Tom Collins recipe
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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
- Nutritional Analysis per serving (1 servings)Powered by
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 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.
Tom Collins Recipe: A Classic, Refreshing Gin Drink
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- 3 mins
- Prep: 3 mins,
- Cook: 0 mins
- Yield: 1 serving
One sip and you will discover why the Tom Collins has been a favorite cocktail for over a century. It's a tall, refreshing gin sour and a really nice option for a hot summer day. The recipe is incredibly easy to follow, too, making it a drink that anyone can mix up.
The Tom Collins belongs to the "collins" family of mixed drinks and the primary difference between each is the base liquor used. It's a rather transparent drink, so your choice of gin will have the greatest impact on its flavor. While you don't need to use the best gin, your Tom Collins will be better with something that's at least mid-shelf.
Beyond the gin, you will need lemon juice, simple syrup, and club soda. They're all very common drink ingredients and it's likely to be in your bar or kitchen right now. This simplicity is one reason why the Tom Collins has long been a staple for drinkers worldwide.
What You'll Need
- 1 1/2 ounces gin
- 1 ounce lemon juice
- 1/2 ounce simple syrup
- Club soda
- Garnish: maraschino cherry, lemon or orange slice
How to Make It
- Pour the gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a collins glass with ice cubes.
- Stir thoroughly.
- Top with club soda.
- Garnish with the cherry and an orange or lemon slice. You can pin the cherry to the citrus fruit using a cocktail pick and create a garnish known as a "flag" as well.
If you prefer, shake the gin, juice, and syrup then strain it into a glass with fresh ice. Yet another option is to place a shaker tin over the glass after adding those ingredients and giving it a good, but short, shake before topping it with soda.
Old-Fashioned or Modern Gin?
We can date the Tom Collins back to the 1800s because it made an appearance in the first bartending book printed. As with many recipes in "Professor" Jerry Thomas' "Bon Vivant's Companion," it's very likely that the drink was a hit years before the 1877 edition in which it made its debut.
Back in Thomas' time, "gin" often referred to Old Tom Gin, Plymouth Gin, or Holland gin (known better as genever, today). If you want a taste of the Tom Collins made in the truly classic style, try it with one of those.
Today, we have many more choices in gin. This recipe, along with other classic gin cocktails, are ideal formulas to explore all of these options. Each gin will change the profile of the drink, giving you a new and fascinating taste every time.
Among your options are the classic London dry gins. Brands like Beefeater, Tanqueray, and Bombay Sapphire all make an excellent Tom Collins. To give the drink a modern spin, pour one of the new gins like Hendrick's, Aviation, or even G'Vine.
Sugar, Syrup, or Sour?
You have even more choices when it comes to the drink sweetener in the Tom Collins. Traditionally, straight white sugar was used. If you opt for this, consider a superfine sugar rather than the regular cane sugar you might stock in the kitchen. The smaller crystals dissolve better and won't leave unsightly clumps in the bottom of your glass.
To bypass any problems with dissolving, opt for the recipe's suggestion of simple syrup. It's an essential sweetener for the modern bar and making a batch at home will require just a few minutes of your time.
If you have sugar, water, and a pan for the stove, you can make simple syrup.
The last option is to create a sour mix. This combines the lemon juice and syrup into one easy-to-use drink mixer. It's very convenient and is used in cocktails from margaritas to "iced teas." You can also use it as a substitute for any recipe that calls for citrus juice and simple syrup individually. Yet, it doesn't quite give you the flexibility of adapting the sweet and sour to each drink.
No matter which sweetener you choose for the Tom Collins, it's best to tweak it and the citrus to your individual taste. The volumes used in this recipe are a good starting point, but you will find that it needs some adjustment depending on the gin you pour.
About the Soda
The Tom Collins falls into the category of gin and soda drinks, joined with other favorites like the gin Rickey, gin buck, and gin fizz. While some of these call for a specific soda (think gin and tonic), others leave it up to the drinker and bartender.
Today, it is very common to turn to club soda for the Tom Collins. You can, instead, turn to any clear carbonated water you have in stock at the moment. Seltzer straight out of the soda siphon is the most traditional option. Club soda, with its nearly indistinguishable flavor, is the second best choice.
Though it doesn't make a bad Tom Collins, the sweeter clear sodas like ginger ale or a lemon-lime soda can be a little too sweet. If they are your only options, hold back on the drink's sweetener to maintain a good balance.
Also, if you want to get technical about it, pouring ginger ale creates more of a gin buck than a Tom Collins.
More Collins Recipes
The Tom Collins and the entire collins family of drinks are very popular and should be on every bartender's list of drinks to know. The John and Tom Collins are the most popular of the bunch.
If you have a hard time remembering which gets whiskey and which gets gin, there's a simple trick you can use. Imagine that "Big Bad John" from the old Jimmy Dean song would be a whiskey drinker, so he would get the John Collins. Then, simply associate the Tom Collins with Old Tom Gin.
