CLASSIC · GIN

Singapore Sling

Name: Singapore Sling
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 15 ml Cherry Heering; 7.5 ml Cointreau; 7.5 ml DOM Bénédictine; 120 ml Fresh Pineapple Juice; 15 ml Fresh Lime Juice; 10 ml Grenadine Syrup; 2 dashes Angostura Bitters; Pineapple Wedge; Maraschino Cherry

The Singapore Sling is a celebrated Contemporary Classic cocktail born at the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, renowned for its vibrant tropical fruitiness and beautifully layered complexity.

Ingredients

Gin30 ml

Cherry Heering15 ml

Cointreau7.5 ml

DOM Bénédictine7.5 ml

Fresh Pineapple Juice120 ml

Fresh Lime Juice15 ml

Grenadine Syrup10 ml

Angostura Bitters2 dashes

Pineapple Wedge

Maraschino Cherry

Glassware

Hurricane glass

Chilled.

Flavor

Cherry · Ginger · Juniper · Lime · Orange blossom · Pineapple

Estimated profile

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Method

1
Add gin, cherry liqueur, triple sec, Bénédictine, pineapple juice, lime juice, grenadine, and Angostura bitters into a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes.
2
Shake well for 10–12 seconds until well chilled.
3
Strain into a Hurricane glass filled with fresh ice.
4
Garnish with a pineapple wedge and a maraschino cherry on the rim.

From the Bartender

The Singapore Sling was created around 1915 by bartender Ngiam Tong Boon at the Raffles Hotel Long Bar in Singapore. The original recipe was lost for decades, and the current widely accepted version was reconstructed from a handwritten note found in the bar's archives.

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