The Raffles Hotel Original Singapore Gin Sling Cocktail

Step 1

Shake with ice.

Step 2

Strain into an ice filled collins glass.

Step 3

Garnish with cherry and slice of pineapple.

Step 4

SINGAPORE SLING.

Step 5

The Singapore Sling was created at Raffles Hotel at the turn-of-the-century by Hainanese-Chinese bartender, Mr. Ngiam Tong Boon.

Step 6

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.

Step 7

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.

Step 8

Metric Measurements as printed on the orginal raffles Hotel menu.

Step 9

30ml Gin.

Step 10

15 ml Cherry Brandy.

Step 11

120 ml Pineapple Juice.

Step 12

15 ml Lime Juice.

Step 13

7.5 ml Cointreau.

Step 14

7.5 ml Dom Benedictine.

Step 15

10 ml Grenadine.

Step 16

A Dash of Angostura Bitters.

Step 17

Garnish with a slice of Pineapple and Cherry.