Tom Collins Cocktail Recipe

First documented in Jerry Thomas’ Bartender’s Guide (1876), possibly named after a practical joke from the era. This is similar to agin sour however served with soda water and skips the egg white (no foam)

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Gin
  • 0.75 oz Lemon Juice
  • 0.75 oz Simple Syrup
  • 3 oz Soda Water

Method for creating a Tom Collins cocktail

Shake all ingredients and stain in a highball glass with ice then add soda water

Garnish

Lemon slide or peel and cherry

Glassware

Highball

Ice

Regular Ice

Nutrition Information for Tom Collins

  • Calories: There are 190 kcal in Tom Collins
  • ABV: Tom Collins has an ABV of 23%

Calorie Breakdown for Tom Collins

IngredientDoseCal/ozCalories
Gin2 oz70 cal/oz140 kcal
Lemon Juice0.75 oz6 cal/oz5 kcal
Simple Syrup0.75 oz60 cal/oz45 kcal
Total190 kcal

ABV Breakdown for Tom Collins

Cocktail booziness measures the amount of alcohol in a drink, expressed both as total alcohol volume (ml) and as a percentage of Alcohol By Volume (ABV) of the overall drink size.

IngredientDoseABV%Alcohol (ml)
Gin2 oz40%24.0 ml
Total alcohol24.0 ml
Cocktail size104 ml
ABV = 24 / 104 × 10023%

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