Sidecar側車

Name: Sidecar 側車
Ingredients: Cognac 50 ml; Triple Sec 20 ml; Lemon Juice 20 ml

Flavour

Colour: Yellow
Style: Short drink

Ingredients

Cognac50 ml
Triple Sec20 ml
Lemon Juice20 ml

Served

Glass: Martini glass
Ice: Served up
Garnish: Sugared rim
Technique: Shake

Method

Sugar the rim of a cocktail glass and chill it. Shake the cognac, triple sec and lemon juice with ice, then strain into the glass.

About this drink

The Sidecar appeared around the end of the First World War; Paris and London both claim it and accounts differ. The name is usually traced to a motorcycle sidecar. By 1922 it was in print in two London bar books, and it remains the best-known brandy sour.