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Whiskey Collins

Whiskey Collins

Classic

The Tom Collins, built on bourbon.

SummerRefreshingCitrusy
3 minEasyLight

Bright lemon and soda lifting the vanilla and oak of the bourbon. Tall, tart, and easy to drink.

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Bourbon
  • 1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
  • Soda Water to top
  • Lemon wheel · optional garnish
  • Maraschino Cherry · optional garnish

Method

  1. 1

    Add the bourbon, lemon juice, and simple syrup to a shaker with ice.

  2. 2

    Shake until well-chilled.

  3. 3

    Strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice.

  4. 4

    Top with soda water and stir gently.

  5. 5

    Garnish and serve.

The Story

The Collins is a family of long, sour, fizzy drinks: spirit, lemon, sugar, and soda over ice. The gin version, the Tom Collins, is the best known, but the template works with almost anything, and bourbon turns it into a mellow, caramel-edged summer highball.

Glass · Highball glassGarnish · Lemon wheel, Maraschino Cherry