I tried to order a Sidecar in a bar the other night.

Cuban Sidecars are Wonderful!

Jebus H. Christ - any bartender who has an Apple or Android device - they can install DrinkBoy - has all the recipes for drinks. It's 2019 for the sake of a fuck.

"Sidecar, Between-The-Sheets, or a Main Brace?" Wasn't that a Maggie Smith line from [italic]Evil Under The Sun[/italic]?

See?

It’s like a margarita, basically. Swap out tequila for cognac, lime for lemon.

how abouta horses' neck?

Same thing happened to me when I ordered a pink lady!

I didn't know what it was either - though I'm not a bartender. I thought you meant the ridesharing service, Sidecar.

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I’m not surprised. I had to explain what a whisky sour is.

Drunk people problems.

The bartender pretended not to know so the OP would just go away.

LOL R5, it's like a margarita... basically... except swap out all of the main ingredients! MARY!

I condole you, OP.

Love me a good SIDECAR!!!!!

I too ordered one and the bartender had no idea what I was talking about.

I've had the same issue on several occasions when ordering a gimlet. WTF do they teach in bartending school these days?

[quote]It’s like a margarita, basically. Swap out tequila for cognac, lime for lemon.

Right: it's a margarita, if designed by a French person.

Variations on appletinis and Cosmos, presumably, R16.

the humanity

What an odd coincidence OP. I'm about to host a few people for dinner tonight and am planning on making sidecars!

I've also stumped bartenders by ordering them. Really odd they've never heard of it.

If you think that's bad just try asking the bartender for an Alaskan Polar Bear Heater.

OP then flounced around the bar, sidecar in hand, pinky raised, singing "Clang-Clang-Clang goes the trolley; Ding-Ding-Ding goes the bell!"

It’s one of my signature drinks. But if I have to explain what it is, then it won’t be good and I therefore won’t order it.

I was going to say, try a lyft.

Who ever orders a sidecar. How old are you op.

How about a Harvey Wallbanger.

I can hardly fault a bartender in a crowded bar for not wanting to play “Spend 10 minutes dragging out a blender to make my ironic hipster drink” to get a $1 tip while missing a half dozen drink orders instead.

A blender for a sidecar? Huh?

[quote] It’s one of my signature drinks.

Mary!

#metoo It was a sloe gin fizz.

OH Yeah to the sloe gin fizz.

That is an embarrassing drink for a man to get. Just sayin...

[quote] That is an embarrassing drink for a man to get. Just sayin...

You're an idiot.

Just sayin...

Like a pink lady is so manly!

r29, it's a Shirley Temple that will have you shit faced with your head in the toilet throwing up red. I know i've been there. It's so easy to go down, so tasty but it always comes back up.

[quote]Who ever orders a sidecar. How old are you op

Old enough to punctuate, I'd guess..

Sloe Gin Fizz? Isn’t that kind of a 70s thing?

Who gives a shit if the drink you order is au courant enough or masculine enough? Someone that insecure sounds like a living nightmare.

I buy drinks to please myself, NOT other people. I'm not [italic]wearing[/italic] them, for God's sake--I'm drinking them.

[quote] I can hardly fault a bartender in a crowded bar for not wanting to play “Spend 10 minutes dragging out a blender to make my ironic hipster drink” to get a $1 tip while missing a half dozen drink orders instead.

That would be something like a daiquiri.

Sidecars do not require blenders.

No, you just ordered a drink the bartender doesn’t know and takes a lot of time. Was the bar busy?

r32 obviously not.

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Fluffy Duck FTW

Old people drinks:

Harvey Wallbanger.

Tom Collins

Singapore Sling

The point is, it doesn't take any longer than a martini.

How about a Hilty Dilty or a Golden Cadillac?

Betsy Ross.

Guys? I just ordered a brandy Sidecar and it came on the rocks! With a cherry!

O tempora! O mores!

There are literally 3 ingredients in a Sidecar. It doesn’t take a long time.

This is my preference in sidecars

I once ordered a Manhattan from a bartender, and the sonofabitch put dry vermouth in it. And an olive. It was very dark and I did not realize this until my first sip. I did not want to create a thread for this incident.

I had to explain what a Sea Breeze was a few weeks ago at DFW airport. I was kind of annoyed.

Boozehound problems.

I looked up those cocktails too, R3. A Between-the-sheets is a Sidecar with rum added, and a Mainbrace is dry gin, orange liqueur, and pink grapefruit juice. Sounds tasty.

[quote]Same thing happened to me when I ordered a pink lady!

We all have our crosses to bear, hun.

Does anybody order a Tom Collins or a Rob Roy these days?