The Bar-tender's Guide/Tom Collins Whiskey

The Bar-tender's Guide: How to mix all kinds of plain and fancy drinks (1887)
by Jerry Thomas
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Tom Collins Whiskey.

(Use small bar-glass.)

  • Take 5 or 6 dashes of gum syrup.
  • Take Juice of a small lemon.
  • Take 1 large wine-glass of whiskey.
  • Take 2 or 3 lumps of ice.

Shake up well and strain into a large bar-glass.

Fill up the glass with plain soda water and imbibe while it is lively.