Garnish:
Fresh ginger & lemon slices
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
1 2/3 fl oz | Cognac (brandy) |
1/2 fl oz | Barrow's Intense Ginger Liqueur |
1/2 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
1/4 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
1 dash | Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters |
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Review:
The idea was to make a riff on an Aviation (see Biggles Aviation) but ginger cries out for cognac so I also ended up with this ginger Sidecar.
History:
Created in 2008 by yours truly at The Cabinet Room, London, England. As a kid, I was an avid reader of the Biggles books.
Nutrition:
One serving of Biggles Sidecar contains 186 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 21.51% alc./vol. (43.02° proof)
- 18.9 grams of pure alcohol
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