
Tom Collins
Gin shaken with lemon and sugar, poured tall over ice and topped with club soda. The archetypal summer cooler, garnished with cherry and orange.
11% ABVMediumCocktails
Easy
Difficulty
4 min
Time
180 Cal
Calories
Flavor profile
Gin
Strength
Sweet
Sour
Bitter
Taste values from the Pocket Bartender recipe catalog.
Ingredients
- Lemon Juice1 oz
- Orange(optional)1
- Gin2 oz
- Maraschino Cherry(optional)1
- Sugar1 tsp superfine
- Soda Water3 oz
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.
Pairs well with
The definitive gin cooler asks for easygoing, salty porch snacks:
- Club sandwich quarters
- Kettle chips
- Lemon-herb olives
- Cheese straws




