Cocktail recipe

John deBary’s Singapore Sling

A shaken cocktail featuring Navy Strength Gin, Pineapple juice, Cherry heering.

John deBary’s Singapore Sling cocktail

Ingredients

  • 45 ml Navy Strength Gin
  • 45 ml Pineapple Juice
  • 15 ml Cherry Heering
  • 15 ml Grenadine Syrup
  • 7.5 ml Cointreau
  • 7.5 ml Bénédictine
  • 7.5 ml Lime Juice
  • 2 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Method

  1. Add Navy Strength Gin, Pineapple Juice, Cherry heering, Grenadine Syrup, Cointreau, Bénédictine, Lime Juice and Angostura aromatic bitters to a shaker.
  2. Add ice and shake until cold.
  3. Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice.
  4. Optional garnish: pineapple wedge, Luxardo cherry.

Story

Attributed to Ngiam Tong Boon at the Raffles Hotel's Long Bar around 1915, reportedly designed so that women, who were not supposed to drink in public, could hold something that looked like fruit juice.