Gin Sling
- Medium
- sour
A sour, medium-strength cocktail, shaken over ice, served in a collins glass.
Serve in: collins glass
Ingredients
- 2 ozgin
- 0.5 ozlemon juice
- 0.25 ozrich syrup
- 3 ozsoda water
- iceoptional
How to Make a Gin Sling
Instructions
- Put the gin, lemon juice and rich syrup into a cocktail shaker with a large handful of ice.
- Shake to combine and strain into a tall glass filled with more ice.
- Top up with soda water.
Garnish
Decorate with a lemon wedge.
Tips & substitutions
- No gin? Try vodka, tequila or white rum.
- No lemon juice? Try lime juice.
The glass
Serve this one in a collins glass. A collins glass is a glass tumbler which typically is used to serve mixed drinks, especially Tom Collins or John Collins cocktails. It is cylindrical in shape and narrower and taller than a highball glass.
Did you know
Sling' comes from the German word 'schlingen', meaning 'to swallow' and is a style of drink which was popular from the mid-18th century.
