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Singapore Sling
Beautifully balanced, fruity and complex with just enough gin to add a spirituous bite. We're indebted to Dale DeGroff for sharing this recipe, which he...
Florian Ruf
30th May at 15:30
We made exactly the Difford's recipe and loved it. After missing Long Bar on our cocktail trip to Singapore because it really looked like a tourist trap, it was time to try this famous recipe. A Straights Sling is up on our list!
28th May at 06:14
Firstly, when it comes to the original, I love the Educated Barfly's recipe the most with its perfect balance. Nonetheless, while trying to make that, I ran out of pineapple. In summer of all times, I improvised this recipe, called the Winter Sling: 30ml lime, 10ml grenadine, 7.5ml each of blackberry liqueur and orange curacao, 5ml falernum, 45ml gin, top with 60ml soda. Looking for a better name, however.
29th March at 16:23
We did a head-to-head of the DiffordsGuide recipe as given at 14 March 2025 (45ml pineapple; 2.5ml grenadine) vs the recipe given in the DeGroff video (15ml pineapple; no grenadine). Diffords: Nice, balanced, sweet & sour. Not much pineapple. DeGroff: less sweet, bitters more present, citrus.
This DiffordsGuide recipe edged it.
[Singapore Sling]
This DiffordsGuide recipe edged it.
[Singapore Sling]
17th March at 16:54
The original Raffles is a little too sweet for my liking.
This version allows all the flavours to come through, especially the Benedictine which is largely lost in the Raffles version. Did top up with soda to make it longer, though.
This version allows all the flavours to come through, especially the Benedictine which is largely lost in the Raffles version. Did top up with soda to make it longer, though.
16th February at 23:08
It's interesting, I'll give it that. It's drier than you think but still a Tiki cocktail. I think I wish it was either more sour or more bitter. As it stands it's a solid 4/5, a classic that deserves to be remembered but not one that is memorable.
25th May 2024 at 23:16
I committed to making this today following a request for a 'something different' drink. I knew my version would involve improvisations but I wasn't expecting to have use guava juice in lieu of pineapple! Nevertheless I pressed on: (all in mls) 50 Edinburgh Gin, 20 Wild Kirsch, 10 Cointreau, 2.5 Becherovka, 15 lime juice, 2.5 agave syrup, 60 guava. Surprisingly good, perhaps more Pratapgarh, than Singapore, Sling, but I'd do it again!
1st May 2024 at 05:20
too dry for me, added 15ml cherry syrup. yep thats good now.
26th April 2024 at 11:22
Love Dale's recipe for a Singapore sling.
I suggest to up the grenadine to 5-7,5 ml (or use 10 ml cranberry concentrate if you don't have homemade non artificial flavored grenadine concentrate)
And to top up with soda in the glass.
Then less pineapple dominated and even more fresh.
I suggest to up the grenadine to 5-7,5 ml (or use 10 ml cranberry concentrate if you don't have homemade non artificial flavored grenadine concentrate)
And to top up with soda in the glass.
Then less pineapple dominated and even more fresh.