The Original Collins

Source: http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2009/08/original-collins.html

Ingredients

0.5 oz Rich simple syrup (2:1)
1 oz Lemon juice
2 oz Bols genever

Instructions

Build on ice in a Collins glass. Top with soda water, and garnish with a lemon wedge and straw. Note: the measurements were scaled back by a third from the printed recipe to more closely represent what we were served in a 10 oz Collins glass.

Entered August 21, 2009

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