Name: Singapore Sling (using Old Tom gin)
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Old Tom gin; 15 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 15 ml Cherry brandy; 30 ml Lemon juice; 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 2 dash Orange bitters; Top up with Soda (club soda) water

Singapore Sling (using Old Tom gin)
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Serve in a Sling glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Hayman's Old Tom Gin
¹⁄₂ oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Heering Cherry Liqueur
1 oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
Top up with	Thomas Henry Soda Water

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Garnish: Lemon slice & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry on stick (sail)

How to make:

SHAKE first six ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with soda and lightly stir.

Review:

Slightly on the dry and sour side, this is decidedly more complex than most Singapore Sling recipes.

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History:

For more Singapore Sling recipes and the cocktails full story, see our Singapore Sling page.

Nutrition:

One serving of Singapore Sling (using Old Tom gin) contains 229 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
21.16% alc./vol. (21.16° proof)
25.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Neil Wilkins

27th February 2024 at 21:59

Just came into some cherry brandy (Ableforth’s) and gave this old recipe a go. Definitely on the tart side, but a nice, less tiki Sling nevertheless. Would agree that a drop of pineapple would slightly sweeten and improve this.

John McTague

18th March 2021 at 21:39

I have made this version once like this and once with a splash of pineapple juice. Is it intentionally left out here? This is a nice drink but very different from the Difford or Dale DeGroff versions and I think a small amount of pineapple juice improves it.

Simon Difford

19th March 2021 at 07:12

Agreed. I prefer with pineapple juice, but it is argued that the above recipe based on Old Tom is nearer to Boon's original 1899-1915 recipe. Please click link above in History for more info.

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