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Unicar

Name: Unicar
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 75 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

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Ingredients
2 1/2 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
3/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Unicar contains 221 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
19.61% alc./vol. (39.22° proof)
23.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

Inspired by a drink discovered in May 2010 at Babel Bar, Hotel du Rome, Berlin, Germany. Named after a combination of 'Sidecar' and 'Ugni-blanc', the grape from which cognac is most commonly made.

Review

A mismade but fabulously balanced Sidecar inspired this drink.

Comments & Discussion

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Tessa . 3y

I was a bit nervous about this one. Just looked like an awful lot of lemon juice, and you could probably get away with a scant 3/4 oz or heavy 2/3 oz if you wanted to tone down the lemon just a hair. Wouldn’t tinker with it too terribly much though. It really is beautifully balanced and minimalism done right.