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Side Car Cocktail

Imported from Cocktail-Ology

Served in Manhattan glass. Ice: Cracked ice.

Variants (3)

Cocktail-Ology by Count Benvenito Martini (1916) — Cocktail-Ology, miscellaneous drinks section

1 lemonLemon juice (fresh) — lemon juiceacid
0.67 glasscognac base
0.33 glassCointreau other
  1. Shake with cracked ice and serve in a Manhattan glass.

Ice: Cracked ice

El Bar Americano en España by Pedro Chicote (1927, p.71)

2 coffee spoonjugo de limón acid
0.5 copitacoñac — Source omits the repeated unit and uses dash shorthand.base
ice — Unos pedacitos de hielo picadobase
0.5 copitaCointreau other
  1. Agítese muy bien y sírvase en copa de cocktail.

Ice: Ice

Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix 'Em by Stanley Clisby Arthur (1938, p.52)

1 limelime juice — Lime juiceacid
1 jiggercognac — Cognac brandybase
1 ponyCointreau other
  1. Pour the ingredients into a mixing glass with cracked ice and shake well.
  2. Strain into a pre-chilled cocktail glass and serve very cold.