About the Singapore Sling cocktail
The Singapore Sling is a tropical gin cocktail made with pineapple juice, lime juice, cherry liqueur, Bénédictine, triple sec, grenadine, and bitters. It drinks like bright tropical fruit punch at first, but the gin, Angostura bitters, and herbal Bénédictine add enough complexity to make it more layered than a simple sweet fruit drink.
The cocktail is closely associated with the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, where it was created in the early 1900s. Its exact original recipe is debated, and many modern versions vary in ingredients and proportions, but the Singapore Sling remains one of the most famous long, fruity, tropical classics in the cocktail canon.
