Selecting the right liquor is critical in a cocktail with just a few ingredients. We used these bottles of Cointreau and Four Roses Bourbon to craft our Bourbon Sidecar. If you’re wondering about the ice cubes, they’re in the freezer instead of this photo. Or was it? Bourbon Sidecar Ingredients The only required ingredients to craft a Bourbon sidecar are bourbon, orange liqueur, lemon juice and ice cubes. We can at least be certain that the Sidecar was invented in the early 1920s soon after Prohibition ended and that it was named after a motorcycle sidecar. We choose to believe that it invented in Paris at Harry’s Bar which, if true, makes the Sidecar a French cocktail. History of the Sidecar The Sidecar is a cocktail with a mysterious past.ĭepending on what you read and choose to believe, the Sidecar cocktail was either invented in London or Paris. The tasty tipple has earned a permanent spot on our at home cocktail rotation. Nor will the first Bourbon Sidecar be our last Bourbon Sidecar. We’re not the first to craft a Sidecar cocktail with bourbon and we certainly won’t be the last. While some mixologists use brandy or Armagnac instead of cognac, we decided to craft ours with Kentucky bourbon. The classic Sidecar recipe is both simple and sophisticated with just three ingredients – cognac, orange liqueur and fresh lemon juice. Adding bourbon to the classic Sidecar is a great option for fans of the Kentucky liquor. The Daiquiri, Jack Rose, Manhattan, Martini and Old Fashioned round out this list.īuy a copy of The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks from Amazon. Embury included the sour bourbon martini in the short list of cocktail classics featured in his The Fine Art of Mixing. The Sidecar joined achieved classic status in 1948.

Bourbon Cocktail Recipes by Rose Rivera