Classics
John Collins
This 1910 Collins uses Holland gin and both lemon and lime. It lands rounder and grainier than its Old Tom cousin while keeping the family's clean sparkling finish.
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Reference: J. A. Grohusko · 1910 · Open source page ↗ · Scale it, save it, or twist it below.
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Ingredients
Genever, fresh citrus, and soda in a brisk, malty highball.
Taste: malted grain · fresh citrus · dry bubbles
Genever
60ml
Fresh lemon juice
20ml
Fresh lime juice
7.5ml
Simple syrup
12.5ml
Soda water
90ml
How to make it
Shake the genever, citrus, and syrup briefly with cold ice.
Strain into an ice-filled Collins glass and top slowly with soda water.
Lift once with a bar spoon and finish with a thin lemon wheel.
Source: DosVermuts adaptation of J. A. Grohusko, Jack's Manual (1910), p. 53, LOC image 61 · A trusted classic — make it as-is, scale it, or twist it.
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