Elderflower Collins

Name: Elderflower Collins
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 oz London Dry Gin; 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice; 0.75 oz Elderflower Liqueur; 2 oz Soda Water; Lemon wheel (garnish, optional)

Classic

A Tom Collins with elderflower liqueur.

FloralSummerRefreshingCitrusy

3 minEasyLight

Sweet elderflower and tart lemon over juniper, with a light fizz. Floral, crisp, and easy to drink.

Ingredients

2 oz London Dry Gin
0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
0.75 oz Elderflower Liqueur
2 oz Soda Water
Lemon wheel · optional garnish

Method

1
Add the gin, lemon juice, and elderflower liqueur to a shaker with ice.
2
Shake until well-chilled.
3
Strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice.
4
Top with soda water and garnish with a lemon wheel.

The Story

The Collins is a nineteenth-century long drink of spirit, lemon, sugar, and soda. Elderflower liqueur became a bar staple in the 2000s and replaces the sugar here, turning the classic into a floral modern favorite.

Garnish · Lemon wheel