Showing posts with label Slings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Slings. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Classic coktail Drink Recipe: The Singapore Sling Cocktail drink.

How to make the famous Singapore Sling cocktail drink with complete recipe:

This drink is still very popular in the tiki bars across the world.
The Singapore Sling was invented by Ngiam Tong Boon at the famous Raffles Hotel in Singapore in the early 1900's.  This drink was also popular during the prohibition era.  This is a classic cocktail with a complex flavor.

Singapore Sling Cocktail Drink


Singapore Sling ingredients:
• 1 1/2 oz gin (Beefeater, Tanqueray, Bombay Sapphire, Hendrick's, Eyc.)
• 1 oz Fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 oz sugar syrup or simple bar syrup
• 1 1/2 tsp powdered sugar
• 2 oz club soda
• 1/2 oz cherry brandy
lemon slice or pineapple for garnish
maraschino cherry for garnish

Directions:
Pour the gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup and powdered sugar into a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake well until cold and frosty.
Strain into a highball glass with ice.
Pour in some of the club soda.
Float the cherry brandy by pouring over the back of a spoon.
Garnish with the lemon slice and a cherry.

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Monday, June 28, 2010

Classic Cocktail Drinks: The "Gin Sling" Cocktail Recipe and History

How to make a classic Gin Sling Cocktail drink.

The term "sling" is used in many classic cocktails and refers to a cocktail made with sweetened spirits and water. The first published recipe for a sling dates back to 1759 and used rum.


Gin Sling Cocktail Drink


Gin Sling Recipe
• 1 teaspoon of sugar syrup (bar syrup)
• 2 teaspoons of fresh lemon juice
• 3 ounces of Gin (Bombay Sapphire, Beefeater, Tanqueray, Gordon's London, etc.)
• Optional garnish is nutmeg.

Procedure:
Combine the above listed ingredients in a highball glass. Top the glass with cold soda water. The lemon juice is optional to some drinks.


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Classic cocktails explains the "Gin Sling" recipe. A vintage cocktail gin recipe.