Following this one-day pop up, the Sling-inspired creations will continue to be available for one month before the next guest bartender arrives and the offering refreshes. Raising a glass to the Singapore Sling, Slingology partners with guest bartenders to create and present their own Singapore Sling-inspired concoctions at Long Bar, building commaraderie within the tight-knit bartending fraternity while engaging cocktail enthusiasts and the community at large.Įxclusively on the last Sunday of each month, a guest bartender will make a special appearance at Long Bar to present his or her rendition of the Singapore Sling, alongside a few of their own other favourite cocktails. This month the Long Bar celebrates the launch of Slingology - a year-long collaboration with some of Singapore's top cocktail bars.

Today, the Singapore Sling continues to delight and inspire with its rich heritage and proud legacy. He used pineapple and lime juices for a tropical flavour and cleverly masked it in pink with grenadine syrup to give it a feminine flair, leading people to think it was a socially acceptable drink for women. Ever insightful, Ngiam Tong Boon saw an opportunity and decided to create a cocktail that looked like a fruit juice but was actually infused with gin and other liqueurs. In those days, etiquette dictated that ladies could not consume alcohol in public and their choice of beverage was limited to tea and fruit juices. With a history spanning more than a century, the Singapore Sling was first created by Ngiam Tong Boon, a Hainanese bartender at Raffles Hotel Singapore, as an ingenious way to disguise a cocktail as a fruit juice. Their leadership in committing to green innovation and a vision of a sustainable future in food and beverage can serve as an inspiration to all of us,” he adds. “Raffles is the first hotel in the world to use the ecoSPIRITS technology, going back to 2018 following Long Bar's reopening. To be able to work with one of Singapore's great icons - Raffles Hotel Singapore – to transition the Singapore Sling into a new era of sustainability, quality and taste is a dream come true,” notes Paul Gabie, Chief Executive Officer, ecoSPIRITS. “ecoSPIRITS is proudly a 'Born in Singapore' technology. Discover Raffles Hotel Singapore's contribution to these endangered rainforests through a live digital forrest here. Under the ecoSPIRITS Forest Program, Raffles Hotel Singapore is planting one native tree in the Kalimantan or Sumatran rainforest for every 25 Singapore Slings ordered, leaving a permanent legacy of carbon reduction and reforestation of endangered wild areas.

As the Singapore Sling continues to reduce single-use glass waste and other packaging and service wastes, it continues striving for a positive impact on sustainability. In addition, the single-use plastic straws have also been replaced with biodegradable versions made with potato starch.Įstimated using the ecoSPIRITS Carbon Calculator, developed by leading consulting firm Deloitte, the Singapore Sling saves the equivalent of 200g of CO2 emission per serving. Furthering the sustainability profile of the cocktail, both the Luxardo Maraschino Cherries used as garnishes and the exclusive Long Bar Scrappy's Spiced Plantation Bitters are shipped in large low-waste formats, eliminating several thousand kilograms of packaging waste per year. By using the patent-pending ecoSPIRITS technology – Widges Gin, Luxardo Cherry Sanque Morlacco and Ferrand Dry Curaçao, key ingredients in the Singapore Sling, are all delivered to Long Bar in patent-pending ecoTOTETM format, saving tens of thousands of glass bottles each year. Working closely with Proof & Company and ecoSPIRITS, the iconic cocktail has become the forerunner for Raffles Hotel Singapore in its move to reducing single-use waste and carbon footprint. When the Singapore Sling returned to the Long Bar following Raffles Hotel Singapore's two-year restoration in late 2018, it was revitalised with elevated craft ingredients and a refreshed taste profile, crafted to suit the modern palate while staying true to its original recipe and heritage.Ī little known fact about this elevated Singapore Sling is the use of ecoSPIRITS, making it more sustainable and better for our environment.

Singapore sling ingredients