Post #734554 by Atomic Tiki Punk on Wed, Jan 7, 2015 12:55 PM

Well there is the classic Asian cocktail if you want to go oldschool

"Original Singapore Sling"

The Singapore Sling was created at Raffles Hotel (in, naturally, Singapore)
at the turn of the 20th century by a bartender named Ngiam Tong Boon.
Visit the hotel today, and you see the safe in which Ngiam locked away his recipe books,
as well as the Sling recipe hastily jotted down on a bar chit in 1936 by a hotel visitor who had asked a waiter for it.

1 oz. London dry gin
1 oz. Bols Cherry brandy or Cherry Heering
1 oz. Bénédictine
1 oz. fresh lime juice
2 oz. soda water
1 dash Angostura bitters
Tools: barspoon
Glass: Collins

Combine all ingredients except soda water and bitters in an ice-filled glass.
Top with soda water, stir briefly and dash with Angostura bitters.
Note: The original Singapore Sling appears to have been ungarnished.
By the mid-1920s, they were adding the peel of a lime, cut in a thick spiral.
By the late ’30s, they were also omitting the Bénédictine and bitters and floating Sloe Gin on top.

And this simpler & updated version

1 1/2 ounces gin
1 ounce lime juice
1/4 ounce simple syrup
2 ounces club soda
1/2 ounce cherry brandy, kirsch, or Cherry Heering
Lemon slice for garnish
Maraschino cherry for garnish

Preparation

Pour the gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, and powdered sugar into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
Shake well.
Strain into a highball glass with ice cubes.
Pour in the club soda.
Float the cherry brandy on top by pouring it over the back of a bar spoon.
Garnish with the lemon slice and cherry.