Tom Collins
Yield: 1.0
Glass: Collins glass, 12–14 oz
Scale this recipe
Adjust for any number of servings while keeping the ingredient proportions intact.
classic cocktail
gin
highball
shaken
seeded
Ingredients
- 2 oz gin
- 1 oz fresh lemon juice
- 0.75 oz simple syrup
- Soda water, to top
- Lemon wheel and cherry, for garnish
Instructions
Shake gin, lemon, and syrup with ice, strain into a tall glass, and top with soda water.
Behind the drink
A little history
1870s
United States
The Tom Collins grew from the older John Collins and became entangled with the 1874 “Tom Collins” hoax, in which people were tricked into searching bars for an imaginary man insulting them.
Tom Collins history