Singapore Sling

Developed by Ngiam Tong Boon for the Raffles Hotel in Singapore in the early 1900's. The Singapore Sling is a smooth, slow, sweet cocktail with a complex flavor. It is thought that the original recipe was virtually forgotten by the hotel bartenders and when they wanted to revive the cocktail, the hotel needed to adapt the recipe from the recollection of those bartenders. This is just one of the newer variations, the original did not use club soda.

Ingredients:

    1 1/2 oz gin

    1 oz lemon juice

    1/4 oz sugar syrup

    1 1/2 tsp powdered sugar

    2 oz club soda

    1/2 oz cherry brandy, kirsch, or Cherry Heering

    lemon slice for garnish

    maraschino cherry for garnish

  Preparation:

    Pour the gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup and powdered sugar into a shaker with ice cubes.

    Shake well.

    Strain into a highball glass with ice cubes.

    Pour in the club soda.

    Float the cherry brandy on top by pouring it over the back of a bar spoon.

    Garnish with the lemon slice and cherry.