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Pour the Applejack brandy, lemon juice, sugar and orange bitters into a cocktail shaker half-filled with cracked ice. Shake well, and strain into a chilled collins glass. Top with soda water, to taste, and serve.

Shake gin, brandy, anisette, and lemon juice with ice and strain into a collins glass over ice cubes. Fill with carbonated water and stir lightly. Decorate with the slice of lemon and serve.

Pour brandy, lemon juice, sugar syrup and soda water into a frosted glass two-thirds filled with ice. Sprinkle benedictine on top. Serve with straws, and garnish with a cherry and slices of orange and lemon.

Pour ingredients into a frosted collins glass, two-thirds filled with ice. Serve with straws and garnish with a slice of orange and a cherry.

Shake juice of lemon, brandy, and powdered sugar with cracked ice and strain into a collins glass. Add ice cubes, fill with carbonated water, and stir. Garnish with a slice of orange and top with a cherry. Serve with a straw.

Combine the Cutty Sark whisky, lemon juice and sugar in a highball glass filled with cracked ice. Stir well. Fill with club soda, and stir again briefly. Garnish with a slice of lemon, and serve.

Shake with ice and strain into a collins glass over ice cubes. Fill with Club Soda and garnish with a slice of lemon and a pineapple chunk.

In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the scotch, lemon juice, and sugar. Shake well. Strain into a collins glass almost filled with ice cubes. Add the club soda, stir and garnish with the cherry and the orange slice.

Pour scotch and sweet and sour into a collins glass over ice cubes and stir well. Fill with cola and stir lightly. Top with the cherry and serve.

In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the bourbon, lemon juice, and sugar. Shake well. Strain into a collins glass almost filled with ice cubes. Add the club soda. Stir and garnish with the cherry and the orange slice.

In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the absolut kurant, lemon juice, and sugar. Shake well. Strain into a collins glass almost filled with ice cubes. Add the club soda.

Fill a collins glass 3/4 full with ice cubes. Add vodka, lemon juice and sugar. Top with club soda.

Pour the vodka, fresh lemon juice and sweetened maraschino juice into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake and strain into a tall glass (12-16 oz) half-filled with crushed ice. Fill with club soda. Garnish with a slice of lemon and a maraschino cherry. Add a teaspoon of sugar optional. Serve.

Shake gin and juice of lemon with ice and strain into a collins glass over ice cubes. Fill with carbonated water and stir. Add slices of orange and lemon, top with a cherry, and serve with a straw.

Pour bacardi limon into an ice-filled collins glass. Add sweet and sour mix, and fill with equal parts of club soda and 7-up.

Shake rum, juice of lime, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a collins glass over ice cubes. Fill with carbonated water and stir. Add the slice of lemon, top with the cherry, and serve.

Shake sloe gin and juice of lemon with ice and strain into a collins glass. Add several ice cubes, fill with carbonated water, and stir. Add slices of lemon and orange, top with the cherry, and serve with a straw.

Shake with ice and strain into collins glass. Add several ice cubes, fill with club soda and stir. Decorate with slices of lemon and orange, and a cherry. Serve with a straw.

In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the gin, lemon juice, and sugar. Shake well. Strain into a collins glass almost filled with ice cubes. Add the club soda. Stir and garnish with the cherry and the orange slice.

Just mix the ingredients.

Shake all ingredients (except orange slice) with ice and strain into a collins glass over ice cubes. Add the slice of orange and serve.

Shake vodka, lemon juice and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a collins glass. Add several ice cubes, fill with carbonated water, and stir. Garnish with slices of orange and lemon, and top with a cherry. Serve with a straw.

Shake blended whiskey, juice of lemon, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a collins glass. Add several ice cubes, fill with carbonated water, and stir. Decorate with slices of orange, lemon, and top with the cherry. Serve with a straw.

Vodka Collins: Tall, Refreshing, and an Easy Cocktail to Mix Up

• 3 mins
• Prep: 3 mins,
• Cook: 0 mins
• Yield: 1 serving

The Vodka Collins is a simple, refreshing, and popular mixed drink. It is a nice drink when you feel like enjoying your favorite vodka in a long, slow cocktail.

