# Sidecar

A crisp Cognac sour balanced with orange liqueur and lemon.

Strength: 29% ABV

## Ingredients

- 50 ml [Cognac](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cognac.md)
- 20 ml [Triple sec](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/triple-sec.md)
- 20 ml [Fresh lemon juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lemon-juice.md)

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Method

1. Shake all the ingredients with ice.
2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

## Related drinks

- [Between the Sheets](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/between-the-sheets.md): A bright, spirit-forward sour joining rum and Cognac with orange liqueur and lemon.
- [White Lady](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/white-lady.md): A gin sour pairing fresh lemon with the orange sweetness of triple sec.
- [Apple Cart](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/apple-cart.md): A Calvados Sidecar with crisp apple brandy, concentrated orange, and fresh lemon.
- [East India Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/east-india-cocktail.md): Tiny measures of pineapple, curaçao, maraschino, and bitters season Cognac without turning this nineteenth-century drink into either a sour or a tropical punch.
- [Brandy Crusta](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/brandy-crusta.md): A brandy sour with maraschino, curaçao, bitters, a sugar-crusted rim, and a long citrus peel.
- [Corpse Reviver No. 2](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/corpse-reviver-no-2.md): An equal-parts gin sour combining Cointreau, Lillet Blanc, lemon, and a bracing dash of absinthe.
- [Kamikaze](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/kamikaze.md): A brisk vodka sour sharpened with fresh lime and the dry orange intensity of Cointreau.
- [Chicago Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chicago-cocktail.md): Cognac, curaçao, and bitters meet a restrained Champagne top beneath a sugar-crusted rim, placing this 1922 drink between the Champagne Cocktail and Brandy Crusta.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sidecar
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/sidecar-bde8f00b.webp
- Recipe source: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/sidecar/