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Spirit-forward · Stirred · Historical · complexity 3/5

Whisky Sling

Terrington's Whisky Sling is a large citrus-laden iced sling with soaked peel, orange and lemon juice, and pounded ice.

whisky · orange · lemon · citrus · american · refreshing · summer

Served in Glass. Ice: Pounded ice.

Variants (3)

Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks by William Terrington (1869, p.195) — Terrington 1869

1 lemonlemon juice acid
2 orangesorange juice acid
0.25 pintgin or whisky base
orange or lemon peel — thin peel of an orange or lemonbase
1 pintice — pounded Lake iceother
sugar — Sweeten to taste.sweetener
  1. Soak the thin peel of an orange or lemon in the gin or whisky.
  2. Add the juices of two oranges and one lemon and sweeten to taste.
  3. Add the pounded ice and serve with straws.

Garnish: Citrus peel.

Ice: Pounded ice

This entry shows how elastic the sling category had become by Terrington's day.

Its scale and heavy juice load make it drink closer to a light punch than a minimalist sling.

Bartenders' Manual by Bartenders Association of America (1913, p.45) — Cold

1 teaspoonsugar — Sugarbase
1 wineglasswhisky — Whiskybase
0.5 wineglasswater — Waterdilution
1.5 small lumpice — Iceother
  1. Stir well and grate nutmeg on top.

Garnish: Grated nutmeg

Ice: Ice

L'Art du Shaker by Dominique Migliorero (1925, p.73)

1 glasswhisky — Whiskybase
  1. Prepare following the Brandy Sling method, replacing cognac with whisky.

See also: Gin or Whisky Sling, Whisky Punch, Brandy Smash

Cross-reference recipe; the source instructs using the Brandy Sling preparation with whisky substituted for cognac.