Tom Collins with Lemon Syrup

Recette de cocktail - Monsieur Cocktail - Patrice Plante -  Tom Collins
Ingredients :

1½ oz (45 ml) Old Tom gin or woody, spicy or floral gin

¾ oz (23 ml) lemon syrup

3 oz (90 ml) sparkling water

Lemon wheel. (for garnish)

Preparation :

Add the ingredients to a tall glass except sparkling water and fill with ice.

Stir with a chopstick or bar spoon until your fingers get cold.

Top with sparkling water.

Garnish with a lemon wheel.

About our Tom Collins with Lemon Syrup

The mid 1800's. Old Tom, a kind of gin. A waiter nicknamed Collins at Limmer's Old House, London. Or, a hoax of the same name. In the end, one of the most beautiful and simple cocktails in history was born.