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The Tom Collins is a Cocktail which consists of Gin, Fresh Lemon Juice, Sugar, and Soda water.


Contents

Earliest Recipe

Jerry Thomas (1876 edition)

  • Tom Collins Gin.
  • (Use small bar-glass.)
  • Take 5 or 6 dashes of gum syrup.
  • Juice of a small lemon.
  • 1 large wine-glass of Gin.
  • 2 or 3 lumps of ice;

Shake up well and strain into a large bar-glass. Fill up the glass with plain soda water and imbibe while it is lively.


Earliest Tom Collins Recipe with Old Tom Gin

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Common recipe

Dale DeGroff, King Cocktail

  • 1 1/2 oz. Gin
  • 1 oz. Simple Syrup
  • 3/4 oz. Lemon
  • Soda

Shake spirits, sugar and lemon juice with ice and strain into an iced collins glass and fill with soda. Garnish with a cherry and an orange slice.


What's the difference between a Tom Collins and a Gin Fizz?

Thinking Bartender - Tom Collins Article

"...the Gin Fizz is basically a Gin and Sodawater with a little bit of lemon juice, whereas the Tom Collins contains considerably more lemon juice, basically rendering it as a Gin and Sparkling Lemonade."


Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, by David A Embury, 1948

"...the two are identically the same drink, made in the same manner with the same ingredients......"

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