The Singapore Raffles Sling Cocktail
About the Singapore Raffles Sling Cocktail
This classic is named for the hotel where it was invented.
Ingredients in the Singapore Raffles Sling Cocktail
- 1.25 oz Bombay Sapphire Gin
- .5 oz Bénédictine
- .5 oz Cherry brandy
- Club soda
- Lime wedge
Garnish: Cherry
Glass: Sling or highball
How to make the Singapore Raffles Sling Cocktail
Pour the gin, Bénédictine and cherry brandy into a sling or highball glass. Fill with ice and top with club soda. Squeeze a lime wedge over the drink, drop it into the glass and stir. Garnish with a cherry.
This recipe is adapted from The Gentleman’s Companion by Charles H.Baker, Jr.
Interesting cocktail.
I’ll give it a try and maybe mix it with The London Nº1 to see how it blends.
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Awful–you guys should know better than this.
The proper recipe calls for equal parts gin, lime juice, benedictine, and cherry heering, and most importantly, Angostora bitters.
Between this and the lame MaiTai recipe you are losing all credibility.
Darko, as you know, variations abound when it comes to classic recipes. Our recipe is based on the one in Charles H. Baker’s 1939 The Gentleman’s Companion. It does not call for either lime juice or bitters. What’s the source of your recipe?
To answer the question, the very first copies of Ngim Tong Boon’s original recipe are as follows, I sourced this from the Bar manager of the long Bar at Raffles himself:
1.25 oz Gin (Hendricks works really well but Beefeater london dry gin was the original)
.25 oz Benedictine
.25 oz Cherry Heering
.25 Cointreau
1 dash Angastura Bitters
.25 oz Grenadine
1 oz fresh Pineapple Juice
Mix all ingredients in a boston shaker with ice, sling the shaker over your shoulder once and then back down in one motion (hence the name sling and not shake!)
Pour into a highball or sling glass garnish with pineapple slice, cherry and orange zest.
It is one of the best Tiki drinks out there when made properly and is well deserved of its place in cocktail history
Thanks
John