Name: Lady's Sidecar
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 30 ml Triple sec; 30 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Orange juice; 2.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

1 fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

1 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Orange juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₁₂ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix (optional)

How to make

Glassware

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.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Lady's Sidecar contains 185 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
19.18% alc./vol. (38.37° proof)
23.7 grams of pure alcohol

Review

The addition of orange juice and an orange zest twist supposedly gives this otherwise classic Sidecar a feminine twist. Classically, this cocktail does not contain sugar syrup, so it is a touch sourer. Hence, if you have a dry palate, omit the sugar, and if you have a sweet palate, consider increasing the sugar syrup to 5ml (1/6oz).

Comments & Discussion

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Chris Brislawn 1y

Feeling experimental, I omitted the sugar syrup but upped the orange juice to a full ounce and cut the cognac to 1 oz to manage the volume (but used a woody XO for flavor). This gave equal proportions (1:1:1:1), which even I can remember. Also added a dash each of Angostura Orange and Bitter Truth Lemon Bitters and garnished with an expressed lemon zest. Still on the sour side but very citrusy; I call this variant the Tart's Sidecar.

Sean Baron 2y

Would the name and the addition of orange not echo Lady Grey tea (which is Earl Grey tea with orange) as opposed to just being deemed feminine?

Calvin Grant Premium Member 2y

Very tasty with Spanish brandy and mandarine juice!

Jose Cruz 3y

do 8ml simple syrup and 10 ml Orange juice for a tad sweeter, amazing drink !

Miguel Perales Premium Member 4y

Tried it as written and it was a very nice cocktail. Dry, with a citrus sourness upfront but just enough sweetness present at the end to not be overwhelmingly sour.

Chris Dimal 3y

Did it as written and your notes are exactly what I tasted. Really nice drink.

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Left out the sugar syrup and it was nicely dry. It had some sweetness due to our oranges which are really sweet. Nice hint from the cognac and great taste of orange.

Michael Cronin 4y

Made as written and it’s dry; nice, but dry.

Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 5y

Lovely drink. Agree that it benefits from 5ml of 2:1 sugar syrup.

Kjell Eriksson Premium Member 5y

Well, I had it again yesterday, remembering the cause for celebration but having forgotten my reaction and reflections from last year. So, I followed the recipe to the letter, or ml, and I quite liked the drink that way this time. Maybe more factors are in play than the drink itself to determine one’s reception.

Kjell Eriksson Premium Member 6y

Next time I’ll certainly increase the sugar syrup from 2.5 to 5 or 7.5 – and I’m not sure that I have a sweet palate. And I like the Lady Day celebration!