{"id":51109,"date":"2023-04-12T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/post\/cocktail-of-the-week-the-sidecar\/"},"modified":"2023-04-13T12:35:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T11:35:02","slug":"cocktail-of-the-week-the-sidecar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.masterofmalt.com\/blog\/post\/cocktail-of-the-week-the-sidecar\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocktail of the Week: The Sidecar"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month we’re celebrating Cognac<\/a>, Armagnac<\/a>, Calvados<\/a> and brandy<\/a> in all it’s forms. So for our Cocktail of the Week, we’re shaking up a simple combination of Remy Martin Cognac, Cointreau, and lemon juice, it is, of course, the Sidecar!<\/b><\/p>\n

Cas Oh in his Co Specs<\/em><\/a> cocktail book calls the Sidecar \u201cthe pre-eminent Cognac cocktail.\u201d And who are we to argue with a Fortnum & Mason food and drink writing award winner? What I love about his book is it\u2019s not only a great guide to making drinks, it tells you how cocktail writers from the past make theirs, before giving his definitive take on things. It\u2019s 100 cocktail books in one, and so it\u2019s quickly proving my starting point when I\u2019m researching a drink, like the Sidecar.<\/span><\/p>\n

The history of the Sidecar<\/b><\/h5>\n

The Sidecar is thought to have been invented in 1921 so celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. It first appeared in print in 1922, mentioned in both Robert Vermiere\u2019s <\/span>Cocktails: How to Mix Them<\/span><\/i> and the <\/span>ABC of Mixing Cocktails<\/span><\/i> by <\/span>Harry MacLehone of Harry\u2019s Bar in Paris Fame. Both attribute it to Pat McGarry at Buck\u2019s Club in London who also created the Buck\u2019s Fizz. Incidentally, Buck\u2019s was the model for Drones, Bertie Wooster\u2019s riotous club in the P.G. Wodehouse\u2019s novels. Along with the Brandy & Soda<\/a>, the Sidecar seems to me to be about the most Woosterish cocktail out there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n