Raspberry Collins

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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
10 fresh Raspberries
2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄2 oz Giffard Crème de Framboise
1 1⁄2 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
3 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura optional
3⁄4 oz Thomas Henry Soda Water
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered raspberry and lemon slice wheel.
  3. MUDDLE raspberries in base of shaker.
  4. Add next 5 ingredients (all but soda) and SHAKE with ice.
  5. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  6. TOP with soda and briefly stir.
  7. Garnish with skewered lemon slice wheel and raspberry (sail).

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 8/10
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Review:

A popular modern-day adaptation of the classic Collins with a whopping 45ml (1½oz) of lemon juice, yet is far from being overly sour. (I've tried reducing the lemon and rebalancing with less sugar but the result is a lesser cocktail.)

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Variant:

Raspberry Debonnaire

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 1999 by Cairbry Hill, London, England.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 12.71% alc./vol. (12.71° proof)
  • 20.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Ryan Harrold’s Avatar Ryan Harrold
18th April 2024 at 07:21
I tried making this cocktail with and without fine straining and I personally preferred making this by fine straining, since you don’t get little bits of raspberry getting sucked up through the straw, since I can be picky with fruit sometimes, but both ways work fine and overall this cocktail is pretty good
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
18th April 2024 at 09:26
Agreed. Thanks, Ryan. I've amended to say fine strain.
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Kurt Worden’s Avatar Kurt Worden
11th July 2022 at 02:37
Very good, Could use a stronger gin.
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