Tom Collins
You go to the fridge and reach for a beer after you cut and trim the lawn and I get it, it’s hot, your itchy, you’ve earned a cold one. But…if you ever happen to wait ‘til after 5pm on a Summer’s day to tackle your yard, I highly recommend a tall, cold Tom Collins as your reward. Put the mower away, grab a shower and head down to your bar. Put on some Herb Albert’s Tijuana Brass, mix yourself up this cocktail and slide on in to Saturday evening. The Tom Collins is a Summer Time Classic. It fights with a Gin and Tonic for my attention from June ‘til September. Strong, sour and delicious, you need to know how to make a good one.
This recipe calls for simple syrup; boil a cup of sugar to a cup of water, stir ‘til clear. Leave out to chill to room temperature. Bottle and refrigerate. It’ll last a couple months in there.
Here we go –
- 3 ounces Gin
- 2 tsp. Simple syrup (feel free to add an extra if you like sweet)
- 1 ounce lemon juice
- cold club soda
Shake the gin, syrup, and lemon juice in a shaker with ice. Strain into tall glass half filled with cracked ice. Pour soda to fill. Sink a slice of orange and/or lemon and a maraschino cherry. Add a stirrer and relax to the sounds of Herb Albert’s Whipped Cream & Other Delights.
