Post #176208 by PiPhiRho on Mon, Aug 1, 2005 11:49 AM

Singapore Sling is kind of like a Mai Tai. There are a dozen different recipes for them and each of them claims to be the "original." I have mixed the recipe you posted and it does come out kind of sweet but is a very nice drink if balanced correctly. Simpler recipes that use lemon and seltzer water produce a more tart drink which I like very much. The recipe in the 1st issue of Tiki Magazine is a nice one. I have still not mixed the "Straights Sling (I think that is what it was called - my issue of tiki magazine is not handy) given in the same issue. That should prove to be an even dryer version of the drink. Thanks to Beachbum Berry for both recipes.

I like a singapore sling very much, but it is a hard drink to make correctly. I recommend the sling at Purple Orchid. Not an original recipe, but they balance it well and it is a very enjoyable drink.

Bad news about Raffles. But the good news is you don't have to travel half way around the world to get one.

[ Edited by: PiPhiRho 2005-08-01 11:51 ]