Beyond those two, you can also change the liquor out to create a whole variety of collins drinks. Some are obvious and others are not. For instance, the vodka collins gets vodka, the brandy collins requires a shot of brandy, and the rum collins uses white rum. The Juan Collins gets tequila while the Charlie Collins specifically calls for a Jamaican rum.
From there, you can also use the collins formula to create some fascinating cocktails. These modern recipes may include any extra flavors you like. The American Collins, for example, adds bing cherries and blueberries to the gin recipe while the lavender Sapphire Collins uses a lavender-flavored syrup for a floral touch. When you want something very unique, try the rhubarb collins with homemade rhubarb syrup.
Don't stop there, either. As you learn to love the Tom Collins and all of its cocktail cousins, you'll begin to daydream about all the other possibilities this great drink can inspire. Follow those dreams and enjoy your new creations.
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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.
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.
About this recipe
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.
Avoid top-ups
It’s easier to keep track of your drinks if you know how many full glasses you’re drinking.
Tom Collins Recipe
Learn how to make one of our favorite drinks of all time.
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).
- Combine the ingredients in a Collins glass 3/4 full of cracked ice.
- 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).
The Weird Story Of How The Tom Collins Cocktail Got Its Name
Most people know that a Tom Collins is a type of gin cocktail made with lemon juice, soda water, and sugar.
But you probably never knew that it's named after a really lame joke from 1874.
Here's how it went: A man would approach his friend and ask, "Have you seen Tom Collins?"
"Why no!" the second man would say. "I have never made his acquaintance."
"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 convincing people there is nothing you wouldn't steal short of a red-hot stove."
This would upset the second man, who would stomp off to go looking for this rascal Tom Collins, but - twist! - he didn't actually exist.
It's a pretty lame joke, but it went viral and became all the rage in New York and Philadelphia. It was so popular, in fact, that it was dubbed "The Great Tom Collins Hoax of 1874."
Seriously - some newspapers at the time even printed stories containing false sightings of Tom Collins, and several songs were written that memorialized the joke.
Eventually, one intrepid bartender caught on and named a drink "Tom Collins" so that if anyone came rushing into his bar seeking revenge and asking for Tom Collins, they would unknowingly have ordered a tall gin drink instead.
Oh, and just to remind you what people looked like in 1874, this was the height of fashion:
Tom Collins
Ingredients
- 1 Part Lemon Juice
- 2 Parts Gin
- ⅔ Part Simple Syrup
- Soda Water
- 1 Wedge Lemon
- 1 Whole Cherry
How to mix
Stir lemon juice, gin and simple syrup in a highball glass. Fill with ice cubes. Top up with soda water. Garnish with lemon and a cherry.
About Tom Collins
The Tom Collins history is a little muddled. The name is believed to have its origins in John Collins, the head bartender at Limmer’s Hotel in London, whose similar signature drink was popular in the 1830s. The cocktail made it to New York in 1850 when a British officer taught it to the bartenders at the Clarendon Hotel. It was soon changed into Tom Collins and turned up in Jerry Thomas’ 1876 edition of “The Bartender’s Guide".
Tom Collins Cocktail Recipe
Tom Collins Beginnings
It is said that the Tom Collins cocktail started as a practical joke in the 1800's. The joke would start off with someone being asked if they had seen Tom Collins. Of course they hadn't. This person would then go on to tell them all the bad things this Tom Collins character was saying about them, and how they had just seen him at a bar close by.
The idea was to get the individual so pissed off that they would start busting into every bar they were tipped off to asking for Tom Collins. Eventually, the person got a cocktail named Tom Collins instead of a real person.
However, the original recipe was first published by American bartending legend Jerry Thomas in his 1877 guide, "Bon Vivant's Companion." It is described as follows:
(Combine in a shaker)
- 5-6 dashes gomme (gum) syrup
- Juice of 1 small lemon
- 1 wine glass of gin
- 2-3 lumps (presumably larger than our modern day ice cubes)
Shake and strain into a large glass, topping off with soda water.
The recipe does not call for the drink to be strained into a glass with ice, unlike the modern Tom Collins. Interestingly, Jerry Thomas also gives the instructions to "drink while it is lively." From this one can imagine that the Tom Collins made in the late 1800's was drunk rather quickly.
Modern Tom Collins
Today's Tom Collins recipes vary slightly from the original. Some call for sweet and sour mix in addition to, or instead of fresh lemon, and the gum syrup has been replaced by sugar or simple syrup.
The best recipe is built with top notch dry gin and simple, fresh ingredients.
- 2 ounces dry gin (London dry gin to be historically accurate)
- 1 tspn. fine sugar (caster sugar works well)
- 1/2 ounce lemon juice (1/2 a large lemon or 1 small lemon. Use more or less to taste.)
