Tom Collins
Citrusy gin drink
A Tom Collins is a cocktail made with gin, lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water, served over ice in a tall glass.
The drink belongs to the "collins" family of cocktails, which share the same basic formula but vary the base spirit: I'll have a Tom Collins.
The name likely comes from a 19th-century hoax where people were told a man named Tom Collins was spreading rumors about them.
Spirit lengthened with mixer
- bartenderOne who serves drinks
- mixologyArt of crafting drinks
- shakerVessel for mixing drinks
- barwareCocktail-making implements
garnish · maraschino cherry · orange slice · happy hour · libation · spirits · recipe · ice cubes
Pressed citrus liquid
citrus · pucker · lemon wedge · fresh-squeezed · citron · pith · lemon twist · lemon peel
Emitting small bright flashes
- fizzyContaining dissolved gas
- bubblyFizzy or cheerfully animated
- carbonatedInfused with gas
- effervescentFizzing with gas bubbles
soda water · seltzer · refreshing · crisp · chilled · ice-cold · cool · thirst-quenching
Authoritative legal ban
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- vintageQuality from past eras
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
heritage · savoy · time-honored · retro · 1876
highball
Spirit lengthened with mixer
barware · garnish · maraschino cherry · orange slice · happy hour · libation · spirits · recipe · ice cubes · stirred
lemon juice
Pressed citrus liquid
acidic · citrus · pucker · lemon wedge · fresh-squeezed · citron · pith · lemon twist · lemon peel · Meyer lemon
sparkling
Emitting small bright flashes
- fizzyContaining dissolved gas
- bubblyFizzy or cheerfully animated
- carbonatedInfused with gas
effervescent · soda water · seltzer · refreshing · crisp · chilled · ice-cold · cool · thirst-quenching · light
prohibition
Authoritative legal ban
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- vintageQuality from past eras
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
traditional · heritage · savoy · time-honored · retro · 1876
juniper
Aromatic berry-bearing conifer
- botanicalsPlant-based ingredients
- distilledPurified by vaporization
- gin fizzEffervescent juniper-citrus cocktail
martini · gin and tonic · aviation · sapphire · liquor · spirits · alcohol · proof
- cocktail barbartender, cocktails, martini, bar stool, bar counter
- cocktailsmartini, margarita, Manhattan, mojito, daiquiri
- Eponymous FoodsCaesar salad, Pavlova, Salisbury steak, Peach Melba, Cobb salad
- Prohibition drinksbathtub gin, bootleg whiskey, hooch, moonshine, near beer
- aperitifsaperitif, Aperol, Aperol spritz, Campari, spritz
- 80s drinkswine cooler, fuzzy navel, peach schnapps, melon ball, B-52