"Of all the classic cocktails, probably the history of the original Singapore Sling recipe is the most shrouded in uncertainty for the simple fact that it was lost from the recipe book of the Long Bar of the Raffles Hotel in Singapore. There are many variations on The original recipe was invented somewhere between 1900-1915 by bartender Ngiam Tong Boon, but they are all based on assumptions, most likely originally called this cocktail Straits Sling and later Singapore Sling. The first recipe was published in 1922 by Robert. Vermeire in "Cocktails and How to Mix Them" and contained 60 ml gin, 15 ml Benedictine DOM, 15 ml dry Cherry Brandy, 15 ml lemon juice, 2 dash Orange Bitter, 2 dash Angostura Bitter, they were homogenized by shaking in a shaker and slipped into an ice-filled Sling glass and then filled with soda.Over time, the Singapore Sling has constantly undergone changes and improvements, with the Sling becoming a category of Co cocktails, Singapore Sling itself found in dozens of variations. The variant created and promoted at the end of the '80s by the famous mixologist Dale DeGroff aka King of Cocktails, which I highly recommend: 90 ml pineapple juice, 50 ml Gin, 15 ml Cherry Heering, 10 ml Benedictine DOM, 10 ml Cointreau , 10 ml lime juice, 1 dash Angostura Bitter, shake in a shaker with a lot of ice, strain into a sling glass full of ice (cubes / broken / crushed) and fill with soda and garnish with a pineapple flag and a maraschino cherry. Singapore Sling, the official cocktail of the state of Singapore, is a company cocktail, sophisticated in flavors, but well balanced, appreciated by both sexes, a summer cocktail that I want you to discover and enjoy with pleasure and responsibility. . "

The article can be found on 24 Fun Cluj, written by Sergiu Biris