Singapore Sling

Name: Singapore Sling
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1.5 oz Gin; 0.5 oz Cherry Heering; 0.25 oz Bénédictine; 0.25 oz Triple Sec; 0.25 oz Grenadine; 4 oz Pineapple Juice; 0.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice; 1 dash Angostura Bitters; Pineapple wedge (garnish, optional); cherry (garnish, optional)

ClassicIBA Official

Raffles' tropical, cherry-red gin classic.

ClassicPartyFruityTropical

5 minMediumBalanced

Tropical and layered. Frothy pineapple and tart lime up front, cherry and herbal Bénédictine underneath, with gin holding the whole thing together — fruity but never cloying.

Ingredients

1.5 oz Gin
0.5 oz Cherry Heering
0.25 oz Bénédictine
0.25 oz Triple Sec
0.25 oz Grenadine
4 oz Pineapple Juice
0.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice
1 dash Angostura Bitters
Pineapple wedge · optional garnish
cherry · optional garnish

Method

1
Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.
2
Shake hard until well-chilled and frothy.
3
Strain into a hurricane glass filled with fresh ice.
4
Garnish with a pineapple wedge and a cherry.

The Story

Created around 1915 by bartender Ngiam Tong Boon at the Long Bar of Raffles Hotel in Singapore. Its rosy hue let women drink it in public when a lady openly ordering liquor was frowned upon — a gin sling dressed as fruit punch. It remains one of the most famous cocktails ever poured.

Glass · Hurricane glassGarnish · Pineapple wedge, cherry

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