Classic Hotel Cocktails

These beloved drinks are steeped in history and so are the hotel bars where they were concocted. They have stood the test of time with good reason. Stir or shake one (or two) up and you’ll see why. Cheers!

Singapore Sling – Long Bar, Raffles Singapore

Ingredients

• 3/4 oz Gin
• 1/4 oz Grand Marnier
• 1/4 oz Cherry liqueur
• 1/4 oz Herbal liqueur
• 1 oz Pineapple juice
• 1/2 oz Fresh lime juice
• 1 dash Bitters
• Club soda, to top
• Garnish: Orange slice
• Garnish: Cherry

Steps

1. Add all the ingredients except the club soda into a shaker with ice and shake.
2. Strain into a highball glass, and top with the club soda.
3. Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.

Photo courtesy Raffles Hotel Singapore. Recipe from liquor.com.

Planter’s Punch – Planters Inn

Ingredients

• 3 oz Dark rum
• 3/4 oz Fresh lime juice
• 1 oz Simple syrup
• 1 barspoon Grenadine
• 3 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 splash Soda water
• Garnish: Mint sprig

Steps

1. Add all the ingredients into a shaker with ice, and shake vigorously.
2. Strain into a Collins glass over crushed ice.
3. Top with a splash of soda water.
4. Garnish with a mint sprig.

Photo courtesy Planters Inn. Recipe from liquor.com.

Black Russian – Hotel Metropole

Ingredients

• 2 oz Vodka
• 1 oz Kahlúa

Steps

1. Add all the ingredients into a mixing glass with ice and stir.
2. Strain into an Old Fashioned glass over fresh ice.

Photo courtesy Hotel Metropole. Recipe from liquor.com.

Piña Colada – Caribar, Caribe Hilton San Juan

Ingredients

• 2 oz Dark rum (recommended: Don Q Anejo Rum)
• 2 oz Fresh pineapple juice
• 1/2 oz Fresh orange juice
• 1/4 oz Fresh lime juice
• 2 oz Coconut milk
• 1 oz Heavy cream
• 3/4 oz Demerara simple syrup
• Garnish: Pineapple wedge

Steps

1. Pour all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake well for a good 30 seconds or so. Strain into a cocktail glass.
3. Garnish with a wedge of fresh pineapple.

Photo courtesy Caribe Hilton, San Juan. Recipe from liquor.com.

Negroni – Grand Hotel Baglioni

Ingredients

• 1 oz Campari
• 1 oz Gin (Beefeater or Tanqueray)
• 1 oz Sweet vermouth (Martini & Rossi Rosso or Cinzano Rosso)
• Garnish: Orange half-wheel

Steps

1. Add all of the ingredients to an Old Fashioned glass and fill with ice.
2. Stir until cold, and garnish with an orange half-wheel.

Photo courtesy Grand Hotel Baglioni. Recipe from liquor.com.

Serendipity and Sidecar – Bar Hemingway, Hôtel Ritz Paris

Serendipity Ingredients

• 1 branch fresh mint
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 3/4 oz Calvados pays d’Auge VSOP, such as Christian Drouin
• 1 oz of clear apple juice
• Brut Champagne, to top

Steps

1. Place a whole branch of fresh mint in a highball glass.
2. Add the sugar, Calvados, apple juice and ice.
3. Top with Champagne.

Sidecar Ingredients

• 1 1/2 oz Hennessy V.S.O.P Privilège cognac
• 1 oz Combier liqueur
• 3/4 oz Fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 oz Simple syrup

Steps

1. Add all of the ingredients to a shaker with ice and shake.
2. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass.

Photo courtesy Matthieu Cellard/Hôtel Ritz Paris. Recipes from departures.com and liquor.com.