Sidecar (cocktail) base rather than rum, and with Cointreau as the sweetening agent rather than sugar syrup. He recommends the same proportions (8:2:1) for both, making a much-less-sweet sidecar. However, Simon Difford, in his book "Encyclopedia of Cocktails", notes Harry Craddock's ratio of 2:1:1 in "The Savoy Cocktail Book", and then suggests a middle ground between Craddock's recipe and the "French School" equal parts recipe of 3:2:2, calling Embury's daiquiri formula "overly dry" for a sidecar. The earliest mention of sugaring the rim on a sidecar glass is 1934, in three books: Burke's "Complete Cocktail & Drinking Recipes", Gordon's "Cocktail & Food
Paradise (cocktail) the largest "Gin and Juice", a 500 litre paradise cocktail. Paradise (cocktail) The Paradise is an IBA official cocktail, and is classified as a "pre-dinner" drink, an apéritif. The earliest known in-print recipe for the Paradise Cocktail was written by Harry Craddock in 1930. This cocktail is prepared using gin, apricot brandy (apricot liqueur), and orange juice in a 2:1:1 ratio, with a splash of lemon juice. The Paradise cocktail plays a key part in the 1933 Warner Bros. romantic film "One Way Passage" as the drink of the two star-crossed lovers played by Kay Francis and William Powell. On