The Social Drinker

We love brunch, we love Jazz, and we love Duke Ellington. So we’re hosting a Jazz brunch in honor of Duke’s birthday on April 29th, with a cocktail straight from the jazz age: The Sidecar.
FULL RECIPE + OUR JAZZ BRUNCH PLAYLIST BELOW

—–THE SIDECAR—-

What You’ll Need:
¾ ounces Cointreau
¾ ounces lemon juice
1 ½ ounces cognac
Sugar

How to Mix it:
1st, rub the rim of a chilled cocktail glass with a lemon wedge. Then, press it into a plate of sugar.

Next, pour the Cognac*, Cointreau and lemon juice into a shaker filled with cracked ice.

Shake well.

Strain into your cocktail glass.

Enjoy!

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*Cognac is a variety of Brandy produced in the region surrounding the town of Cognac in France. In addition to being produced in that specific region, it must be made according to certain standards in order to be called Cognac.

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The Social Drinker’s Jazz Brunch Playlist:

It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got That Swing) — Duke Ellington & Rosemary Clooney

Moanin’ — Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

They Can’t Take That Away From Me — Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

So What — Miles Davis

A Night in Tunisia: Hot Mallets — Dizzy Gillespie

In the Mood — Glenn Miller

Take the “A” Train — Duke Ellington

The Way You Look Tonight — Billie Holiday

Giant Steps — John Coltrane

Love Me or Leave Me — Nina Simone

Djangology — Django Reinhardt

Lets Get Lost — Chet Baker Quartet

Between the Bars — Madeleine Peyroux

Mood Indigo — Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

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The Social Drinker is
Written & Hosted by — Jo Bozarth
Directed & Taste Tested by — Avi Glijansky
With
Cinematography & Additional Tasting by — Justin Janowitz

This cocktail accompanied by “Rainier Valley Rhythm”
by Glenn Crytzer and his Syncopators / Crytzer’s Blue Rhythm Band
Licensed by Audiosocket.

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