Tom Collins recipe — The friendly neighborhood drink who waves from his porch and actually remembers your name. Made with gin. Originally from United States.
I'm the golden retriever of cocktails — approachable, reliable, and genuinely happy to see you. I've been perfecting the art of being refreshingly uncomplicated since the 1870s, and I still think a good conversation is better than any fancy garnish. Sure, I might not be the flashiest drink at the party, but I'm the one you'll actually want to hang out with.
The Tom Collins was born from a popular 1870s prank called 'Tom Collins hoax' where people would tell someone that a guy named Tom Collins was talking trash about them at a nearby bar, sending the victim on a wild goose chase to find this fictional troublemaker.
Born in the 1870s during America's cocktail golden age, the Tom Collins emerged from bartender Jerry Thomas's influential recipe book. It quickly became the people's cocktail — simple, refreshing, and impossible to mess up too badly.
Category: cocktail | Difficulty: easy | Base spirit: gin | ABV: 8.0-12.0%
Origin: United States