Ronan Collins

Serve in a

Garnish:

Pineapple wedge on rim

How to make:

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

Review:

Not just a Collins made with Irish whiskey but a Ronan Collins. There's some Irish logic as to why this cocktail is garnished with a pineapple wedge, but that's what sets it apart.

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:

Classically known as a Mike Collins, but in more recent years, this Irish whiskey-based Collins has been eponymously named for Ronan Collins, the Senior Brand Ambassador for Irish Whiskey at Pernod Ricard UK.

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

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Alcohol content:

• 1.2 standard drinks
• 11.95% alc./vol. (23.9° proof)
• 16.1 grams of pure alcohol