Rum Collins

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Discerning Drinkers (2 ratings)

Serve in a

Collins glass

Photographed in an

Urban Bar Fluet Highball 1910 45cl

Garnish:

Skewered Luxardo Maraschino cherry and lemon slice (sail)

How to make:

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with soda.

2 fl oz Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
3/4 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
1 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 fl oz Thomas Henry Soda Water
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Review:

It's more common to find rum mixed with lime juice, but the Rum Collins calls for lemon, and this combines brilliantly with the aged rum in this long refreshing cocktail.

Variant:

With light rum this becomes a Pedro Collins

History:

Adapted from a recipe featured in the 1932 menu of Sloppy Joe's Bar in Havana, Cuba.

RUM COLLINS
The juice of a Lemon
1 Part of Rum.
Seltzer water.
Serve in a 10 ounce glass with cracked ice.

Sloppy Joe's menu, 1932

Collins cocktail history and recipes

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 12.34% alc./vol. (24.68° proof)
  • 19.5 grams of pure alcohol
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