In keeping with the formula of the John and Tom Collins, the Vodka Collins is a sweet and sour drink topped with club soda. While collins' vary by base spirit, using everything from gin to whiskey and beyond, this recipe opts for the obvious.

It mixes up quickly and is the perfect happy hour drink for drinkers who love a little vodka from time to time.

What You'll Need

• 1 1/2 ounces vodka
• 1 ounce lemon juice
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup
• 1 splash f Club soda
• For Garnish:
• Orange slice
• Maraschino cherry

How to Make It

1. Pour the vodka, lemon juice, and syrup in a collins glass with ice cubes.
2. Stir thoroughly.
3. Top with club soda.
4. Garnish with a cherry and orange slice.

More Tips for Making a Great Vodka Collins

Choose your vodka. While almost any vodka will do, this drink is rather transparent and it will only be as good as the liquor you pour into it. That said, you will find that your best Vodka Collins will come from a good vodka.

• Any of the popular premium vodkas are good options.
• Choose wisely when it comes to budget-friendly vodkas, not every one is worthy of clear drinks like this.
• Add a splash of flavor by pouring one of your favorite flavored vodkas. Any fruit flavor works well, thought it's not the best drink for whipped cream and other sweet vodkas.

Also, you will find that the Vodka Collins is an ideal test drink for exploring new vodkas.

Take the sour mix shortcut. You can eliminate the lemon juice and simple syrup in this recipe and use a housemade sour mix instead. In either case, you can always adjust the sweet and sour proportions to find the taste that is perfect for your palate.

How Strong is the Vodka Collins?

You can make the Vodka Collins as tall or short as you like by adjusting the amount of club soda. On average, a 6-ounce drink will create a rather light mix with an alcohol content of around 9% ABV (18 proof).

More Collins Recipes

The recipes that are commonly called “Collins” drinks vary primarily due to the base liquor and, on occasion (mostly in modern recipes), a few extra ingredients. Think of the collins as a tall drink with sweet, sour, and a base liquor that is topped with club soda.

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Tom Collins

Named after a hoax that was doing the rounds of New York in 1874, the Tom Collins has immortalised itself into one of the most iconic gin cocktails around.

How we make a Tom Collins:

30ml Fresh Lemon Juice

20ml Sugar Syrup

Combine first three ingredients in a Collins glass with ice

Stir and then top with Soda. Add straws and serve

Garnish with an orange slice

An abridged, inebriated history:

The first recorded Tom Collins recipe is from the second edition of Jerry Thomas’ book, “The Bartender’s Guide”, published in 1876, in which the Tom Collins is a class of drink, with the type of alcoholic spirit being used specified after the name Tom Collins (e.g. “-brandy”,”-gin”). It was others, who came after Thomas, “the father of American mixology,” who changed the Tom Collins from its three main variations into a purely gin drink.

The story of the hoax goes something like… Tom Collins was a loud and boisterous man who was known to sit in taverns and talk harshly of nearly everyone he’d met, or in many cases, those he hadn’t. Fortunately for those who fell victim to Collins’ wrath, they had good friends who would immediately find their friend and let them know of all the profanity directed towards them. The victim was then encouraged to find Collins and confront him. However, when the victim went to the tavern where Collins was meant to be, he was nowhere to be found (because Tom Collins did not exist). It was then that those desperately looking for their revenge would ask at the bar for Tom Collins, and instead receive the sour cocktail.

“Have you seen Tom Collins?”

“If you haven’t, perhaps you had better do so, and as quick as you can, for he is talking about you in a very rough manner–calling you hard names, and altogether saying things about you that are rather calculated to induce people to believe there is nothing you wouldn’t steal short of a red-hot stove. Other little things of that nature he is openly speaking in public places, and as a friend–although of course we don’t wish to make you feel uncomfortable–we think you ought to take some notice of them and of Mr. Tom Collins.”

“This is about the cheerful substance of a very successful practical joke which has been going the rounds of the city in the past week. It is not to this manor born, but belongs to New York, where it was played with immense success to crowded houses until it played out.”

