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

Unicar
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

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

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Prepare:

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

How to make:

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

Garnish:

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

Review:

A mismade but fabulously balanced Sidecar inspired this drink.

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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.

Nutrition:

One serving of Unicar contains 221 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
19.61% alc./vol. (39.22° proof)
22.1 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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Tessa .

5th August 2023 at 02:16

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.

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