How do you make a 'Tom Collins'?!
How do you make a 'Tom Collins'?
I recently tried one and fell in love.I dont even know whats in it. Can someone give me the recipe so I can make it at home?
Thanks in advance!!
Answers:
My grandpa made them this way
In a 12 ounce glass
Juice of 1/2 lemon
juice of 1/4 lime
1 1/4 tsp fine sugar
1 shot of good gin
top off of club soda and ice
Source(s):
grandpa owned a bar
Lemonade and gin.
1? fl oz (37 ml) gin
1 fl oz (25 ml) lemon juice
1 teaspoon(s) fine sugar
ice cubes as required
3 fl oz (75 ml) club soda
1 slice(s) of orange
2 cherries
Pour the gin, lemon juice and sugar into a shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well.
Strain the mixture into collins glass(es) almost filled with ice cubes.
Add the club soda and stir. Garnish with orange slice(s) and cherries.
My mom used to make it with Canda Dry and vodka.
Things You'll Need
1 tsp. sugars
liquor
1 oz. lemon juices
cocktail shaker
cocktail strainer
2 oz. gin
club sodas
collins glasses
orange wedges
Steps
1Step One Click to enlargeFill a cocktail shaker with cracked ice.
2Step TwoAdd gin, lemon juice and sugar.
3Step ThreeShake five times.
4Step FourStrain over three ice cubes into a chilled collins glass.
5Step Five Click to enlargeFill with club soda.
6Step Six Click to enlargeStir once.
7Step Seven Click to enlargeGarnish with an orange wedge.
Tips & Warnings
Mixed drinks contain alcohol, so use moderation.
Never drink and drive.
Another variation. Vodka collins is good too, just replace the gin with vodka.
0.5 fill Lemon Lime Soda
4.0 cl. Gin
0.5 fill Sour mix
Directions: Shake ice, gin and sour mix well. pour into longdrink- glass
Tom Collins
Ingredients:
* 2 oz Gin
* 1 oz Lemon juice
* 1 tsp superfine Sugar
* 3 oz Club soda
* 1 Maraschino cherry
* 1 Orange slice
Mixing instructions:
In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the gin, lemon juice, and sugar. Shake well. Strain into a collins glass alomst filled with ice cubes. Add the club soda. Stir and garnish with the cherry and the orange slice.
If you don't want to go to the trouble of mixing all the ingredients, any supermarket has Collins mixer in their soda section. In bars we made the mixer with Daly's sours mix and 7-up. Tom Collins is Gin and the mixer, Vodka Collins is vodka and the mixer. One shot (1.5 ounce) of the alcohol, fill the glass with mixer and ice. Garnish with orange slice and cherry on a pick.
There are a ridiculous number of variations on the basic Tom Collins theme, most differing primarily in the main alcoholic ingredient. Here are a few of the most common Collinses, along with their base alcohols.
Brandy Collins (Brandy)
Jack Collins (Applejack)
John Collins (Bourbon)
Mike Collins (Irish whiskey)
Pedro (or Rum) Collins (Rum)
Sandy (or Jock) Collins (Scotch)
Vodka Collins (Vodka)
50 ml Plain Gin
20 ml FUNKIN - Pure Pour Lemon Juice
25 ml GIFFARD - Sugar Syrup
90 ml Club Soda
1 slice(s) Orange
1 OPIES - Cocktail Cherries With Stems
Shake the first ingredients with ice and strain into a collins glass. Add the soda and stir. Garnish with the orange slice and cherry.
Origin:
From the Plater's Hotel in St Louis in the 1850's.
Glass Type: Collins / Highball
Garnish: ; Orange slice & cherry
gin, sweet & sour, and 7up. garnish with lime wedge.