The underrated classic knows no bounds. Here are nine of our favorite easy takes. (via punch_drink)
Like so many drinks, the origins of the Collins are muddled. If you take the American side of the story, theevolved from the “The Great Tom Collins Hoax” of 1874, in which pranksters would tell a friend they had run into one “Tom Collins” at a bar around the corner who had bad-mouthed said friend. When the friend would leave to find “Tom Collins,” the trick sparked a wild-goose chase of, perhaps, not-so-epic proportions.
Or you can choose the British side, which suggests that the Tom Collins was the creation of London bartender John Collins, who dreamed up an eponymous gin punch in the latter half of the 19th century, that, when made with Old Tom Gin, presumably became the Tom Collins. Featured in Harry Johnson's 1882 bartender's manual, the classic is a bubblyAsk any bartender today for a riff on the Collins, and you’ll be certain to come away with at least a dozen variations.
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