Traditional Tom Collins

By / Photography By | July 15, 2014

Ingredients

SERVINGS: 1 cocktail
  • 2 ounces dry gin
  • 1 ounce lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon sugar (powered or superfine)
  • 3 ounces club soda
  • Maraschino cherry & lemon slice for garnish

Instructions

Add gin, lemon juice and sugar to ice cubes in a cocktail shaker and shake. Strain into a Collins glass.

Add ice cubes and fill with the club soda. Stir and add the garnish.

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Ingredients

SERVINGS: 1 cocktail
  • 2 ounces dry gin
  • 1 ounce lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon sugar (powered or superfine)
  • 3 ounces club soda
  • Maraschino cherry & lemon slice for garnish