Tom Collins

Name: Tom Collins
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz. fresh-squeezed lemon juice; 1/2 oz. superfine sugar; 3 oz. Gin; Seltzer

Published: Jun 5, 2009

Yields:

This simple, refreshing mix of lemon juice, sugar, gin, and seltzer has been around for at least a century and a half.

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Ingredients

1. Step 1Combine lemon juice and sugar in a 24-ounce glass and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add gin and fill the glass with large ice cubes. Top with seltzer until the glass is full. Garnish with a maraschino cherry pinned to an orange slice, if desired.