- Club soda
To make the modern version, add the gin, sugar and lemon juice to a shaker filled 2/3 full of cubed, not crushed ice. Crushed will break up quickly and dilute the drink too much. Shake until the outside of the metal is cold and beginning to fog up. Strain into a collins glass filled with ice and top off with club soda. Some bartenders are even known to substitute lime for lemon, but this is a different cocktail.
To prevent the drink from getting too diluted, you can build this drink in the glass. Simply pour the gin, lemon juice and sugar into a collins glass filled with ice. Stir until the sugar is dissolved, (or use a 1/2 ounce of simple syrup,) and top off with club soda. Done.
Garnish is traditionally a lemon twist, but these days you are likely to find lime and/or a cherry floating in your Tom Collins. An easy detail to customize as you like.
One step you do not want to forego is the fresh lemon juice. With a handheld manual juicer this is a quick process and the invigorating taste it adds to the drink is worth the effort. If you will be making a lot of Tom Collins cocktails for a party, you can juice lemons ahead of time and store them in a pourable container, but skip the store bought sweet and sour mix.
Gin and Sparkling Water
Since the gin is the foundation of this cocktail and the club soda is the finish, it is important to choose tasty, high quality products. Regular club soda will work fine, but for a subtler sparkle with a hint of minerals, try using Perrier or San Pellegrino sparkling mineral waters. Either choice will add a bit of sophistication to an otherwise simple drink.
The original Tom Collins might have used Hollan Gin, Jenever, but London dry gin was soon the spirit of choice; specifically Old Tom gin. So long as the spirit you use in your cocktails is high quality, the drink, and the drinker, will benefit from it. Nonetheless, different gins have different flavor profiles, so spend some time sampling a variety of top shelf gins to determine your personal taste.
Here is a list of highly recommended choices:
- Hendricks 88 proof gin: A unique bottle and light juniper, orange and coriander scents that refresh as you imbibe. A thicker mouth feel than most gins.
- Bombay Sapphire: A premium London dry gin that is famously aromatic and smooth.
- Bombay, the regular version: A more reasonably priced but excellent gin.
- Tanqueray: A good substitute when you don't have Tanqueray Ten
- Tanqueray Ten: Top shelf Tanqueray that is a taste experience you must have.
- Tanqueray Rangpur: A fine gin with a hint of lime flavor to add another flavor profile to the juniper berries. Ideal for a mixed drink like the Tom Collins.
Bombay and Tanqueray are well known brands, and Hendricks slightly less so. There are also many independent distilleries worth trying, however. Here is a short list:
- Distillery No. 209 Artisan Gin: Rated 90 points by the Wine Enthusiast, this excellent spirit is a complex and thoughtfully made gin which will transform you cocktail, if you dare to mix it with something.
- Ransom Old Tom Gin: A rare amber-hued spirit made in a pot still and aged for 3-6 months. In this gin the juniper and citrus are played down, while anise, caraway, coriander and earthy notes dominate.
- Leopold's American Small Batch Gin: This is an 80 proof spirit whose makers distill each botanical element separately. The nose exudes heady juniper, floral orris root and orange. This is an elegant gin with a hint of spice at midpalate.
Remember, the best cocktails are made with the best ingredients, so choose wisely and sample often! Your guests, and your palate will thank you.
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Chris Montgomery 4 years ago from Irvine, CA
Thanks tom_caton, it's actually one of my favorites now. Cheers!
Tom Caton 4 years ago from The Desk
Fantastic hub, the history's great, and having the original and modern recipe is awesome
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Tom Collins
A tall drink of gin, lemon, sugar and soda.
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If you take the American side of the story, the Tom Collins evolved from the “The Great Tom Collins Hoax” of 1874, in which pranksters would tell a friend they had run into one “Tom Collins” at a bar around the corner who had said some slanderous things about said friend. Said friend would then leave to find “Tom Collins” at the bar around the corner, sparking a goose chase of, perhaps, not-so-epic proportions.
Or you can choose the British side, which (more likely) suggests that the Tom Collins was the creation of London bartender John Collins, who dreamed up an eponymous gin punch in the latter half of the 19 th century, that, when made with Old Tom Gin, presumably became the Tom Collins. The first published recipe appears in Jerry Thomas’s 1876 The Bartender’s Guide. By either route (or perhaps a combination of the two), the Tom Collins is a s pritzy drink made of lemon, sugar, soda water and gin —which combine to form, what is essentially, the original hard lemonade.
Tom Collins
from Punch (http://punchdrink.com)
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 ounces gin
- 3/4 ounce lemon juice
- 3/4 ounce simple syrup (1:1, sugar:water)
- soda water
Garnish: brandied cherry (preferably Luxardo) and an orange wheel
Directions
- Add gin, lemon juice and simple syrup to a cocktail shaker.
- Add ice and shake until chilled.
- Strain over ice into a Collins glass.
- Top with soda water.
- Garnish with a brandied cherry and an orange wheel.
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