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Singapore Sling (using Old Tom gin)

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 water

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (21)

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

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

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Sling glass

Method:

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

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

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

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
21.16% alc./vol. (42.32° proof)
27.5 grams of pure alcohol

History

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

Review

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

Hayman's Old Tom Gin 750ml - makes 12.5 cocktails
$31.99 $2.56 per cocktail Hayman's Old Tom Gin image

Benedictine D.O.M. 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$37.99 $0.76 per cocktail Benedictine D.O.M. image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 192 cocktails
$13.99 $0.07 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 192 cocktails
$13.99 $0.07 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

$3.46 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 12.5 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Neil Wilkins 2y

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 5y

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 Verified User Premium Member 5y

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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