TOM COLLINS COCKTAIL RECIPE - VINTAGE VIBES FROM A FORGOTTEN AGE

The Tom Collins isn’t just a cocktail - it’s a liquid time-slip back to 1882 when Harry Johnson immortalised it in his New and Improved Bartender’s Manual: Or How to Mix Drinks of the Present Style (not a brief book title but the recipe’s simple): 

• 60ml Old Tom gin
• 25ml fresh lemon juice
• 15ml simple syrup (a 1:1 ratio of granulated sugar dissolved in an equal volume of water)
• 50ml soda water

1. Gently mix the Old Tom gin, fresh lemon juice and simple syrup in a Collins or highball glass with ice.
2. Top with soda water.
3. Garnish with lemon slice and Maraschino cherry.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martini_(cocktail) 

For the GDC twist, view the video here:

• 45ml Fireside gin (available to buy online in 375ml and 750ml flasks – your choice)
• 20ml fresh lemon juice
• 20ml sugar syrup
• Sparkling water

1. Shake all ingredients (except the sparkly stuff) in a chilled shaker.
2. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice.
3. Top up with sparkling water and sip like you invented it.

Historical pedigree and playful panache; that’s a Tom Collins.