CLASSIC · LONDON DRY GIN

John Collins

Name: John Collins
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml London Dry Gin; 25 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (rich); 50 ml Soda Water; Orange slice; Maraschino Cherry

The John Collins predates the more famous Tom Collins - it was originally made with Old Tom gin by headwaiter John Collins of Limmer's Hotel in London around the 1860s; switching to London dry produces the crisper, drier modern version most bartenders serve today.

Ingredients

London Dry Gin60 ml

Lemon juice25 ml

Sugar syrup (rich)15 ml

Soda Water50 ml

Orange slice

Maraschino Cherry

Glassware

Collins glass

Chilled.

Method

1
Pre-chill a Collins glass.
2
Add 60ml London dry gin, 25ml fresh lemon juice, and 15ml rich sugar syrup to a cocktail shaker.
3
Fill the shaker with ice and shake hard for 10–12 seconds.
4
Fill the chilled Collins glass with fresh ice.
5
Strain the shaken mixture into the glass, simultaneously topping with 50ml chilled soda water to integrate.
6
Garnish with a skewered orange slice and maraschino cherry (sail) perched on the rim.