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Sling (Generic Name)

Name: Sling (Generic Name)
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml; 15 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); Top up with Soda water

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Brandy, whisk(e)y, gin, rum etc.
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
Top up with	Thomas Henry Soda Water (or ginger ale)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Sling glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a SLING GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel.

Method

SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
TOP with soda or ginger ale.

Garnish

Garnish with lemon slice wheel.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Sling (Generic Name) contains 152 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
21.39% alc./vol. (42.78° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

The word 'Sling' comes from the German 'schlingen', meaning 'to swallow', and Slings based on a spirit mixed with sugar and water were popularly drunk in the late 1800s.

Slings are similar to Toddies and like Toddies can be served hot. (Toddies, however, are never served cold.) The main difference between a Toddy and a Sling is that Slings are not flavoured by the addition of spices. Also, Toddies tend to be made with plain water, while Slings are charged with water, soda water or ginger ale.

The earliest known definition of 'cocktail' describes it as a bittered sling.

Also see:Cocktail Categories & Families

Review

Sugar balances citrus juice sourness, the spirit fortifies, and the carbonate lengthens.

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Comments & Discussion

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Chris Garner Premium Member 16w

I’m so lost on the difference between a fizz, collins, cooler and sling and when a drink is one or the other.