Tom Collins
Gin's answer to the Collins family: bright lemon and soda water lengthen a gin base into a tall cooler.
Base
gin
Glassware
Collins glass
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sourrefreshing
Ingredients
- 2 oz gin
- 1 oz fresh lemon juice
- 0.5 oz simple syrup
- Soda water, to top
- Lemon wheel, to garnish
Instructions
- 1Shake gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup with ice.
- 2Strain into a highball glass filled with ice.
- 3Top with soda water and garnish with a lemon wheel and cherry.
Origin & Story
United Kingdom, mid-1800s
Its name is tangled up with the 'Great Tom Collins Hoax' of 1874, where pranksters convinced people a man named Tom Collins was badmouthing them; the drink itself likely descends from an earlier gin punch called the John Collins.
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