1938 Famous New Orleans Drinks and how to mix'em (3rd printing) by Stanley Clisby Arthur

"The first craving of an American in the mornings is for ardent Spirits mixed with sugar, mint, or some other hot herb, which are called slings." 1807. Slings A Sling, so we are told by long-ago writers, is "an American drink composed of brandy, rum, or other spirit, and water, sweetened and flavored," and had noth ing to do with "the slings and arrows of outrageous for tune," so feelingly bespoken by Hamlet in his morose soliloquy. As long ago as 1788 a certain shipwrecked scribe re corded that he and his mates found "a case-bottle filled with Holland's [gin], of which each of us took a sling." This indicates the word originally had the same mean ing as "draught," "pull," or "swig," as Americans de scribe the swigging of a healthy mouthful from a jug. A Bitter Sling, quite a favorite in the old days as an electioneering potion, was described in 1806 thus: "a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters." Singapore Sling V2 jigger dry gin To sling this drink you must first provide yourself with a highball glass nearly filled with cracked ice. In it squeeze the juice of a lime, then add the gin, cherry brandy, bencdictine, and all that can go in of seltzer water. Frappe with a spoon, or in a shaker. Garnish with fruit. This is a drink that makes you itch to travel—or any way step out. In olden times a drink was slung from one mug to another in mixing, and that's how the Sling derived its name. The word itself came from the Low German slingen, which means to swallow. Here's slinging at you. Eighty 54 jigger apricot brandy 54 jigger cherry brandy 54 lime—juice only seltzer water