Gettysburg Compiler (1874)

The prank came to be known as The Great Tom Collins Hoax of 1874. It continued to be circulated for months by newspapers who at first reported it in all seriousness. The Decatur, III, Daily Republican in June 1874 threw out this headline and following article.

“ Tom Collins Still Among Us.” “This individual kept up his nefarious business of slandering our citizens all day yesterday. But we believe that he succeeded in keeping out of the way of his pursuers. In several instances he came well nigh being caught, having left certain places but a very few moments before the arrival of those who were hunting him. His movements are watched to-day with the utmost vigilance.”

When finally the newspaper caught up, they changed their tact rather quickly and instead claimed sightings of Tom Collins moving throughout America.

Two years later, Jerry Thomas included a new drink named after the hoax. By 1878, the Tom Collins was being served in the bar rooms everywhere, establishing itself as an international icon. In 1891, gum syrup, was replaced in the recipe by sugar as well as the use of Old Tom gin, a lightly sweetened gin popular in 18th-century England. The Tom Collins became the cocktail of the hour.

Whilst this hoax does undeniably make a great tale, this might not have been its original start-up in life. David Wondrich gives another alternative suggesting that the Tom Collins was actually a John Collins in its former being. John Collins was headwaiter at Limmer’s Hotel, Conduit Street, London during the 1870s and 80s when his name got attached to this gin concoction.

Limmer’s was not just your standard ordinary hotel but a place of real excitement attracting athletes since the start of the 19 th Century, from all over with their enticing drinks, funky tunes and buzzing atmosphere. Soon they found themselves at the centre of some great controversy when their gin punch, which they had become rather famous for, was related to the Tom Collins cocktail. Sir Morell Mackenzie, the British physician, linked Limmer’s Bartender John Collins to the Tom Collins and suggested that the name had changed due to the use of Old Tom gin in Collin’s gin punch.

Even as they has been much conflict surrounding Mackenzie’s proposal, including the idea that he had misheard the rhyme in which he had related the Collin’s together, his theory still remains. The English Gin punch of earlier centuries might not be that far of a relation from the Tom Collins.

The Tom Collins does remain very similar to that of the Gin Fizz; the same combination of gin, lemon juice and sugar with soda is partnered together to make a refreshing and sweet drink. The Tom Collins usually would have had more lemon than the latter making it more of a gin lemonade than a gin soda. Different types of gin vary in their sweetness; a Gin Fizz usually being made with gin that’s a touch more bitter. Furthermore, Collins were a much more fashionable drink to be serving during the 19 th Century than any type of Fizz was, perhaps preventing people from asking for a Gin Fizz with a dash more sugar and lemon.

Original Tom Collins Recipe:

Take 5 or 6 dashes of gum syrup (sugar syrup)

Juice of a small lemon

1 large wine-glass of gin

2 or 3 lumps of ice

As taken from ‘The Bartender’s Guide,’ Jerry Thomas. (1876)

Shake up well and strain into a large bar-glass. Fill up the glass with plain soda water and drink whilst it’s lively.

The type of gin used by Thomas was not specified in his 1876 book, but in our estimation, is likely to be Dutch genever rather than London Dry Gin since Jerry Thomas’ Gin Fizz (1862) called for Holland gin. Consider that Genever was imported into the United States at a ratio of approximately 6 liters to every 1 litre of English Dry Gin at that time – it makes for a strong case for that to be the likely candidate. To recreate the historic recipe we would recommend using Bols Genever or better still, an aged Oude Genever like Zuidam’s 3yr Genever.

The Phil Collins Recipe

[Photographs: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt]

Part cucumber, part lime, and a bit of Yellow Chartruse, this Tom Collins variant created by Scott Marshall for The Hawthorne in Boston goes down easy. He uses Square 1 Cucumber vodka, but you can muddle your own fresh cucumber if you prefer.

Note: If you can't get cucumber vodka, you can muddle a small piece of cucumber in the bottom of the shaker and use regular vodka. Strain through a tea strainer to remove particles.

