Quick & Easy Between the Sheets Recipe: How to Make the Perfect Between the Sheets Cocktail

Cognac is a variety of Brandy.

It’s named after Cognac, France and certain production methods are required to make sure the Brandy may be named Cognac.

This production methods include:

•  Ugni blanc grapes must be used.
• The Brandy must be twice distilled in copper stills.
• The Brandy must aged at least 2 years in Oak barrels.

Only then can it be called Cognac. Wowzers.

And even then, there are grades of Cognac:

• V.S. (Very Special) or 3 stars. This means that the Brandy has been aged for at least 2 years in a cask.
• V.S.O.P. (Very Superior Old Pale) or Reserve. This is where the Brandy has been aged for at least 4 years in a cask.
• Napoléon. This is where the Brandy is aged at least 6 years.
• XO (Extra Old). This is where the Brandy is aged at least 10 years.
• XXO (Extra Extra Old). This is where the Brandy is aged for at least 14 years.
• Hors d’âge (Beyond Age). This is where the Brandy is beyond the official age scales.

I mean, that’s some grading list. I’d wager by the end of that list you’d need to be a millionaire to sample those Cognac’s.

ANYWAY… the Cognac we recommend is:

All Rum is made from fermenting and then distilling sugar cane molasses or sugar cane juice, but White Rum has an ageing process that makes the liquor clear.

Rum is usually aged for at least one year and the contained in which it is aged determines the colour it will be.

In Bourbon or Wooden casks, the Rum will become a dark brown colour, but in a stainless steel tanks the rum remains colourless.

White Rum is clear because it’s aged in a stainless steel tank.

Pretty cool, huh?

For White Rum, we recommend:

Triple Sec is a style of Orange Liqueur and you can read more about it in our detailed article.

For Triple Sec, we recommend:

Cocktail shakers improve the taste of cocktails. It’s a fact.

There’s a reason that famed British spy James Bonds says “shaken, not stirred”. And that reason is: because it tastes better.

If you don’t already have a cocktail shaker set, you might want to check out our detailed Cocktail Shaker comparison article.

But to cut a long story short, here’s the cocktail shaker we recommend:

If you (or perhaps the person your buying for) don’t have a Hawthorne strainer as part of a cocktail shaker set, it’s a great, and incredibly useful, cocktail gift you need in your cocktail toolbox.

The strainer is typically used to remove the ice (or any other unwanted solid ingredients) from your cocktail as it’s poured from the cocktail shaker into your glass.

For a Hawthorne Strainer, we recommend:

It’s important to get the mix of any cocktail right. The measurements are set for a reason – to specify a tried, tested, and tasty drink.

A jigger is going to help you get those perfect measurements – after all, it is what the pro’s use.

For a jigger, we recommend:

Getting a lemon squeezer will change your life.

When you make as many cocktail as I do squeezing out lemons and limes, a lemon squeezer is a life saver. It makes it easier to get the juice and you also typically get more juice out of the fruit.

It just makes sense.

If you are interested in a Lemon Squeezer, here’s the one we recommend:

This cocktail recipe tastes great, but let’s make it look great too.

Having the right glass for the right cocktail always makes the experience more enjoyable in my experience.

And the right glass is a cocktail glass.

We recommend: