Four I'm Under My Host » Brandy http://korcuska.net/fourimundermyhost An occassional mixology blog Tue, 01 May 2012 22:57:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Sidecar revisited http://korcuska.net/fourimundermyhost/2009/09/sidecar-revisited/ http://korcuska.net/fourimundermyhost/2009/09/sidecar-revisited/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:15:13 +0000 Rob Teigen http://korcuska.net/fourimundermyhost/?p=387
  • The Sidecar: I finally get it!
  • The Post-Script
  • The Exodus
    • ]]>     Last week my colleagues from Sakai were in town and, of course, I had to make them a few cocktails. In particular, I wanted to make something that would be easy to serve up at the BBQ that Oliver Heyer hosted on Saturday afternoon. Being a cocktail fan himself, I knew Oliver would have the utensils and appropriate glassware so I didn’t need to worry about those items. But I wanted to talk to people, not spend the whole time being a bartender.

    It was also unseasonably cold and had even rained earlier in the day, so I thought about “winter” spirits like whiskey or brandy, and settled on a variation of a variation of an old favorite, the Sidecar. The classic sidecar is 3 parts brandy, 1 part triple sec and 1 part lemon juice, served up. I’ve recently tried Scott Beattie’s Mendo Sidecar variation which substitutes Cointreau and Luxardo for the triple sec and reduces the brandy by 1 part.

    Here’s what I shook up last Saturday:

    • 2 1/2 parts Brandy
    • 2/3 part Citronage (I like this better than triple sec and it is less costly than Cointreau)
    • 1/3 part Luxardo
    • 1 part freshly squeezed lemon juice

    I premixed this in a pitcher and shook up 2 cocktails at once for the guests, garnished with an orange twist. Forgive me for the 2/3 part and 1/3 part (seeming) complexity. You can think of it as a total of 1 part sweet liqueur and simply use a mixture of Citronage and Luxardo. Experiment a bit with the mixture, although I find that Luxardo can be overpowering.

    As it happens, I was also smoking some salmon for the party and it gave me an idea for the next time I make this. I wonder if putting the orange in the smoker briefly (30 minutes?) might add a nice touch to this drink? It would essentially be the equivalent of a dash of bitters. A future experiment…..

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  • The Exodus
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    • ]]>     My wife’s favorite cocktail is probably the Sidecar, a brandy-based concoction. Recently we ran into some apple brandy and thought….”why not?” Here’s the recipe:

    • 2 parts apple brandy
    • 1 part Meyer lemon (really Meyer lemons are the best for cocktails)
    • 1 part orange liquor (we like Citronage from Patron)

    Shake in a cocktail shaker and serve up, with a twist of lemon. We both agreed this was better than the standard Sidecar.

    Enjoy!

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