The Collins Cocktail is made from gin, lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water. The cocktail’s origin is still unknown, and it has led to different stories about how it was made. This article will highlight some of these stories.
Jerry Thomas is regarded as the father of American mixology. He published a book called The Bar-Tender Guide in 1862. It was the first drink book to be published in the United States of America, which contained the first official recipe of the Collins cocktail, and it is used to defend the origin of the cocktail in America. The drink is made by preparing in a shaker of five to six dashes of gum Arabic syrup, the juice of a small lemon, gin, and two ice cubes. The drink is shaken vigorously, then poured into a glass, and is completed by adding sparkling water.
Collins cocktail originated from a joke told in New York in 1874. A group of friends started telling people in bars that a man named Tom Collins was walking around the city spreading lies about them. People began searching in different bars for him. This led bartenders to invent the cocktail and serve it in cocktail bar for anyone looking for Tom Collins.
The United States and England also claim the drink originated in their country. HL Menken wrote that the cocktail originated in the United States. He wrote that the English lack imagination in allocating names; for example, if a recipe mixes whiskey and soda, they refer to it as whiskey and soda. Consequently, no English person is able to name it the Collins Cocktail.
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