Cocktailing | Singapore Sling

For Lunar New Year I’m pouring a drink that’s filled with history and delightfully pink! In public in Singapore in 1915, women could only drink fruit juice and tea. So a clever man names Ngiam Tong Boon created this drink that’s over the moon. Filled with cherry liquor and gin, it looks like fruit juice which made it a win. Ladies in Singapore could drink at the bar. Now it’s beloved near and far.

Singapore Sling

Makes 2 drinks

1 1/2 ounces gin

1 ounce benedictine

1/2 ounce cherry liquer

1 ounce lime juice

1/2 ounce grenadine

dash of bitters

2 ounces pineapple juice

4 ounces soda water

Stir together gin, benedictine, cherry liquor, lime juice, pineapple juice, grenadine and bitters. Pour into glasses filled with ice and top with club soda. Garnish with a lime and a cherry.

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