreau.
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