Tom Collins Flashcards
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What are the base ingredients of a Tom Collins?
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Lemon juice, sugar syrup, gin & soda water garnished with a lemon slice & maraschino cherry.
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Why the name Tom Collins?
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Thought to be named after the great Tom Collins hoax of 1874 - cocktail appeared in the 1876 edition of Jerry Thomas ‘the bartenders guide’
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What was the great Tom Collins hoax of 1874?
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A non-existent “Tom collins” was said to be speaking un-truths about you! Upon asking where he was answered with around the corner causing the agitated listener to rush off to find “him” this practical joke was propagated with newspapers printing pictures of possible sightings of Tom Collins!
