Description
Some say that the Tom Collins was named after "Old Tom" Gin which is a sweetened gin used rarely today. There are also accounts that it was named after the creator of the drink. England, Australia, and America have all laid claim.

Another American account puts it in the early 19th century from an Irish immigrant, Tom Collins, one of eight children. He worked as a bartender in the New Jersey and New York area, and to beat the heat, made this drink for himself to sip without "getting tight". Friends wanted to try it, liked it, and it became his signature drink.

But whoever made it first or wherever it came from it is refreshing and is so popular now it even has a glass named after it.

If your bar doesn't serve it, here's the ingredients
below, tell them, if you're nice they may make it
for you or you can make it yourself at home.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 ounces gin
1 teaspoon powdered sugar
1 tablespoons lemon juice
1 slice orange
1 maraschino cherry
club soda

In a mixing glass, add lemon juice, powdered sugar, and gin.
Cover and shake. Pour into collins glass filled with ice cubes,
fill with club soda, and stir. Garnish with lemon and orange slices
and a maraschino cherry.
Serve with straw

Enjoy!

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