Sidecar

The sidecar serves as the foundation for many of the most popular cocktails of the last century: the Margarita, the Daiquiri, the Cosmopolitan, and the Kamikaze, to name a few. The cocktail originated in Paris shortly after the first World War.

Info
Serves: 1

Ingredients

 * Brandy
 * Triple sec
 * Lemon Juice
 * ice

Garnish

 * Sugared rim
 * Lemon twist

Directions
1.Apply sugar rim to cocktail glass.

2.Combine ingredients over ice.

3.Shake and strain into glass.

4.Add lemon twist.

Tips

 * David Embury, who claims to know the drink's inventor, suggests an 8:2:1 ratio.
 * Robert Hess suggests a ratio of 4:2:1, and insists on Cognac and Cointreau.
 * In practice, most customers apparently expect a brandy-based Margarita.
 * Steve Jaffe offers a K.I.S.S. approach by simply exchanging the brandy and sugar rim for the tequila and salt rim in your favorite Margarita recipe to maintain a parallel flavor profile when introducing your Margarita drinkers to the Sidecar.

Source

 * Sidecar from the Wikibooks Bartending Guide—original source of recipe, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License