Limoncello Collins

• Recipe by Cocktails 2007

Hatfields• Los Angeles
The Collins was most likely named after 19th-century bartender John Collins of London’s Limmer’s Hotel. The Tom Collins was originally made with Old Tom, a sweet style of gin that’s extremely hard to find today.

Ingredients

1. 16 ounces limoncello
2. 12 ounces gin
3. 8 ounces fresh lemon juice
4. 24 paper thin lemon slices
5. Ice
6. 16 ounces chilled club soda
7. 8 mint sprigs

Directions

1. In a pitcher, combine the limoncello, gin and lemon juice. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours. Press 3 thin lemon slices against the inside of each of 8 collins glasses. Add ice to the glasses. Stir the limoncello mixture and pour it into the glasses. Stir 2 ounces of club soda into each drink and garnish with a mint sprig.