Tom Collins Cocktail

Description

Created in the late 1800s, the Tom Collins is said to be named after a wide-spread practical joke that swept the country. This cocktail, however, is no joke.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups ice
• 2 fluid ounces gin
• ¾ fluid ounce lemon juice
• ½ fluid ounce simple syrup
• 1 cup ice
• 2 fluid ounces club soda
• 1 lemon wedge

Instructions

1. Fill a Collins glass with 1 1/2 cups ice; set aside in the freezer.
2. Combine gin
3. lemon juice
4. and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add 1 cup ice
5. cover
6. and shake until chilled.
7. Strain into the chilled Collins glass. Top with club soda and garnish with lemon wedge.

Prep Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 5 mins

Servings: 1