Recipes · A classic

Tom Collins

A shaken gin drink with soda water, lemon juice and simple syrup. It's mostly sour and herbal.

Tom Collins in a Collins glass

Ingredients

  • 2 oz 60 mlGin
  • 1 oz 30 mlLemon juice
  • ½ oz 15 mlSimple syrup
  • 2 oz 60 mlSoda water
  • shaken
  • Collins glass
  • Lemon wheel

Method

  1. Add the gin, lemon juice and simple syrup to a shaker with ice.
  2. Shake hard for about 12 seconds.
  3. Strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice.
  4. Top with the soda water.
  5. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Taste

How the Tom Collins tastes

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