Tom Collins

The Tom Collins was immortalized in Harry Johnson’s 1882 book, New and Improved Bartender’s Manual: Or How to Mix Drinks of the Present Style, but has been featured in countless iconic bartending manuals since. It has remained popular for over a century, and helped create the template for other sour-sparkling beverages like the French 75 and many modern spritzes.

All together, the Tom Collins, along with the Highball, helped to popularize the concept of long drinks, which tend to be lower in alcohol by volume and more suitable to sipping over extended periods of time. It's template helped usher in an era where cocktails were seen as refreshment, rather than just a vehicle to consume alcohol.

Ingredients

.5oz simple syrup

.75oz lemon

2oz gin

soda water

lemon peel

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Steps

1. In a shaker tin add simple syrup, lemon, and gin.

2. Add a good ice cube to tin and shake for 8 seconds.

3. Add a splash of soda water to the tin.

4. Strain in a tall style glass over a Good Ice collins cube.

5. Top with soda water.

6. Garnish with lemon peel.