Vodka Collins

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Discerning Drinkers (19 ratings)

Serve in a

Collins glass

Garnish:

Skewered orange slice & cherry sail

How to make:

SHAKE first 3 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with soda and briefly stir.

2 fl oz Ketel One Vodka
5/6 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
1 2/3 fl oz Thomas Henry Soda Water
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AKA:

Joe Collins

Review:

A Tom Collins with vodka - a refreshing balance of sweet and sour.

Variant:

In his 1948 The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks David A. Embury says, "Originally there were two brothers only in the Collins family - Tom and John. During recent years, however, numerous cousins have appeared on the scene - Pedro, Pierre, Sandy, Mike, Jack, the Colonel and several others whose first names have not yet been officially recorded in the baptismal registry."
Captain Collins - with Canadian whisky
Colonel Collins - with bourbon whiskey
Dutch Collins or Genever Collins (aka Phil Collins) - with genever/jenever/Hollands
Jack Collins - with calvados
Jock Collins or Sandy Collins - with Scotch whisky
Joe Collins or Vodka Collins - with vodka
John Collins - with London dry gin
Jose Collins or Pepito Collins - with tequila
Mike Collins or Ronan Collins - with Irish whiskey
Pedro Collins - with light white rum
Pierre Collins - with cognac/brandy
Pisco Collins - with pisco
Rum Collins - with aged rum
Tom Collins - with old tom gin
Whiskey Collins - with bourbon/rye whiskey

History:

The exact origins of this drink are unknown, but its earliest appearance in a cocktail recipe book is in Ted Saucier's 1962 Bottoms Up - New and Revised Edition, which credits its creation to "Ted Majeski, United Press International."

Edward Majeski (1919-1988) was executive editor of the news picture service at United Press International and, according to his obituary in The New York Times, "boasted of never having taken a news picture in his career. But he was celebrated for a keen eye in recognizing a good picture." Apparently, he was also a keen amateur cocktail maker.

VODKA COLLINS
By Ted Majeski, United Press International
Juice ½ lemon
1 bar spoon powdered sugar
1 jigger vodka
Shake well with ice and strain into Collins glass. Add a lump of ice and fill glass with soda water. Decorate with 1 slice lemon, 1 maraschino cherry and a sprig of fresh mint.

Ted Saucier, Bottoms Up, 1952

Collins Cocktail history.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 12.9% alc./vol. (25.8° proof)
  • 19.4 grams of pure alcohol
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