• Yield: serves 1
• Active time: 2 minutes
• Total time: 2 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 ounces Square 1 Cucumber Vodka (see note above)
• 3/4 ounces fresh lime juice
• 3/4 ounces simple syrup
• 1/2 ounce Yellow Chartreuse
• Dash of cranberry bitters
• Soda water

Directions

Combine vodka, lime juice, simple syrup, chartreuse, and bitters in a shaker. Fill with ice and shake vigorously for 15 seconds. Strain into an ice-filled Collins glass. Top off with soda water and serve with a long spoon.

Special Equipment

J. Kenji López-Alt is the Managing Culinary Director of Serious Eats, and author of the James Beard Award-nominated column The Food Lab, where he unravels the science of home cooking. A restaurant-trained chef and former Editor at Cook's Illustrated magazine, his first book, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science is a New York Times Best-Seller, the recipient of a James Beard Award, and was named Cookbook of the Year in 2015 by the International Association of Culinary Professionals.

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As for those cousins: To make a Gin Fizz, shake the gin, sugar, and lemon juice well with cracked ice, pour into a chilled Collins glass—no ice—and fizz to the top. To make a Gin Rickey, squeeze half a (well-washed) lime into a Collins glass full of ice, tip in 1 teaspoon superfine sugar, stir, pour in 2 ounces London dry gin, throw in the squeezed-out lime half, and top with bubbly water of choice. You may, if you wish, also add a dash of grenadine for color.

The Collins treatment works well with other liquors: common are the Whiskey Collins or John Collins, which is self-explanatory, and the Rum Collins (light rum) or Charlie Collins (Jamaican rum), which are usually made with lime juice instead of lemon and to which a couple dashes of Angostura bitters are often added. See also the Brandy Fizz.

The Wondrich Take:

In any case, the Tom Collins has on its side tradition—it turns up in the 1877 Bon Vivant's Companion, by Jerry Thomas, the George Washington of American mixology—and simple elegance. Few drinks are as refreshing on a summer afternoon.

And the name? Step one: A certain John Collins, a waiter at Limmer's Old House on London's Hanover Square, gets his name hitched to a drink with lemon, sugar, soda, and Holland gin. Step two: Some bright spark makes same with Old Tom gin and changes the name accordingly. (Strict constructionists with access to an exceptionally good liquor store may have theirs this way, making sure to cut back on the sugar. Let us know how they turn out).

1. Combine the ingredients in a Collins glass 3/4 full of cracked ice.
2. Stir briefly, top with club soda or seltzer, garnish with lemon circle, and serve with stirring rod.

As for those cousins: To make a Gin Fizz, shake the gin, sugar, and lemon juice well with cracked ice, pour into a chilled Collins glass—no ice—and fizz to the top. To make a Gin Rickey, squeeze half a (well-washed) lime into a Collins glass full of ice, tip in 1 teaspoon superfine sugar, stir, pour in 2 ounces London dry gin, throw in the squeezed-out lime half, and top with bubbly water of choice. You may, if you wish, also add a dash of grenadine for color.

The Collins treatment works well with other liquors: common are the Whiskey Collins or John Collins, which is self-explanatory, and the Rum Collins (light rum) or Charlie Collins (Jamaican rum), which are usually made with lime juice instead of lemon and to which a couple dashes of Angostura bitters are often added. See also the Brandy Fizz.

The Wondrich Take:

In any case, the Tom Collins has on its side tradition—it turns up in the 1877 Bon Vivant's Companion, by Jerry Thomas, the George Washington of American mixology—and simple elegance. Few drinks are as refreshing on a summer afternoon.

And the name? Step one: A certain John Collins, a waiter at Limmer's Old House on London's Hanover Square, gets his name hitched to a drink with lemon, sugar, soda, and Holland gin. Step two: Some bright spark makes same with Old Tom gin and changes the name accordingly. (Strict constructionists with access to an exceptionally good liquor store may have theirs this way, making sure to cut back on the sugar. Let us know how they turn out).

