Singapore Sling
Tropical, rosy, legendary.
A rosy, fruity long drink combining gin, cherry liqueur, Cointreau and Bénédictine with pineapple juice, lime and grenadine. Bénédictine's herbal notes balance the tropical sweetness.
- IBA · Contemporary Classics
- Long drink
- Shaken
- Glass
- Hurricane glass
- Method
- Shaken
- Strength
- Light
- Time
- 4 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Ice
- Cubes
Ingredients
Measures for 1 serving
-
Gin
30 ml
-
Cherry liqueur
15 ml
-
Triple sec
7.5 ml
-
Bénédictine
7.5 ml
-
Pineapple juice
120 ml
-
Lime juice
15 ml
-
Grenadine
10 ml
-
Angostura bitters
1 dash
Garnish
- Pineapple slice
- Maraschino cherry
Proportions
How to make
- Fill the shaker with ice.
- Pour the gin.
- Add the cherry liqueur.
- Add the Cointreau.
- Add the Bénédictine.
- Add the pineapple juice.
- Add the lime juice.
- Add the grenadine.
- Add a dash of Angostura.
- Shake well.
- Fill the hurricane glass with ice.
- Strain into the glass.
- Garnish with pineapple and a maraschino cherry.
The story
Origins
ProbableA plausible account, without definitive proof.
Tradition credits the Singapore Sling to Ngiam Tong Boon, bartender at the Long Bar of Singapore's Raffles Hotel, sometime between 1899 and 1915. The drink grew out of the gin sling family, already popular in Singapore in the late 1800s, and was probably first called the Straits Sling: under that name it appears in Robert Vermeire's 1922 book, without pineapple or grenadine. The name Singapore Sling is printed in the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book. The recipe Raffles presents as original, with pineapple and grenadine, rests on a 1936 visitor's note and is disputed; David Wondrich even doubts the early link to the hotel.
Taste profile
- Fruity
- 4 out of 5
- Sweet
- 3 out of 5
- Herbal
- 2 out of 5
- Sour
- 2 out of 5