Recipes Side Car Be the first to rate & review! Classic Cocktail Recipes By Grace Parisi Updated on June 29, 2021 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Yield: 8 drinks Ingredients 1 cup water 2/3 cups sugar 1/2 cup lemon juice 1/2 cup Cointreau 1 cup brandy or cognac Ice Sugar for coating martini glasses Directions In a small saucepan, combine the water and sugar and bring to a boil. Cook over moderate heat, stirring just until the sugar dissolves. Let cool. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add 1/4 cup of the syrup, 1/4 cup lemon juice, 1/4 cup Cointreau and 1/2 cup brandy. Shake vigorously until quite cold and strain into 4 frozen, sugar-rimmed martini glass. Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 4 more drinks. Rate it Print