Champs-Élysées
Sours · Brandy
- Strength
- 18.3%
- Std. drinks
- 1.50
- Calories
- 191
- Sugar
- 11.0 g
- 1½ ozBrandy45 ml
- ½ ozChartreuse15 ml
- ¾ ozSweetened lemon juice23 ml
- 1 dashAngostura bitters
The ratio · 3 : 1 : 1½
Highlighted: not in the Sidecar.
Head to head
Champs-Élysées and Sidecar side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference, by the numbers
Both have Cognac. Only the Champs-Élysées has Green Chartreuse, sweet-and-sour mix and Angostura bitters; only the Sidecar has triple sec and lemon juice. In parts, a Champs-Élysées is 3 brandy, 1 Chartreuse and 1½ sweet-and-sour mix; a Sidecar is 2½ brandy, 1 triple sec and 1 lemon. By volume, the Champs-Élysées is 55% spirit, 27% citrus and 18% liqueur; the Sidecar is 56% spirit, 22% liqueur and 22% citrus. That makes them close cousins on the ratio map.
The Champs-Élysées is the stronger drink in the glass (18.3% ABV against 17.8%), but being smaller it holds about the same alcohol (1.50 and 1.58 standard drinks). The Champs-Élysées has more calories (about 191 against 179) and more sugar (11.0 g against 5.5 g). Both are shaken and served in a coupe.
Sours · Brandy
The ratio · 3 : 1 : 1½
Highlighted: not in the Sidecar.
Sours · Brandy
The ratio · 2½ : 1 : 1
Highlighted: not in the Champs-Élysées.
Each drink sits nearer the corners it has more of: spirit, vermouth and bitter, citrus, mixer, syrup or liqueur. The gray dots are the other classics. Explore the full ratio map.
Champs-Élysées vs.
Sidecar vs.