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Sidecar Royale

Aperitivo/aperitif · Champagne · Nightcap/sipping

4.2 34 ratings

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Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Cognac (brandy)
3/4 oz Triple sec
1/2 oz Lemon juice
1/6 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
3 drop Saline solution 4:1
1/2 oz Brut sparkling wine

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 RIM glass with sugar (moisten the outside edge with orange juice and dip into sugar).
  3. 3 Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

  1. 4 SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice.
  2. 5 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  3. 6 TOP with sparkling wine.

Garnish

  1. 7 EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

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Flavour profile

20.7% alc./vol. · 1.6 standard drinks · 181 calories

History

A classic Sidecar with an added splash of sparkle, greatly improved.

The Sidecar cocktail is first documented in Robert Vermeire's 1922 book Cocktails How To Mix Them. A version with a fizz, the Sidecar fizz, appeared in the United Kingdom Bartenders' Guild's 1937 publication Approved Cocktails. CHAMPAGNE SIDE-CAR. 25% Lemon Juice. 25% Brandy. 25% Cointreau. Shake and strain into a large glass. Fill up with Champagne.

Also known as Champagne Sidecar