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Ronan Collins

Name: Ronan Collins
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Irish whiskey; 25 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 45 ml Soda water

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Measurements in:

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Ingredients
1 2/3 fl oz	Irish whiskey
5/6 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1 1/2 fl oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge.

Method

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

Garnish

Garnish with pineapple wedge on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Ronan Collins contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

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

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.

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.

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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Comments & Discussion

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Robert Spain 1y

Very good. I love cocktails that have a distinctive flavor, but you can still fell ylthe individual ingredients. There aren't so many here, but whiskey isn't disguised by lemon, and it cannot be confused with scotch. So kudos.