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Captain Collins

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (9)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 23 fl oz Canadian blended whisky
56 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
12 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1 12 fl oz Thomas Henry Soda Water

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange slice & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry on stick (sail).

Method

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Captain Collins contains 164 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 10.89% alc./vol. (21.78° proof)
  • 15.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

See the history of the Collins cocktail on our Tom Collins page.

Review

Sweetened, soured and diluted Canadian whisky.

Variations/similar cocktails

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

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Difford’s Shop logo
$0.30 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 50 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.


Orders are processed by a licensed Fulproof retailer. The buy now button is added simply for convenience.

Checkout

* May not include all ingredients. Price per cocktail is an estimate based on cost of one cocktail with ingredients shown above and does not include shipping.