LCBO Food & Drink Travel 2025

THE NAME GAME

Singapore Sling recipe p. 104

WHAT A base of gin and cherry brandy is

WHERE In early-1900s Singapore bars, only men were served spirits, while women sipped fruit juices. An inventive bartender juiced a gin sour cocktail with fruity flavours to make a long drink that appeared innocent enough for ladies at the time, and now enjoys global longevity.

TRY The tropical-style Long Bar at Raffles Singapore still slings 1,000 or more of these cocktails every day, best enjoyed with peanuts—guests are encouraged to chuck the shells on the checkered floor.

mixed with orange, lime and often pine apple juice in a tall, hurricane-style glass, garnished with a pineapple wedge and a cocktail cherry.

Long Island Iced Tea WHAT An unlikely combina tion of vodka, rum, gin, tequila and triple sec plus citrus and a splash of cola somehow mimics the flavour and hue of iced tea when poured tall over plenty of ice. bartender claims to have invented it in the 1970s. But another Long Island, this one on a river in Tennessee, boasts that the drink was pioneered there a century ago during Prohibition, and sweetened with a dash of maple syrup. TRY Long Island, Tenn., is on the outskirts of Kingsport, which offers a Long Island Iced Tea Trail with a dozen stops during the month celebrating National Long Island Iced Tea Day (June 6). In addition to the iconic cocktail, taste everything from local chocolates, ice cream and cupcakes to pizza and chicken wings inspired by the drink. WHERE A Long Island, N.Y.,

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