The Cable Car is a cocktail created in 1996 by Tony Abou-Ganim. A modern variant on the classic
Sidecar
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, it commemorates the Starlight Room in the Drake Hotel in
San Francisco
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.
The recipe varies, but generally involves (specifically) Captain Morgan
Spiced Rum
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, orange
Curaçao
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, and
lemon sour Lemon Sour is a soda made by various vendors, often used in many mixed drinks.
Schweppes Lemon Sour is sold by Coca-Cola. Canada Dry is sold by Dr Pepper/Seven Up.
Lemon sour is also a popular soda in Japan, where is it sold as an alcopop by Sun ...
, garnished with a
cinnamon
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-sugared rim.
Carb free variant "Cablegram": 1 1/2 oz whiskey, 1/2 oz lemon juice, 1/2 tsp splenda shaken with ice. Pour in high ball glass topped with 4 oz diet ginger ale. Garnish with lemon
Notes
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Cocktails with rum