Name: Tom Collins Cocktail
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: Ice; 2 ounces gin*; 1 ounce lemon juice; ½ ounce simple syrup, recipe below; Club soda or sparkling water (I like Topo Chico); 1 lemon round or ½ orange round, for garnish; 1 Luxardo cherry or other cocktail cherry, for garnish; ¼ cup sugar (traditional) or honey (my favorite); ¼ cup water

Ingredients

1 serv.

Ice
2 ounces gin*
1 ounce lemon juice
½ ounce simple syrup, recipe below
Club soda or sparkling water (I like Topo Chico)
1 lemon round or ½ orange round, for garnish
1 Luxardo cherry or other cocktail cherry, for garnish
¼ cup sugar (traditional) or honey (my favorite)
¼ cup water

Instructions

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1 To make the simple syrup: Combine the sugar (or honey) and water in a small saucepan. Warm over medium heat, whisking occasionally, just until the sweetener has fully dissolved into the water. Remove the pot from the heat and set it aside to cool.
2 To make a cocktail: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in the gin, lemon juice and simple syrup. Shake for 20 to 30 seconds, until the outside of the shaker is really cold.
3 Fill a Collins (tall) glass with ice. Strain the contents of the shaker into the glass. Fill the rest of the glass with club soda, and give it a gentle stir with a spoon.
4 Garnish with a lemon round or ½ of an orange round, plus a cocktail cherry. Enjoy.