How to Make Your Own Cocktail

Name: How to Make Your Own Cocktail
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 oz gin, or other spirit of choice; 1 oz lemon juice; 1 oz simple syrup; club soda, or other carbonated water

3 mins prepServes 1

This cocktail recipe template is perfect for experimenting with different spirits, simple syrups, and citrus fruits. Learn how to make the classic Tom Collins your own with this easy recipe template.

1 servings

What you need

2 oz gin, (I used Empress 1908 Gin)

1 oz lemon juice

1 oz simple syrup

1 club soda

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Instructions


0 Combine the first three ingredients in a cocktail shaker and fill it with ice.
1 Shake until chilled, about 12 seconds, then strain into a Collins glass (or other tall glass) filled with ice.
2 Top with chilled club soda and garnish with a lemon wheel and a cocktail cherry, or mint, or other botanicals, as desired.

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