Tom Collins
The Tom Collins is a Cocktail which consists of Gin, Fresh Lemon Juice, Sugar, and Soda water.
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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.
Other recipes
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.
George Sinclair's Recipe.
- 50ml London Dry Gin,
- 35ml Fresh Lemon Juice,
- 20ml Sugar Syrup,
Shake with ice, and then strain into an ice-filled tall glass; Top with chilled soda-water (Club soda); Garnish with a wedge of lime, which is squeezed onto the top.
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......"
