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Tom Collins recipe

Old tom gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup and tonic water, built over ice in a Collins glass, garnished with a slice of lemon.

By Kris Barton · Updated
  • 2 mins total
  • 5 ingredients
  • Collins glass
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Tom Collins

Prep
1 min
Making
1 min
Total
2 mins
Serves
1
Glass
Collins glass

Ingredients

Drinks

Makes 1 drink.

Method

  1. Add ice, old tom gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup, and tonic water to a Collins glass.
  2. Garnish with a slice of lemon.

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Kris Barton

Kris has been making, and sometimes inventing, cocktails for more than 20 years, and founded ThatCocktail in 2019 to share quick and easy recipes you can make at home.

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