Post #176172 by Urban Tiki on Mon, Aug 1, 2005 10:06 AM

I would have to second the question as to whether it was ever a good drink. To me, a good tiki drink is a combination of sweet and sour that has acheived a balance between the two- not too sour and (probably more importantly) not too sweet. Just looking at the recipe for a sling tells me there are way too much on the sweet side for that poor 1/2 Oz. of Lime juice to balance out. There's 4 oz. of pineapple juice, and Cointreau, Benedictine, grenadine, and cherry brandy are all sweet.