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
Cocktail drum drums easier to tune and provides much more consistent sound. Holders for cymbals, tom drums, cowbells and other various percussion instruments can be mounted to the cocktail drum depending on the musicians' needs. This makes the instrument very personal and few cocktail drums today are alike. Cocktail drum Cocktail drums are a type of portable drum kit which combines bass drum and snare drum sounds in a single drum. Cocktail drums were first put into production in the 1940s with the Carlton combo kit, consisting of a vertical 20 inch bass drum, a snare drum, cymbal and other assorted percussion.