Name: Sidecar
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac; 30 ml Triple sec liqueur (40%); 15 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 15 ml Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in a

Libbey Speakeasy Coupe 8.5oz

Garnish:

Sugar rim (optional) & lemon zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Rémy Martin 1738 Cognac
1 fl oz	Triple sec liqueur (40%)
1/2 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)
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Sidecar bundle offer

All the ingredients you need to make a minimum of 11 Sidecar cocktails plus 2 stylish and perfectly sized crystal coupe cocktail glasses to serve them in. The bundle also includes a collectable recipe card.

	1 × Rémy Martin 1738 Cognac 70cl - makes 15.5
	1 × Cointreau triple sec liqueur 35cl
	6 × fresh lemons
	2 × Urban Bar Retro Coupes

* Excludes ice and bar tools such as cocktail shaker. These can be added at checkout.

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Review:

Spirituous and just on the sour side, the sugar rim is considered by some to be integral to this classic cocktail. Dilution is key to perfecting a Sidecar so if using ice straight from a freezer (rather than an ice machine) then consider adding 10 to 15ml chilled water. In place of a sugar rim, some may want to add 2.5ml or more sugar syrup.

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