Between the Sheets
Another pre-Prohibition classic that includes Rum, Cognac, Cointreau, and Lemon Juice, you may see a lot of a Sidecar in this drink, and you wouldn't be wrong. This recipe, however, adds White Rum and some slightly different ingredient ratios to create a very different flavour profile. But if a Sidecar is your thing, a Between the Sheets should also be to your taste as well.We're specifying Cointreau in this recipe rather than a generic Triple Sec, as, just like the Sidecar, the more robust flavour of the Cointreau goes better with the Cognac, and now especially, the bolder flavours of the Rum. If all you have is Triple Sec though, you'll do fine so long as your other ingredients are good ones!
Ingredients
- 30 mL Cognac
- 30 mL White Rum
- 30 mL Cointreau or any Triple Sec
- 10 mL Lemon Juice
- Garnish with a Lemon or Orange peel
Instructions
- Add Cognac, White Rum, Cointreau, and Lemon Juice to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake everything until it's very cold.
- Strain everything into a Coupe glass.
- Express the oils from your Orange peel over your drink, get rid of it or use it for presentation.
- Serve and enjoy.
Notes
As this cocktail is more than 100 years old, its story is largely lost in time. It's thought that the Between the Sheets, however, comes from Harry's New York Bar in Paris. Beyond that, there's not much story to it! These famous bars of the 1920's had a lot going on, and not everything needs a story anyway.
To that end, there have been some variations on the standard recipes over the year, so you may see other recipes out there. If there's a flavour that you want to push or would prefer is more in the background, feel free to play with it a little bit.