# Triple sec

A clear, typically dry style of orange liqueur used widely in classic cocktails.

Parent category: [Orange liqueur](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-liqueur.md)

Alcohol: 30% ABV

## Types

- [Cointreau](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cointreau.md): 40% ABV. A clear French orange liqueur distilled with sweet and bitter orange peels, combining vivid citrus with floral and spicy notes.

## Cocktails

- [Beachcomber](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/beachcomber.md): A compact white-rum sour where lime and dry orange liqueur meet enough maraschino to turn a Daiquiri outline floral, nutty, and faintly bitter.
- [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.
- [Golden Dream](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/golden-dream.md): Galliano’s anise, herbs, and vanilla turn orange and fresh cream into an airy golden dessert cocktail.
- [Jägerita](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/jagerita.md): David Cordoba’s modern classic treats Jägermeister as a serious amaro base, meeting lime and dry orange liqueur in a startlingly coherent Margarita shape.
- [Seelbach](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/seelbach.md): Bourbon, orange liqueur, and ten dashes of bitters meet Champagne in Adam Seger's genuinely modern 1995 sparkling cocktail.
- [Sidecar](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sidecar.md): A crisp Cognac sour balanced 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.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/triple-sec
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- Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32019R0787