This Tom Collins recipe makes the classic gin cocktail that was created in the late 1800s and is said to have been named after a widespread practical joke that swept the country. This cocktail, however, is no joke.
Ingredients
- ½ cups ice: 2 piece (divided)
- fluid ounces gin: 2 piece
- lemon juice: 0.75 fl oz
- simple syrup: 0.5 fl oz
- fluid ounces club soda: 2 piece
- lemon wedge: 1 piece
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Stages of cooking
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Fill a Collins glass with 1 1/2 cups ice; set aside in the freezer.
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Combine gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add 1 cup ice, cover, and shake until chilled.
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Strain into the chilled Collins glass. Top with club soda and garnish with lemon wedge. lutzflcat
