Remy Sidecar
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Rémy Sidecar

A FRESH, CRISP, AND WELL-BALANCED CLASSIC

Complex and extremely well-balanced, the Sidecar was supposedly created in 1921, and the Ritz Paris made a deluxe version in 1923. It is an iconic cognac cocktail with an enchanting story, said to have been named after a motorcycle sidecar owned by a gentleman in Paris, but the drink was later popularized in London – truly a tale of two cities.

Remy Sidecar
difficulty
medium
occasion
Pre lunch/dinner , Party
Prep. time
5 minutes
glassware
Coupette
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ingredients

Rémy Sidecar

30 ml Rémy Martin 1738 Accord Royal
20 ml Cointreau
10 ml lemon juice

1 oz Rémy Martin 1738 Accord Royal
2/3 oz Cointreau
1/3 oz lemon juice

3 cl Rémy Martin 1738 Accord Royal
2 cl Cointreau
1 cl lemon juice

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How to make a
Rémy Sidecar

  1. Pour 30 ml (1 oz) Rémy Martin 1738 Accord Royal, 20 ml (2/3 oz) Cointreau, and 10 ml (1/3 oz) lemon juice into a shaker filled with ice.
  2. Strain and pour into a coupette glass.
  3. Squeeze in an orange peel for rich flavor or lemon peel for freshness.
Rémy Sidecar
Rémy Sidecar
The History of the Sidecar

The tides of war carried Americans to Europe and with them the cocktail style that America had made its own. We are told that the Sidecar was named for a certain US army captain whose preferred form of transport when out drinking in Paris was a sidecar. In London, your bar of choice would be the Buck’s Club with bartender Pat MacGarry. Paris had Harry’s Bar and the Ritz, Harry’s Bar remembered for its patron and famous cocktail authority Harry MacElhone, the Ritz for chief bartender Frank Meier who is celebrated as the inventor of the first luxury cocktail that featured the rarity of pre-phylloxera Cognac Fine Champagne, a Rémy Martin “Ritz Spécial”, vintage 1834.

One-third Cognac, one-third Cointreau, one-third lemon juice, ice, shake and serve. That’s what Harry MacElhone said it should be, back in 1922. It’s as simple as that. The citrusy character of the Sidecar displays the depth and versatility of Cognac as well as any cocktail ever created. Other recipes may vary the measures: three to two to one, so Cognac is a bigger part of it.

And in tribute to Frank Meier, let the Cognac please be Rémy Martin.

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