THE SINGAPORE SLING
This is the Singapore Sling. One of the "legendary" cocktails, which according to history books, was invented at the Long Bar in Raffles Hotel in Singapore around 1915.
Personally, I had many expectations regarding this drink. Not only did this cocktail have many ingredients to work with but just figuring out how it would taste like...was totally worth it.
Ingredients as follows:
- 40ml (8 parts) Gin
- 20ml (4 parts) Heering Cherry Liqueur (cherry brandy)
- 5ml (1 part) Cointreau
- 5ml (1 part) DOM Bénédictine
- 10ml (2 parts) Grenadine
- 80ml (16 parts) Pineapple juice
- 30ml (6 parts) Fresh lemon juice
- 1 dash Angostura bitters
I slipped a few times. I used De Kuyper Cherry Liquer instead of Heering's. Also, I didn't have a hurricane glass at my disposal (I don't feel I need them for a long time; there are only a few drinks that employ it, otherwise they're just more (useless) glassware at home) so I used one of my bigger high ball glasses and I must admit it fit just perfectly. Thirdly, I didn't want to buy a whole pineapple so I decorated the drink with a good slice of lemon and of course the maraschino cherry.
Tastewise, it was amazing. Extremely fruity, a bit cherry candy-ish; I could hardly taste the alcohol in this one. Would I make this one again? Totally. Would I order this at a bar? No. Mainly because the price would be so horribly expensive in places they know how to actually make one of these.
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