Name: Singapore Sling (Raffles Formula)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 15 ml Cherry brandy; 7.5 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 7.5 ml Triple sec; 120 ml Pineapple juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Grenadine syrup; 1 dash Aromatic bitters; Top up with Soda water

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Cherry (brandy) liqueur

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

4 fl oz

Pineapple juice

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Monin Grenadine Syrup

1 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Top up with

Thomas Henry Soda Water

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a SLING GLASS.

Prepare garnish of skewered lemon slice wheel and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry (sail).

Method

SHAKE first 8 ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring soda water.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered lemon slice wheel and maraschino cherry (sail).

Serve with a straw.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Singapore Sling (Raffles Formula) contains 247 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
8.01% alc./vol. (16.02° proof)
17.4 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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John CARR Premium Member 2y

We thought the 3 star rating was rather harsh. Directly compare this and the degroff version. Both excellent and delicious. Degroff is more boozy and overtly flavoursome, the above is highly refreshing and tasty on a warm evening. The extra pineapple juice also gave a lot more froth! Fun either way! Noted comments below re soda water but it added a nice tart element also.

Peter Barth 2y

Tried this version of the Singapore Sling side by side with the Dale DeGroff version:

The Raffles formula is decidedly sweeter and has a stronger pineapple taste; foam and mouthfeel is excellent - it's an amazing tropical, complex cocktail.
IMHO, it doesn't need soda and is best enjoyed without (!).
The DeGroff recipe is more tart and not as suave.

Guess it comes down to preference, but for me this is the better/best Singapore Sling.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 2y

This recipe looks trash (too much pienapple). Gobsmacked that it was not far off, flavor-wise, from my favorite receipt, specs wise. I did use Mariquinhas, which helped... This is a Disney-crowd wash of an exoticalia sultry swill. (30 Sep 2023, 9:19a)

Stephen Muncaster 4y

Hi this is not the current Raffles recipe , Its 30 gin, 10 Cherry Heering, 10 Benedictine, 10 Dry Orange Curacao (Pierre Ferrand) 60 Pineapple, 22.5 lime juice, 10 ml Grenadine, one dash of their own bitters, I used Angostura. There is no soda water..

John CARR Premium Member 2y

Quite different to both the Raffles and DeGroff versions given here. Heavier on the sour element in particular. Very refreshing and perhaps more adapted to current tastes.