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Biblical Sidecar

Name: Biblical Sidecar
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 dried Clove; 60 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Grand Marnier; 7.5 ml Ginger liqueur; 22.5 ml Orange juice

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (18)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 dried	Clove
2 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Ginger liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)

Garnish: Orange zest twist

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Method:

MUDDLE cloves in base of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

25.1 grams of pure alcohol

History

A Christmas cocktail created in October 2011 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room in London, England.
Sidecar cocktail history and recipe variations

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

Cognac and freshly squeezed orange juice warmed with ginger and clove spice.

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Giffard Ginger of the Indies 750ml - makes 100 cocktails
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$1.06 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Colin Cook 2y

Well balanced recipe. I’m feeling the Christmas spirit even more after a couple of these.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 4y

CBA to muddle a clove so used velvet falernum instead. Good stuff.

Sarah Karlson 4y

I helped this along with some lemon ... maybe I will try ginger syrup next time

Denise Pepprell 5y

we liked this but felt it needed lifting a little, so we added 1/2 a shot of homemade ginger syrup, this worked

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