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Highball · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 3/5

Tom Collins Brandy

A brandy Collins with gum syrup, maraschino, lemon juice, and plain soda.

Served in Large bar glass. Ice: Lumps of ice.

Variants (3)

Stuart's Fancy Drinks and How To Mix Them by Thos. Stuart (1904, p.13) — Stuart 1904, opening service section

1 small lemonlemon juice acid
1 wineglassbrandy base
5.5 dashgum syrup — Source says 5 or 6 dashes.base
fillSoda water — plain sodadilution
1.5 dashMaraschino liqueur — Maraschinomodifier
1.5 lumpice — Source says 1 or 2 lumps.other
  1. Build gum syrup, maraschino, lemon juice, brandy, and ice in a large bar glass, fill with plain soda, and do not shake if the soda is cold.

Ice: Lumps of ice

Jack's Manual by J. A. Grohusko (1910, p.85) — Brandy

1 lemonlemon juice — Juice of 1 lemon.acid
2 limeslime juice — Juice of 2 limes.acid
1 portionbrandy base
1 teaspoonfulsugar base
1 bottleclub soda dilution
2 lumpsice other
  1. Build the sugar, lemon juice, lime juice, ice, and brandy in the glass.
  2. Add the bottle of club soda, stir with a spoon, and serve.

Ice: 2 lumps ice

Home Brewed Wines and Beers and Bartenders' Guide by Johnson Smith & Company (1918) — 1918 Home Brewed, title/body anomaly

1 small lemonLemon juice (fresh) — lemon juiceacid
6 dashgum syrup base
1 wine-glassWhiskey — whiskeybase
topplain soda dilution
2 dashMaraschino modifier
  1. Build with cracked ice and fill with plain soda; do not shake if the soda is cold.

Ice: Cracked ice

See also: Tom Collins Gin, Brandy Collins

Source says to mix the same as above, substituting brandy for gin.