Tom Collins Cocktail

By KodiakDavis

Created in the late 1800s

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups ice
• 2 fluid ounces gin
• ¾ fluid ounce lemon juice
• ½ fluid ounce simple syrup
• 1 cup ice
• 2 fluid ounces club soda
• 1 lemon wedge

Preparation

Step 1

Fill a Collins glass with 1 1/2 cups ice, set aside in the freezer. Combine gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add 1 cup ice, cover and shake until chilled. Strain into the chilled Collins glass.

Step 2

Top with club soda and garnish with a lemon wedge.