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Singapore Sling
Posted: July 15, 2026
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The Singapore Sling is one of the world's most celebrated tropical cocktails, created around 1915 by Chinese-born bartender Ngiam Tong Boon at the legendary Long Bar of Raffles Hotel in Singapore — a place so synonymous with colonial-era glamour that guests from Somerset Maugham to Ava Gardner passed through its doors. Born as a gin sling dressed for the tropics, it combines London Dry gin with cherry brandy, Bénédictine, Cointreau, pineapple juice, fresh lime, grenadine, and a dash of Angostura — a complex, fruit-forward cocktail that's simultaneously refreshing and spirituous. Its vivid pink-red hue is as striking as its layered flavor profile: sweet cherry, herbal depth from the Bénédictine, bright citrus, and a lingering juniper backbone. It jumped 20 places to #17 on Difford's Guide's 2025 global top 100, proof that a great origin story and impeccable balance never go out of style.
Ingredients
1.5 oz Pineapple Juice
0.25 oz Grenadine
0.5 oz Lime Juice
1 dash Angostura Bitters
0.5 oz Cherry Brandy
0.25 oz Benedictine Herbal Liqueur
1.5 oz Dry Gin
1 piece(s) Maraschino Cherry
0.25 oz Cointreau
1 slice Pineapple Slice
Instructions
- Pre-chill a highball or sling glass, and prepare your garnish by threading a pineapple slice and maraschino cherry onto a cocktail pick.
- Combine the gin, cherry brandy, Bénédictine, Cointreau, pineapple juice, lime juice, grenadine, and Angostura bitters in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
- Shake well for 12–15 seconds until the shaker is frosty and the drink is thoroughly chilled.
- Fill the prepared glass with fresh ice, then strain the cocktail over the ice.
- Garnish with the pineapple and cherry pick and serve with a straw.