The Tom Collins is a really easy drink with a daring, simple taste – that’s why it’s been such an everlasting basic. It’s primarily a fizzy gin lemonade (or limeade), supreme for sipping via a straw on sizzling summer season days.

This drink is finest served in a tall, cool glass. The recipe requires London dry gin, and Beefeater makes a terrific Tom Collins. It enhances the tartness of the drink.

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This outdated recipe is splendidly balanced to present you simply the correct quantity of candy, bitter and natural. It’s as refreshing as any non-alcoholic beverage could possibly be, particularly on a sizzling day.

If it’s a extremely sizzling day, you may need to serve it in a Julep or mule mug just like the copper mug I exploit for my Moscow Mule. These are designed to maintain drinks chilly longer, particularly out within the sizzling solar. Or you possibly can serve it in a calming glass or beer mug.

You’ll be able to take pleasure in this drink with any meal you’d have with a lemonade. It’s nice with burgers and fries, or any type of deli sandwich you’d like.

One actually superior mixture I’d suggest is a Tom Collins with a superb carne asada. It’s primarily spicy, but additionally citrus, and the flavors are good with this basic candy and bitter lemon cocktail.