湯姆·柯林斯雞尾酒【top10 cocktails for men】07—tom collins p2 - tom collins —shake（搖和法）

Colins is a style of cocktail that is made in, as you might imagine, a Collins glass. I'm gonna show you how to make the king of all Collins cocktails, the Tom Collins. The Tom Collins is basically a gin sour that is topped with soda water. So we're gonna start with our gin. Two ounces. As you would a normal gin sour. You notice a lot of these classic cocktails have the same recipes, just different ingredients. And we're just gonna build this right in the glass, because we're gonna top it with soda water. So we don't need to shake it or stir it to add any extra dilution from the ice. Just make sure your soda is nice and cold. Cause we're not gonna get any extra chilling from the ice when we shake it. Now three quarters ounce of simple syrup as our sweetener. Again, just one part sugar to one part water. And we need some lemon juice as our citrus to balance out that sweetener. We're just gonna need three quarters ounce of that. Equal parts. And as always, the fresher your juice is, the better. I cannot condone store-bought citrus. I just can't do it. And I won't. Fresh lemon juice. Three quarters ounce of that. This drink is really great for hot weather. Because of all that soda water, it's really, really refreshing. And also it makes it last a lot longer. And of course you can use three quarters lemon. The Tom Collins is the most classic of the Collins, but it's a great template for variation. You can make this with bourbon. You can make this with tequila. All that stuff works. I'm gonna top it off with ice. I really like to fill it all the way up. And our nice cold seltzer. And like I said, that'll serve as our dilution. So no shaking or stirring. I think Tom Collins is a drink that deserves a good garnish. It's a long drink. You're gonna be holding it for a while. Might as well be pretty to look at. So, okay, I'm just gonna cut a little wedge of orange. And if you have a toothpick or a little crystal pick like this, you can make a, I like to call a flag. And add a little cherry. Put the cherry on top, naturally. Jimmy that in there. And there you go. And that's how you make a classic Collins, the Tom Collins.