Mekhong (spirit) was newly produced in 1941. Despite being known as a whisky, Mekhong is much more a rum. The distilled spirit is made from 95 percent sugar cane/molasses and five percent rice. The distilled spirit is then blended with indigenous herbs and spices to produce its aroma and taste. Mekhong is distilled, blended, and bottled at the Bangyikhan Distillery on the outskirts of Bangkok. It contains 35 percent alcohol by volume, and it is used in a cocktail called the "Thai Sabai". Mekhong Whisky is mentioned several times on the album "Hell's Ditch" by The Pogues, along with other common Thai
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.