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Revision as of 01:59, 13 December 2006
History/ Myth/ Lore of the Singapore Sling
Created by Mr. Ngian Tong Boon of the Long Bar for the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, in 1915. Originally known as the Straits Sling. Sadly, the Raffles Hotel no longer has the original recipe, and currently serves a modernized version of the drink.
- Official Raffle's Singapore Sling Blurb, as featured on their Cocktail Menu.
"The Singapore Sling was created at Raffles Hotel at the turn-of-the-century by Hainanese-Chinese bartender, Mr. Ngiam Tong Boon.
In the Hotel's museum, visitors may view the safe in which Mr. Ngiam locked away his precious recipe books, as well as the Sling recipe hastily jotted on a bar-chit in 1936 by a visitor to the Hotel who asked the waiter for it.
Originally, the Singapore Sling was meant as a woman's drink, hence the attractive pink colour. Today, it is very definately a drink enjoyed by all, without which any visit to Raffles Hotel is incomplete."
Historical References
"The Washington Post", 6th April 1930
"...and mixed drinks from "flips of all kinds" through Singapore slings and St. Luke's rickeys to "high balls of all kinds."
Time Magazine, 21st February 1938
"To make the welcome as warm and damp as possible, the messes of every British ship prepared long pink rows of Singapore Gin Slings for U. S. officers.*"
"*Subject to innumerable variations, the Singapore Gin Sling is basically a Tom Collins spiked with cherry brandy."
"The Helena Independent", 11th May 1941
"SINGAPORE SLING: (3 Imported Liquors—Different Flavors)"
Time Magazine, 12th January 1942
"The officers had fallen into a routine to which they considered themselves entitled: stengahs or gin slings at the Raffles..."
"Waterloo Daily Courier", 3rd July 1949
"Dream, for example of a lovely courtyard in old Singapore, Malay attendants, white dinner jackets, lovely inscrutable ladies, coconut palms and the Hotel Raffles Gin Sling. This boon to mankind is said to consist of proper applications of dry gin, cherry brandy and Benedictine, shaken for a moment, and stirred in a bar glass, ice-chilled, filled to taste with chilled club soda and garnished with a spiral peel of a green lime."
"The Times Recorder", 14th September 1951
"The Singapore Sling is a drink. It's got gin, cherry brandy, the white of an egg and soda in it. It's red, cold and delectable. I have tried this drink and found there's nothing to it."
"Eureka Humboldt Standard", 11th May 1966
"And while we're in that neck of the woods, here is the Singapore Sling — from the noted Raffles Hotel. This is served ornamented with a spirally cut peel of lime, such as we used to enjoy in our childhood served in a glass of gingerale and called a "Horse's Neck." You need the finest, dryest gin you can obtain to make it perfectly. Also, fine cherry brandy a n d then Benedictine. At Raffles' they use equal parts, but we recommend increasing the percentage of gin to your own taste. Shake the mixture with a few ice cubes, then strain into a chilled highball glass with 1 ice cube — fill as far as you wish with chilled club soda, and decorate with the long peel."
"Syracuse Herald Journal", 20th November 1977
"His [Roberto Pregarz's] first act was to remove the neon sign over the [Raffles'] hotel entrance. He researched the original recipe for the Singapore Sling (gin, cherry brandy and sometimes Benedictine) and dug out old menus from famous occasions"
Historical Recipes
"Cocktails and How to Mix Them" Robert Vermeire in Cocktails (1922)
Straits Sling
(*)This well-known Singapore drink, thoroughly ice and shaken, contains :
- 2 dashes of Orange Bitters,
- 2 dashes of Angostura Bitters,
- The juice of half a lemon
- 1/8 gill of Bénédictine.
- 1/8 gill of Dry Cherry Brandy
- 1/2 gill of Gin.
Pour into a tumbler and fill up with cold soda water.
"Savoy Cocktail Book" by Harry Craddock (1930)
Singapore Sling
- The Juice of 1/4 lemon
- 1/4 Dry Gin
- 1/2 Cherry Brandy
Shake well and strain into medium size glass, and fill with soda water. Add 1 lump of ice.
Straits Sling (6 people)
Place in a shaker 4 glasses of gin, 1 glass of Benedictine, 1 glass of Cherry Brandy, the juice of 2 Lemons, a teaspoonful of Angostura Bitters and one of Orange Bitters. Shake sufficiently and serve in large glasses, filling up with Soda Water.
Charles Baker (1939)
"The original formula is 1/3 each of dry gin, cherry brandy and Benedictine; shake it for a moment, or stir it in a bar glass, With 2 fairly large lumps of ice to chill. Turn into a small 10 oz highball glass with one lump of ice left in and fill up to individual taste with chilled club soda. Garnish with the spiral peel of 1 green lime. In other ports in the Orient drinkers often use C & C ginger ale instead of soda, or even stone bottle ginger beer."
"Trader Vic Bartender's Guide", by Trader Vic, 1947
Raffles Hotel Sling
- 1 oz. dry gin
- 1 oz. cherry brandy
- 1 oz. benedictine
Shake w/cracked ice, strain into glass containing several lumps of ice; fill with chilled club soda and garnish with lime peel spiral.
Official Raffles Hotel Singapore Sling Recipe
- 30ml Gin
- 15 ml Cherry Brandy
- 120 ml Pineapple Juice
- 15 ml Lime Juice
- 7.5 ml Cointreau
- 7.5 ml Dom Benedictine
- 10 ml Grenadine
- A Dash of Angostura Bitters
- Garnish with a slice of Pineapple and Cherry
Dale DeGroff variation
"The following is the only and real recipe for the Singapore Sling (also the best tasting). I have a fax from the head bartender sent to me at Rainbow several years ago with their original recipe...all the others whether they are in books or not are wrong AND they don't taste good! Everyone quotes Bakers version and it is wrong and doesn't taste good"
- 1 1/2 oz. Gin
- 1/2 oz. Cherry Herring
- 1/4 oz. Cointreau
- 1/4 oz. Benedictine
- 2 oz. Pineapple Juice
- Dash of Angostura Bitters
- 1/2 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a highball glass. Garnish with orange slice and cherry. Top with soda.
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