Tom Collins（トム・コリンズ）

01Recipe

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House spec — an editorial spec drawing on the sourced versions below.

1. 01

   Fill a Collins glass with ice; add gin, lemon, syrup.

2. 02

   Top with soda and lift gently with a spoon.

3. 03

   Garnish with lemon and cherry.

Garnish — Lemon slice · Maraschino cherry

02Taste profile

Independent editorial scores, 0–100. *Estimated from the ingredient list — a profile sketch, not a verdict.

04Recipe versions

Each version is shown exactly as recorded in its source — unverified claims are flagged.

• How to Mix Drinks (Bar-Keeper's Handbook)

  How to Mix Drinks (Bar-Keeper's Handbook)

  Winter, G[eorge] · 1884 · Book

  • One small tablespoon of sugar;
  • Four to five dashes of lemon juice ;
  • Fill glass one-quarter full of ice;
  • One wine glass of Old Tom gin;
  • One bottle of plain soda;

  Stir up well with a spoon remove ice serve.

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• Jerry Thomas, Bar-Tender's Guide

  Jerry Thomas, Bar-Tender's Guide

  Jerry Thomas · 1876 · Book · unverified

  • 5–6 dashes gum syrup
  • Juice of a small lemon
  • 1 large wine-glass gin
  • Soda to fill

  Shake with ice, top with soda.

  Called for Old Tom gin — 'Tom' tracked the spirit.

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05Variations

• Ingredient swapJohn CollinsGenever instead of London Dry→
• VariationVodka CollinsVodka — the neutral version
• Ingredient swapGin RickeyLime + soda, no sugar — the austere version→