Sidecar
A Cognac based cocktail, the Sidecar combines sweet, sour, and fruit notes to create a wonderful drink. This drink can be a little sweet for some, but not overly so. This is part of the charm of the cocktail and makes it very easy to drink, so watch out! It uses a failry eclectic mix of ingredients, so we're hoping you discovered this one after using our cocktail builder.More on sweetness, the sugar on the rim of the glass is marked as optional, and there doesn't appear to be a standard way, so feel free to go without sugar on the glass and still feel authentic. Some even to prefer to only put sugar on half the rim then jump back and forth. It's completely up to you.With its origins debated, this cocktail recipe is more than 100 years old. It may have been invented in England or France, but that's pretty much all that's known about the origins of this drink.
Ingredients
- 45 mL Cognac
- 20 mL Cointreau
- 20 mL Lemon Juice
- Sugar for the rim of the glass (optional).
- Garnish with orange twist
Instructions
- Sugar the rim of coupe glass.
- Add Cognac, Cointreau, and Lemon Juice to a cocktail shaker with lots of ice. Shake until very cold.
- Strain into your Coupe glass.
- Add garnish and enjoy.
Notes
This recipe calls for Cointreau for a reason, don't replace it with a less premium Orange Liqueur or Triple Sec as you won't get the same quality cocktail. Similarly, you may be able to get away with a general Brandy instead of Cognac, but the quality of the cocktail with be greatly diminished. Cognac has a very specific taste to it after all! That being said, you may have fun riffing on the traditional side car with different Brandies to suit your tastes and interests.
Speaking of tastes, a lot of people opt to not sugar the rim. These cocktail comes out sweet all on its own, so there's not always a need to add additional sweetness with the sugared rim. If in doubt, try putting sugar on only half the rim. This makes a side by side comparison easy, and you'll know which way to go for next time.