Tom Collins
| IBA official cocktail | |
|---|---|
| Type | Cocktail |
| Base spirit | |
| Served | On the rocks: poured over ice |
| Standard garnish | orange, cherry, or lime |
| Standard drinkware |  |
| IBA specified ingredients‹See TfM›† |
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| Preparation | Mix the gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup in a tall glass with ice, top up with soda water, garnish and serve. |
The Tom Collins is a cocktail. It is essentially a Gin Fizz, using "Old Tom Gin" (a sweetened version of, and precursor to, London Dry Gin) and served in a Collins glass over ice. Commercial sweet and sour mix is commonly used as a replacement for the sugar and lemon juice.
The Ron Collins is a variation on the Tom Collins in which the gin is replaced by rum. This cocktail was invented in Cuba in the 1920s [1] and remains a popular drink there today. The name is a pun—ron is the Spanish word for rum.