Between the Sheets
Daring, citrusy, nocturnal.
A close relative of the Sidecar that pairs cognac with white rum, bound by triple sec and lifted by lemon. The result is dry and warming at once, stronger than its smoothness suggests.
- IBA · The Unforgettables
- After dinner
- Shaken
- Glass
- Cocktail glass
- Method
- Shaken
- Strength
- Strong
- Time
- 3 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Ice
- No ice
Ingredients
Measures for 1 serving
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White rum
30 ml
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Cognac
30 ml
-
Triple sec
30 ml
-
Lemon juice
20 ml
Proportions
How to make
- Chill a cocktail glass.
- Pour the white rum into the shaker.
- Add the cognac.
- Add the triple sec.
- Add the lemon juice.
- Shake with ice.
- Strain into the chilled glass.
- Serve without garnish.
The story
Origins
LegendA story passed down, not confirmed by the sources.
The origin of this cheekily named drink remains uncertain. The earliest printed recipe known so far appears in 1929 in Frank Shay's Drawn From The Wood, with gin, Bacardi rum and Cointreau; the following year Harry Craddock's Savoy Cocktail Book gave the brandy, Bacardi and Cointreau version from which the modern formula descends. Many credit Harry MacElhone of Harry's New York Bar in Paris, but without proof. Other claims tie it to a bartender at London's Berkeley Hotel in 1921, or to Johnny Brooks, who wrote in his 1954 memoir that he created it at a New Rochelle speakeasy during Prohibition.
Sources (4)
- Difford's Guide — Between The Sheets (opens in a new tab) recipe and history
- PUNCH — Between the Sheets (opens in a new tab) recipe and history
- IBA — Between the Sheets (opens in a new tab) recipe
- IBA — All cocktails, page 1 (opens in a new tab) recipe
Taste profile
- Strong
- 4 out of 5
- Citrus
- 3 out of 5
- Sweet
- 2 out of 5
- Sour
- 2 out of 5
