A refreshing balance of sour lemon and sugar, laced with gin and lengthened with soda.
John Collins (IBA)
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A refreshing balance of sour lemon and sugar, laced with gin and lengthened with soda.
Recipe Source
Recipe source: International Bartenders Association
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Ingredients: John Collins (IBA)
Ingredients
Gin · ingredient
Syrup - Simple · ingredient
Lemon Juice · ingredient
Prep: Fresh Squeezed
Water - Soda from Siphon · ingredient
Garnish
Cherry · supply
Drinkware
1
Highball · tool
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Tool
1
Citrus Juicer · tool
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Elbow Squeezer · tool
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Spoon · tool
Prep: Stirring
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Steps: John Collins (IBA)
1
Pour
1 min
Pour all ingredients directly into highball glass filled with ice.
Pour slowly over the back of a bar spoon to layer cleanly.
2
Stir
1 min
Stir gently.
Stir gently for 20-30 seconds. Stirring chills without diluting as much as shaking.
Recommended Gin
Materials
Beefeater London Dry Gin · ingredient
40.0% ABV; United Kingdom; Beefeater is one of the classic London Dry gins, with a juniper-driven, crisp dry style enhanced by citrus and exotic aromatics.
Booth's Finest Dry Gin · ingredient
United Kingdom; A bottle of Booth's Dry Gin produced back in the 1950s, distilled by the sadly closed Booth's of London.
The Duke Munich Dry Gin · ingredient
45.0% ABV; Germany
Granit Gin · ingredient
Alte Hausbrennerei Penninger is the leading distiller of traditional Bavarian speciality spirits.
Divine Gin · ingredient
Using modern distilling techniques and fresh yorkshire spring water to produce a hearty aroma with a distinctive character, that ensures a divine level of complexity.
Hendrick's Gin · ingredient
A superb, and utterly unique, pink-tinged gin from William Grant's.
Hendrick's Orbium Gin · ingredient
The distillers who brought us Hendrick’s beloved cucumber and rose gin have hit on another great innovation: quininated gin.
Jillions Gin · ingredient
40.0% ABV; Jillions Gin is a Super Premium Spirit based on our much loved auntie who worked during WW2 at Bletchley Park and created this style Herbaceous Gin which blends perfectly with cucumber or fresh herbs.
88 Gin · ingredient
40.0% ABV; 88 Gin is the second in our collection is a Pink Grapefruit Citrus style Super Premium Gin with delicately balanced botanical that burst with flavour when complimented with the perfect serve.
The Duke Rough Gin · ingredient
47.0% ABV; Germany
The Duke Wanderlust Gin · ingredient
47.0% ABV; Germany
Burgen Tonki Kong Gin · ingredient
42.0% ABV; Germany
Burgen Herbal Dry Gin · ingredient
45.0% ABV; Germany
Burgen Dry Gin · ingredient
45.0% ABV; Germany
Burgen Gin Distillers Cut · ingredient
42.0% ABV; Germany
Recommended Lemon Juice
Materials
ReaLemon Lemon Juice · ingredient
Just about everyone recognizes ReaLemon and ReaLime – the distinctive, fruit-shaped squeeze bottles are a familiar sight to anyone who frequents grocery stores.
cocktail · recipe
John Collins (IBA)
5 min · 1 cocktail
Origin
Created at John Collins coffeehouse, London, 1800s. Originally made with genever.
Rating
4
Recipe Source
International Bartenders Association
Materials
Ingredients
Gin · ingredient
Syrup - Simple · ingredient
Lemon Juice · ingredient
Prep: Fresh Squeezed
Water - Soda from Siphon · ingredient
Garnish
Cherry · supply
Drinkware
1
Highball · tool
Show 1
Tool
1
Citrus Juicer · tool
Show 1
1
Elbow Squeezer · tool
Show 1
1
Spoon · tool
Prep: Stirring
Show 1
Steps
1
Pour
1 min
Pour all ingredients directly into highball glass filled with ice.
Pour slowly over the back of a bar spoon to layer cleanly.
2
Stir
1 min
Stir gently.
Stir gently for 20-30 seconds. Stirring chills without diluting as much as shaking.