Straits Sling recipe

Name: Straits Sling
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1.5 oz London Dry Gin; 0.5 oz Cherry Brandy; 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice; 2 dashes Angostura Bitters; 2 dashes Orange Bitters; Top Club Soda

A drier historical Singapore Sling precursor with gin, cherry brandy, citrus, bitters and soda.

Method: Shake & Top · Glass: Highball glass · Time: 4 min · Difficulty: Intermediate · Family: Tiki & Tropical

Ingredients

1.5 oz London Dry Gin
0.5 oz Cherry Brandy
0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
2 dashes Orange Bitters
Top Club Soda

How to make a Straits Sling

Add gin, cherry brandy, lemon juice and bitters to a shaker with ice.
Shake briefly until chilled.
Strain into an ice-filled highball glass.
Top with club soda and garnish with lemon and a cherry.

Garnish

Lemon twist and cherry.

Pro tip

The Straits Sling is intentionally drier than the modern pineapple-heavy Singapore Sling, so keep the soda cold and the citrus fresh.

History of the Straits Sling

Historical records show several early Singapore and Straits Sling formulas before the elaborate Raffles version became dominant.

Flavour profile

Dry, Cherry, Citrus, Bubbly

Variations

Singapore Sling — Choose the fuller modern Raffles-style build
Savoy Singapore Sling — Use the simplified 1930s interpretation

Practise making the Straits Sling in the free Virtual Bar game.