Singapore Sling cocktail

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Singapore Sling

  • Medium
  • sweet
  • sour
  • tropical

A sweet, sour and tropical, medium-strength cocktail, shaken over ice, served in a collins glass.

Serve in: collins glass

Ingredients

  • 1.5 ozgin
  • 1 ozBénédictine
  • 1 ozLime juice
  • 0.5 ozcherry liqueur
  • 0.25 ozsimple syrup
  • 2 ozsoda
  • 1maraschino cherryoptional
  • Ice cubesoptional

How to Make a Singapore Sling

Instructions

  1. Pour the gin, Benedictine, lime juice, cherry liqueur, and simple syrup into a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes.
  2. Shake well and strain into a highball glass over fresh ice.
  3. Top with club soda.

Garnish

Decorate with a cherry.

Tips & substitutions

  • No gin? Try vodka, tequila or white rum.
  • No limes? Try lemons.

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.