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Mint Collins

Name: Mint Collins
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 12 fresh Mint leaves; 60 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 75 ml Soda water

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Ingredients
12 fresh	Mint leaves
2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
2 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water

Garnish: Mint sprigs bouquet. Serve with a straw.

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Method:

Lightly MUDDLE (just to bruise) mint in base of shaker. Add next 3 ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. TOP with soda and briefly stir.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

19.5 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe in Victor Bergeron's 1972 Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide (Revised Edition).

MINT COLLINS
Juice of ½ lemon
2 ounces mint-flavoured gin
Carbonated water
Shake lemon juice and gin well with ice cubes. Strain into 12-ounce chimney glass. Add several ice cubes. Fill glass with carbonated water. Stir gently. Decorate with lemon slice, orange slice, and a cherry. Serve with straws.
Victor Bergeron, Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide (Revised Edition), 1972

More cocktails by Victor Bergeron A.K.A Trader Vic

Review

A minty John Collins – just as the name suggests.

Variations/similar cocktails

Also good, perhaps better, made with old tom gin.
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Peter M Premium Member 2y

Might be the wrong photo? Not sure what would cause the color...

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 2y

Photo is so old that it's pre-digital photography. I'll replace ASAP.

Peter M Premium Member 1y

Much better photo now!

Tom W 5y

As the review says, exactly what the name promises. This is nice but no more than that. Should be quite easy to improve or adapt to something more special.

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