Tom Collins
A tall, refreshing gin cocktail with lemon, sugar and soda.
Ingredients
- 50 ml
- 25 mlFresh Lemon Juice
- 15 mlSimple Syrup
- topSoda Water
Details
- Glass
- collins glass
- Garnish
- lemon slice and cherry
- Style
- highball
How to make a Tom Collins· 3 min
- 1Add the gin, lemon juice and simple syrup to a shaker with ice.
- 2Shake briefly for 5–8 seconds.
- 3Strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice.
- 4Top with soda water, stir gently and garnish with a lemon wheel and cherry.
Bartender tip: Think of it as sparkling gin lemonade. Old Tom gin is the historic choice, but a London Dry works well.
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