
Tom Collins Cocktail Recipe
Another classic, the Tom Collins has some unresolved questions about its exact origins, but recipes for similar drinks were published as early as the 1850s. In 1869 a recipe for a John Collins cocktail was published in The Steward and Barkeepers Manual, which called specifically for Old Tom Gin, and the first mention published mention of the Tom Collins, by bartender Jerry Thomas in A Bar-tenders Guide, likely used a Hollands gin. Learn how to make it yourself.