1/3/2024 0 Comments Abricotine schnaps![]() ![]() Note: Other variations may yet prove palatable. In this, I am in accord with Patrick Gavin Duffy, whom Wondrich notes flagged the BTS as being one he “personally not recommend.” I deem it a cocktail to avoid. All are too tart by half, with nothing to really back up the citrus.Įmbury may be a looming legend of mixology, but I confess that his recommended expression of the Between the Sheets was the one I committed to the sink. I’ve mixed the Between the Sheets with lemon and lime, Bacardi and Mount Gay Eclipse, but no variation manages to please. Embury suggests using lime as an alternative to the lemon, and calls for a gold rum. The recipe above is from Wondrich’s Esquire Drinks, which in turn derives it from David Embury’s in The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks. It is, Baker declares, “totally sound, and already quite famous throughout the Near East.” His recipe, incidentally, calls for equal parts of everything. Weber, keeping bar at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. ![]() I can’t put a date to the drink, but Charles Baker’s 1939 Gentleman’s Companion - after a circuitous tale involving riots, stonings, tommy guns and girls being crushed to death by falling masonry - attributes the Between the Sheets’ origins to a certain Mr. Posted on 7th of October, 2005 9th of April, 2009 Categories Cocktails, to enjoy Tags brandy, cognac, enjoy, peach, Philadelphia, punch, rum, schnapps 7 Comments on Fish House Punch Between the Sheets Each of its 25 members had a faux governmental title and whatnot… I believe the club continues to this day, though so far I can only find evidence up through 1981. Also known as The Schuylkill Fishing Company, it was a quirky sporting gentleman’s affair, claiming sovereignty unto itself. * In 1732 the club was known as “The Colony in Schuylkill,” but it changed its name to “The State in Schuylkill” in 1783, in keeping with events of the day. Several apocryphal stories attribute gaps in George Washington’s journals to overindulgence in Fish House Punch… I wonder if there are places claiming that “Washington Slepte It Offe Here.” It’s the kind of punch that can get you into trouble. Though the requisite several hours of flavor-blending has yet to pass, I couldn’t resist a sample or two. Mix sugar, water and lemon juice until dissolved, add liquor, stir well and allow to stand for several hours before serving, poured over a large block of ice.
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