Recipes Cocktails Straits Sling Be the first to rate & review! XIX Nineteen Café • PhiladelphiaAccording to cocktail historian Ted Haigh, the dry, refreshingly bitter Straits Sling originated at the Long Bar of Singapore's Raffles Hotel around 1915. It was reformulated into the sweeter, more tropical Singapore Sling sometime between 1922 and 1930. More Gin Drinks By Food & Wine Editors Updated on June 17, 2021 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: © Wendell T. Webber Yield: 1 drink Ingredients Ice 2 ounces gin 1/2 ounce kirsch (cherry eau-de-vie) 1/2 ounce Bénédictine (brandy-based herbal liqueur) 2 dashes of orange bitters 2 dashes of Angostura bitters 1 1/2 ounces chilled club soda 1/4 orange wheel 1 brandied cherry Directions Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the gin, kirsch, Bénédictine and both bitters and shake well. Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. Stir in the chilled club soda and garnish with the orange wheel quarter and the brandied cherry. Rate it Print