Tom Collins Pitcher

Name: Tom Collins Pitcher
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 8 drinks
Ingredients: 1.5 cups gin (360 ml); 0.75 cup fresh lemon juice (180 ml); 0.5 cup simple syrup (120 ml); 4 cups club soda, chilled (960 ml); lemon wheels and cherries

The Collins is basically a gin lemonade, which is why it works so well outdoors. A pitcher of gin, lemon and syrup keeps in the fridge until the coals are ready, and the soda goes in the glass. It looks pretty and it goes with everything.

8 drinksYield

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What you'll need

1.5 cups gin (360 ml)
0.75 cup fresh lemon juice (180 ml)
0.5 cup simple syrup (120 ml)
4 cups club soda, chilled (960 ml)
lemon wheels and cherries

How to make it

Stir the gin, lemon juice and syrup together in a pitcher. Chill.
Fill tall glasses with ice and pour in the base until one-third full.
Fill with club soda and add a wheel and cherry.
Glass: Tall glasses. Garnish: A lemon wheel and a cherry.

Chef's secrets

Squeeze the lemons fresh.

Adjust the syrup to your lemons.

Good to know

Make ahead

The base keeps 2 days in the fridge.