Sidecar Cocktail
The Sidecar cocktail has been in circulation for a century, and over those many decades, it’s been many things: an iconic brandy cocktail; a relic of Parisian cocktail culture from the 1920s; and even, in its early days, an equal-parts drink, composed of brandy, lemon juice, and orange liqueur.
At Gage & Tollner in Brooklyn, co-owner St. John Frizell included the Sidecar on his classics-heavy cocktail list, with a minor modification: A small touch of sugar is added to each drink, to bridge the sweetness gap found in most Sidecar versions, and to give the cocktail superlative balance.
