The Tom Collins experienced its peak popularity in the 1950s after the veterans returned home from overseas. Recently it has regained popularity. A Tom Collins cocktail is a drink made primarily from gin and sour mix, so you’ll want to make sure you invest in a good quality gin before pulling out your Tom Collins recipe.

Look for gin that falls in the mid-price range and has been distilled multiple times. Gin is made from grain malt and juniper berries with other botanicals added in. Cheap gin can be tough on the palate. A good gin is spicy, but delicious.

Tom Collins mixes are available, but you can learn how to make a Tom Collins from scratch easily and it will taste much better than a cocktail made using a mix. Keep these Tom Collins ingredients on hand for fresh, delightful cocktails in a snap.

Gin
Fresh lemons
Sugar
Club soda
Maraschino cherries

Make a simply syrup using two parts sugar to one part water, cooking the sugar and water mixture over medium heat until it becomes a syrup and the sugar is completely dissolved. Cool the simple syrup.

Squeeze the juice from a lemon. Save one slice of the lemon as garnish.

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