Name: Chelsea Sidecar
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 20 ml Triple sec; 20 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Chelsea Sidecar
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Glass:

Photographed in an Urban Bar Plain Retro Coupette 15cl

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
²⁄₃ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
²⁄₃ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

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Prepare:

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

How to make:

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

Garnish:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Gin replaces cognac in this variation on the classic Sidecar.

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Variant:

Sidecar - Difford's recipe
Queen Elizabeth No. 1

History:

See Sidecar, history.

Nutrition:

One serving of Chelsea Sidecar contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
21.68% alc./vol. (43.35° proof)
19.5 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Noel Sharkey

23rd February 2023 at 12:14

This runs close to Craddock original White Lady although that is a 2:1;1 (no egg white). Some authors suggest it is an alternative name for the early White Lady.

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Noel Sharkey

23rd February 2023 at 12:31

Doh! I note that your White Lady has a reference link to the Chelsea Sidecar

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Anna Mallyon

15th July 2022 at 09:13

Also good with an added 1/3 shot of yellow chartreuse.

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Steve Anderson

18th June 2020 at 21:56

Much better with gin than rum (my mistake yesterday.) Still, can it really be called a Sidecar without Cognac? It's hard to beat the original.

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Simon Difford

24th June 2020 at 20:21

I just tried with an 8-year-old rum, thinking that closest to cognac and it doesn't work. Agreed, better with gin. Chelsea Sidecar name references gin's London association and, apart from base spirit, recipe following that for a Sidecar.

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Steve Anderson

17th June 2020 at 21:52

I grabbed the white rum instead of gin by mistake! Interesting taste. I guess that would make a Cuban Sidecar?? I'll try again tomorrow to make a Chelsea Sidecar and compare.

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