The Singapore Sling

Does anyone fancy a glass of
SINGAPORE SLING
COCKTAIL?



I guess, as Singaporeans,we ought to know more about thehistory of this famous cocktail!



The Singapore Sling is both a cocktail that wasinvented by Ngiam Tong Boon or the Raffles Hotelin Singapore sometime between 1910 and 1915 anda movie directed and written by Nikos Nikolaidis.

The original recipe of the Singapore Sling issignificantly different from the current recipe.

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DID YOU KNOW?

The original recipe used gin, cherry brandy,and Benedictine. It was then shaken and strained intoa glass, and then filled to individual taste with club soda.

The current Raffles Hotel recipe is a much modifiedversion of the original, most likely changed sometimein the 1970s by the Ngiam Tong Boon's nephew.

AND GUESS WHAT?



There is a rockband in ICELAND that isnamed after the Singapore Sling! Woot!

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INGREDIENTS:

1 1/2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Cherry Heering brandy
1/4 oz Cointreau
1/4 oz Benedictine
4 oz Pineapple juice
1/2 oz Lime juice
1/3 oz Grenadine
Dash bitters

PREPERATION:

SHAKE with ice.
STRAIN into an ice filled collins glass.
GARNISH with cherry and slice of pineapple.

THE RECIPE CARD
Straight from the Raffles Hotel



;)

Winston