DRINKS
© Paul Dawson
Raffles 1915 Gin Sipsmith To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Singapore Sling – the iconic cocktail first created in the Long Bar at Raffles Singapore by bartender Ngiam Tong Boon – Raffles has teamed up with London-based distillery Sipsmith to produce a bespoke gin for its portfolio of hotels. Crafted by Master Distiller Jared Brown, Raffles 1915 Gin brings together exotic ingredients like jasmine flowers, fresh pomelo peel, lemongrass, Kaffir lime leaf, nutmeg and cardamom with classic botanicals found in Sipsmith’s London Dry Gin, including juniper, coriander and orris root. The resulting spirit, rated five-star-plus by Difford’s Guide, boasts a smooth full-bodied taste, coupling the warmth of sweet orange spice with an elegant and balanced finish. The collaboration is also rooted in history and serendipity, with Sipsmith’s co-founder Sam Galsworthy being the great, great, great nephew of Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore from, whom the Raffles flagship takes its name.
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