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Meet The Collins Family

The Tom Collins takes its name from the Old Tom sweetened gin originally used to make this simple and refreshing cocktail. Learn to make a Collins and you will instantly know a whole family of drinks. The basic ingredients are sweetened citrus juice and 2 oz of liquor plus soda water. Once upon a time a Collins was always made with gin. It is often a build, but many bartenders shake it to produce a more effervescent cocktail. The flavour varies greatly with the chosen spirit: gin, rum, whisky, vodka, brandy, or tequila. For Collins drinks, 2 oz of freshly squeezed citrus juice is used with approximately 1/2 oz of sugar syrup. You may have to adjust the amount of sweetener according to the tartness of the fruit. A tall 12 ounce Collins (aka Sling) glass is a natural choice for the Collins. For garnishes, try twists, wedges, sprigs of mint, berries, and pretty straws.

Here are the two most popular ‘Collins’ drinks:

To make a classic Tom Collins pour gin in a tall glass filled with ice, add 2 oz of sweetened lemon juice, and then top up with soda water.

With rye whisky instead of gin, it becomes a John Collins.

Juan or José – with tequila

Micheal – with Irish whisky

Sandy – with Scotch whisky

Russel – with Jagermeister

Invite some friends and create your own ‘Collins’ inventions. Share your concoctions with Cocktail Hunter and perhaps your drink will be the Cocktail Of The Day for the world to enjoy.

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I have a very tasty Collins recipe I created that uses a lavender lemon syrup and a gin from a local distillery here in Rochester, NY. I’ve posted it below and you are welcome to share. Link to the original blog post with pics (there’s another drink recipe as well) here:

Lady Sensory’s Jacques Collins

2 oz Black Button Citrus Forward Gin (an orange or citrus-infused gin will also work)

2 tbsp lavender lemon simple syrup (recipe below or use Royal Rose brand)

Orange slice and 1-2 Maraschino cherries for garnish

Top with sparkling water/ club soda.

Chill a Collins glass or large rocks glass a few minutes in advance. In a cocktail shaker, combine ice, gin and lavender lemon syrup. Shake until well combined and pour into the chilled glass. Top with sparkling water and garnish with an orange slice and 1-2 cherries. This drink is simple, refreshing, and will make you long for summer (especially in this extreme cold!)

Lady Sensory’s DIY Lavender Lemon Simple Syrup

Zest and juice of two lemons + enough water to total 1.5 cup of liquid

1 tbsp dried lavender (make sure it’s for culinary use – you can get it at Williams-Sonoma)

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup vanilla sugar

I added a small amount of vanilla sugar to slightly round out the flavor because I have a fussy palate. No worries if you don’t have it on hand – you can omit or add a tiny drop of vanilla extract. In a medium-sized saucepan, combine all ingredients and bring to a boil for several minutes. Reduce heat and simmer until mixture is reduced in half (approximately 3/4 – 1 cup). Strain mixture through a fine mesh strainer or tea strainer to remove the lavender and zest. The color will resemble pink lemonade. Syrup will keep for a couple of weeks in the refrigerator if stored in an airtight container.

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Tanqueray Tom Collins

Gin botanicals, citrus fruit sweetness and a touch of sourness, bubbled up with soda water – the Tom Collins is one of the simplest long drinks, such a classic that it’s had a glass named after it.

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Ingredients

Tanqueray® London Dry Gin

Tanqueray® London Dry Gin

Launched in 1830, Tanqueray London Dry Gin is double-distilled with distinct citrus botanicals, particularly grapefruit, to the fore.

How to make

Using a jigger, measure 50ml Tanqueray London Dry Gin, 25ml lemon juice, 10ml sugar syrup into the glass.

Stir the mixture with a bar spoon until the ingredients are well combined.

Top up the drink with a splash of soda water.

With a sharp knife and a chopping board, cut a wedge of lemon and place into the drink to garnish.

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Everyone loves a bit of finger food and designated drivers will appreciate some fancy soft drinks.

