Tom Collins
Ingredients
- 2 oz Hayman's Old Tom Gin
- 5⁄6 oz Lemon juice
- 1⁄2 oz Sugar syrup 'rich'
- 1 2⁄3 oz Thomas Henry Soda Water
Method
Glassware:
Serve in a Collins glass
Prepare:
- Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of orange slice wheel and skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry (sail).
Method:
- SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice.
- STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
- TOP with soda and briefly stir.
Garnish:
- Garnish with skewered orange slice wheel and maraschino cherry (sail).
Nutrition:
One serving of Tom Collins contains 177 calories
History:
In his 1948 The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, David A. Embury says "The original Collinses were always made with gin but, strangely enough, never with London dry gin - the very liquor that is practically always used in making a Collins today. The Tom Collins was made with Old Tom gin and the John Collins with Holland gin [jenever]." He goes on to explain the confusion/difference between a Tom and John Collins:
Review:
A medium-dry Gin Collins based on old tom gin. There is much confusion between Tom Collins and John Collins; arguably, the two names are interchangeable [see history below]. However, I follow the convention that a Tom Collins is based on old tom gin while a John Collins is made with London dry gin (although a John Collins was originally made with genever. Today, that's a Dutch or Genever Collins).
