Jeg har vist misforstået et par ting; kunne være man skulle melde sig til et bartenderkursus, så man ikke kun køre på hear-say.

Men Mojitos er og bliver det bedste!

TOM COLLINS:

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* 2 shots / 60 ml / 2 oz Old Tom gin
* 1 shot / 30 ml / 1 oz lemon juice
* 1 bar-spoon sugar syrup
* Build ingredients over ice in a tall glass and top off with soda water. Garnish with a lemon zest twist.

As ever with old cocktails, the origins of the Tom Collins are uncertain and much disputed. Some assert that the drink is so-named because it originally used Old Tom gin, while others believe it was named after the Tom Collins hoax of 1874, a strange happening you can read more about here. Given that the first written occurrence of the Tom Collins, from Jerry Thomas‘ 1876 edition of the Bartender’s Guide, listed brandy, whiskey and gin versions of the drink all under the name Tom Collins I am inclined to believe the later story, but both stories seem perfectly plausible.

Leaving history aside, the drink itself is a simple but tasty drink with a refreshing nature that will make it a perfect libation once the winter months have passed. The lemon provides a nice tart zing, with the sweetness of the sugar syrup and Old Tom pulling back the sourness. The Old Tom remains fairly subtle in the background but does provide an extra depth to the flavours. Enjoyable, but I wanted something a little stronger so the Old Tom can really shine through.

Jay Hepburn fra Ohgosh

Tom Collins Gin (1891)
The juice of half a lemon in a large glass,
a bar-spoonful of sugar,
a drink of Tom gin; mix this well;
2 lumps of ice,
a bottle of plain soda.
Mix well and serve.

The Flowing Bowl: “When and what to Drink”

Old Tom is London Dry but sweetened with simple syrup, a style very popular in the ninteenth century. Ol Tom was Originally used to make Tom Collins and other sweet cocktails, but in the twentieth century the sweetness qoutient seemed to drop a few notches as styled changed.
Og..
(from Planters Hotel in St Louis in the 1850s)
11/2 oz gin
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
1 oz simple sirup
4 oz club soda
shake and strain into a Collins glass(12 oz).
Orange and cherry for garnish

Dale Degrof: “The craft of the cocktail”

The original prank went something like this: A friend would run into you on the street and, with great concern, tell you he just overheard someone named Tom Collins at a bar down the street saying hateful and libelous things about you. You race to that bar to confront the bounder, where you would be told that Tom Collins had just left for a bar several blocks away. When you get there, Collins would already have decamped for another joint across town. As you chase all over the city, your friends convulse with laughter.

Wall Street journal May 26th 2007

Juice of 1/2 Lemon
1/2 Tablespoon Powdered Sugar
1 Glass Dry Gin
Shake well and strain into a tall tumbler. Add 1 lumb of ice and splti of soda water
Orange and cherry for garnish

The Savoy Cocktail Book

Altså………….
Der er ikke en fast definition på en Tom Collins, og da det er næsten umuligt at finde en Old Tom gin her i London er det vist for meget at forlange at den SKAL indeholde Ol Tom (jeg smagte Haymans Old Tom i New York, men har endnu ikke set den i london).

GIN FIZZ

“The difference between a fizz and a collins is glass size and garnish”

11/2 oz gin
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
1 oz simple sirup
Club soda
Shake the gin , lemon juice and strain into a 8-10 oz glass with ice. Fill with club soda. NO GARNISH

Dale Degroff “The craft of the Cocktail”

Juice of 1/2 Lemon
1/2 Tablespoon Powdered Sugar
1 Glass Gin
Shake well, strain into a medium sized glass and fill with syphon soda water.

“The Savoy Cocktail Book”

ALTSÅ
Tom Collins kan, men skal ikke laves med Old Tom gin. Det eneste sted jeg har fundet at Gin Fizz skal laves med Old Tom var i en forvirret note på wikipedia. Undskyld, men Wiki kan være god som inspiration, men er absolut ikke en værdig kilde.

The Savoy Cocktail Book nævner også John Collins som en Genever baseret cocktail, men stort set alle andre steder inklusiv i The Craft of the Cocktail bliver den beskrevet som en whiskey baseret Tom Collins.

Så er bolden kastet op Kamstrup, jeg håber du griber den og kaster tilbage…

Hilsen Henrik

Men jeg har stadig ikke helt forstået forskellen på en Tom Collins og en Gin Fizz. Jeg får altid forskellige forklaringer. Måske er det bare at Tom Collins blev lavet med Old Tom gin, der virkelig er utrolig sød. Er tom Colins bare sødere variant af Gin Fizz?

Men vil dog også hurtigt lige nævne, at der jo faktisk er en lille forskel på John og Tom Collins.
John Collins bør laves med Genever og en Tom Collins med Old Tom gin.