Savoy Singapore Sling recipe

Name: Savoy Singapore Sling
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1.5 oz London Dry Gin; 0.5 oz Cherry Brandy; 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice; 0.25 oz Simple Syrup; Top Club Soda

A concise Savoy-era Sling with gin, cherry brandy, lemon and soda.

Method: Shake & Top · Glass: Highball glass · Time: 3 min · Difficulty: Beginner · Family: Tiki & Tropical

Ingredients

1.5 oz London Dry Gin
0.5 oz Cherry Brandy
0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
0.25 oz Simple Syrup
Top Club Soda

How to make a Savoy Singapore Sling

Add gin, cherry brandy, lemon juice and syrup to a shaker with ice.
Shake briefly until cold.
Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice.
Top with soda and garnish with lemon and a cherry.

Garnish

Lemon twist and cherry.

Pro tip

Keep the syrup modest—this streamlined Sling should read as tart gin-and-cherry refreshment, not as fruit punch.

History of the Savoy Singapore Sling

The Savoy Cocktail Book documents a stripped-back Singapore Sling interpretation distinct from later Raffles Hotel formulas.

Flavour profile

Gin, Cherry, Citrus, Light

Variations

Singapore Sling — Return to the modern tropical, multi-ingredient version
Straits Sling — Use a drier historical formula with bitters

Practise making the Savoy Singapore Sling in the free Virtual Bar game.