Garnish:
Orange juice and sugar rim (on one side of glass). Adorn with an orange zest twist.
How to make:
SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. TOP with sparkling wine.
1 1/2 fl oz | Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac |
3/4 fl oz | Cointreau triple sec liqueur |
1/2 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
1/6 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
3 drop | Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) |
1/2 fl oz | Brut champagne/sparkling wine |
Read about cocktail measures and measuring.
Recipe contains the following allergens:
- Brut champagne/sparkling wine – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
AKA:
Champagne Sidecar
Review:
A classic Sidecar with an added splash of sparkle, and all the better for it.
History:
The Sidecar cocktail first appears in Robert Vermeire's 1922 Cocktails How To Mix Them with a fizz invigorated Sidecar following in the United Kingdom Bartenders' Guild's 1937 Approved Cocktails.
CHAMPAGNE SIDE-CAR.
United Kingdom Bartenders' Guild, Approved Cocktails, 1937
25% Lemon Juice.
25% Brandy.
25% Cointreau.
Shake and strain into a large glass. Fill up with Champagne.
This recipe created by yours truly in 2023 at the suggestion of Ian Fenton, a fellow Discerning Drinker.
Alcohol content:
- 1.5 standard drinks
- 20.64% alc./vol. (41.28° proof)
- 21.2 grams of pure alcohol
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