Cocktail recipe

Tom Collins

Glass
Highball
Method
Shaken
Served
On ice
Garnish
Lemon slice, cherry
Base
Gin
Tom Collins in a highball glass

Ingredients

  • Gin45 ml
  • Lemon juice30 ml
  • Sugar syrup15 ml
  • Soda water60 ml

Method

Shake gin, lemon and syrup with ice, strain over fresh ice and top with soda.

Flavour profile

StrengthLight
LightBoozy
Sweet to sourLeans dry or sour
SweetSour or dry

Worked out from the ingredients and their proportions, after dilution: about 10% alcohol by volume. An estimate, not a lab reading.

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