Tom Collins Cocktail

Ingredients (6)

• Ice cubes
• 2 ounces London dry gin
• 1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon superfine sugar
• 4 ounces club soda, chilled
• 1 thin lemon slice, for garnishing

• Calories 179
• Fat 0.16g
• Saturated fat 0.02g
• Trans fat
• Carbs 8.72g
• Fiber 0.9g
• Sugar 5.49g
• Protein 0.42g
• Cholesterol
• Sodium 25.85mg
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The Tom Collins is a fine old drink—cocktail writer David Wondrich notes how it turns up (in a slightly different form) in Jerry Thomas’s seminal Bon Vivant’s Companion of 1877. Wondrich cites the drink’s “simple elegance”: just gin, lemon juice, and sugar, topped off with fizzy water.

What to buy: Finely milled superfine sugar dissolves rapidly, avoiding any risk of graininess in the finished drink.

Instructions

1. 1 Drop a handful of ice cubes into a cocktail shaker and add the gin, lemon juice, and sugar. Shake until chilled, about 15 seconds. Pour into a chilled collins glass filled with ice cubes.

2 Add the club soda to the glass, give it a quick stir, garnish with the lemon slice, and serve.

How to Make a Collins Drink

Collins drinks are basically пїЅsoursпїЅ with club soda added. You start off with 2 oz of your base liquor, add 2 oz or so of sour mix, and top it off with some Club Soda.

As with other basic drink types, most people vary the ingredient ratios a bit depending on the particular drink they are working toward, and sometimes they will add in a few extra ingredients to punch it up a bit.

LetпїЅs start out with the sour part of the equation.

You can buy sour mix pre-made, but letпїЅs be honest here, you are going to put this in your mouth and swallow it. Collins drinks are much better when they are made with freshly squeezed juice, and it doesnпїЅt cost more or take any extra time to do it this way.

As you will see with the recipes below, each version of the sour mix is slightly different depending on the type of liquor.

To make a basic sour mix, you just add 1 part sugar to 2 parts water and 2 parts lemon or lime juice. You can alternatively add 2 parts of lemon and/or lime juice to 3 parts simple syrup.

Now, this is where the art comes in. You can really improve your sour mix by juicing fresh lemons or limes (make sure you use it within a few days пїЅ the taste will deteriorate quickly even in the fridge). You can also add the zest from half an orange, grapefruit, lemon or lime to the mix and let it hang out for a few minutes. My favorite sour mix is the stuff I make out of key limes. It is absolutely delicious.

Other names of sour mix are: Sweet and Sour Mix, Collins Mix, and Margarita Mix. These are all basically the same thing, with minor adjustments in the ratios depending on the brand or style.

Tom Collins

The Tom Collins is a classic drink from the late 19th century that became very popular in the United States after vets returned home from Word War I and World War II. It achieved its zenith in the 1950s, but has made its resurgence lately as cocktails have enjoyed renewed interest. HereпїЅs how to make one:

1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

пїЅ oz simple syrup

3 oz chilled Club Soda

Add the first three ingredients to a mixing glass and stir with ice. Strain into a rocks glass and garnish with the lemon slice and the cherry.

John Collins (a.k.a. Colonel Collins)

This drink is basically the same as a Tom Collins, except it uses bourbon.

1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

пїЅ oz simple syrup

5 oz chilled Club Soda

Add the first three ingredients to a mixing glass and stir with ice. Strain into a tall glass and garnish with the fruit.

Ron Collins (a.k.a. Pedro Collins)

This is a Collins made with Rum

1 oz fresh lime juice

Add the first three ingredients to a mixing glass and stir with ice. Strain into a tall glass and garnish with the lime slice and the cherry.

Tex Collins

3 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice

Add the first three ingredients to a mixing glass and stir with ice. Strain into a tall glass and garnish with the cherry.

Want more? Check out some other variations:

• Sandy Collins (Substitute Scotch Whisky)
• Comrade Collins (Substitute Vodka)
• Jose Collins (Substitute Tequila)
• Mike Collins (Substitute Irish Whiskey)
• Brandy Collins (Substitute Brandy; donпїЅt waste your Cognac on this, you wonпїЅt be able to taste it пїЅ just use regular Brandy)

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SHAKE first three ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with soda, lightly stir and serve with straws.

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A Tom Collins with vodka - a refreshing balance of sweet and sour.

The exact origins of this drink are unknown but it is certain that Vodka Collins' were being served in New York after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933.

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