Comments on: Cocktail Convalescence https://www.thesimplyrefined.com/cocktail-convalescence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cocktail-convalescence Simply Refined Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:01:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Stephen Pulvirent https://www.thesimplyrefined.com/cocktail-convalescence/#comment-137 Stephen Pulvirent Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:39:20 +0000 http://thesimplyrefined.com/cocktail-convalescence-2/#comment-137 Future Dad –

I am glad you like both the blog and the Sidecar. In general, I think it is a very undervalued cocktail by most people.

For me, the biggest thing the orange bitter do is add a nice aroma of orange on top of the lemon. The lemon juice usually seems to squelch the other aromas in my opinion, but it is necessary for flavor – the bitters fix this one-dimensionality a bit for me. Let me know how you like it.

]]> By: Future Dad https://www.thesimplyrefined.com/cocktail-convalescence/#comment-136 Future Dad Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:53:21 +0000 http://thesimplyrefined.com/cocktail-convalescence-2/#comment-136 Just found your blog and am enjoying it immensely. I felt compelled to comment on this post because the Sidecar is my go-to cocktail. Got introduced to it at a restaurant a few years ago with a recipe that I have refined over those years. It is very close to yours. 3 parts Cognac, 2 parts Cointreau (I find any other orange liqueur not as good) and 1 part lemon juice. Can't wait to try it with some orange bitters – I think I have some blood orange bitters in the fridge. Cheers!

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