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John Collins
Preparation info
- Makes
1
Cocktail - Difficulty
Easy
Appears in
Published 2019
Legend has it that this drink was named for a waiter named John Collins, who worked at a London restaurant called Limmer’s. It was first recorded in cocktail books in the late nineteenth century, and some early recipes called for whiskey rather than gin.
Ingredients
2 fl oz 60 ml ½ fl oz 15 m
Method
Combine the genever, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a shaker. Add ice, shake hard for 8–10 seconds, and strain into a collins glass filled with ice.