Sheer Indulgence - The Best [Cocktails] That Money Can Buy - Yahoo! Finance

Topping our list is the holder of the Guinness Record for the world's most expensive cocktail, and perhaps the most elegant mixed drink to be found anywhere: the Ritz Side Car served at Bar Hemingway in the Paris Ritz. In reviving the classic that César Ritz himself served in the 1920s, the hotel's head bartender, Colin P. Field, follows the classic side car recipe: cognac, Cointreau and a drop of freshly squeezed lemon juice, shaken and served in a martini glass. But the magic lies in the hotel's astonishing store of cognac, the 1830 Ritz Reserve.