The Tom Collins is a Collins cocktail made from gin, lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water. First immortalized in writing in 1876 by Jerry Thomas, "the father of American mixology", these "gin and lemonade" drinks are usually served in Collins glasses on ice. "Mix Collins" can be bought in stores and enjoyed alone (like soft drinks) or with gin.
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In August 1891, British physician Sir Morell Mackenzie wrote an article in an influential 19th century magazine Fortnightly Review claiming that England was the home country for Tom Collins cocktail and a person named John Collins was the creator. In the article, Mackenzie quoted an old song, a title he indicated as "John Collins." However, the British weekly Magazine Punch immediately underestimated Mackenzie's efforts, noting in August 1891 that the title of the song was actually "Jim Collins" and that Mackenzie was improperly quoted and characterized by the song.
Drinks called John Collins did exist before the deception of Tom Collins in 1874. A recipe for it appeared in 1869. Steward and Barkeeper's Manual. Historian cocktail David Wondrich stated that there were several other earlier mention of this version of the drink and that it has a striking resemblance to the gin blows presented at London clubs like Garrick in the first half of the 19th century.
The confusion about the origin of the cocktail continued when American writer Charles Montgomery Skinner noted in 1898 that Tom Collins had made his way to the "American Bar" in England, France, and Germany, where American invention stimulated curiosity in Europe and served as a reflection American art.
As time passed, Tom Collins's interest diminished and its origins became lost. In the early 1920s, the ban in the United States, American journalist and American English student H. L. Mencken said:
Origin... Tom-Collins... remains to be established; historians of alcoholism, like philologists, have ignored it. But basically the American character [this and other beverages] is clear, despite the fact that some people have switched to English. The English, in naming their drinks, usually display a much more limited imagination. Looking for names, for example, for a mix of whiskey and sparkling water, the best they can accomplish is whiskey and soda. The Americans, who were introduced to the same beverage, instantly gave it a more original name than the high-ball.
Jim Collins
Drinks known as Jim Collins have been around since 1860 at least and are believed to originate with a headwaiter of the name who worked at Limmer's Old House on Conduit Street in Mayfair, which is a popular London hotel and coffee house around 1790-1817.
The following poem was written by Frank and Charles Sheridan about Jim Collins:
A recipe for Jim Collins is featured in 1869: Steward and Barkeeper's Manual:
Beverage historian David Wondrich has speculated that the original recipe introduced to New York in the 1850s would be very similar to the gin blows that are known to have been presented at London's fashionable clubs such as Garrick during the first half of the 19th century. century. He stated that this would be along the lines of "gin, lemon juice, cold soda water, and maraschino liquor".
A special call to Old Tom gin in a recipe in 1869 was probably the cause for the next name change to "Tom Collins" in Jerry Thomas's 1876 recipe. Previous versions of gin punch tend to use Hollands instead.
Some of the confusion about the origin of the drink and the cause of the change of name has appeared in the past because of the following:
The Tom Collins Hoax 1874
In 1874, people in New York, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere in the United States would begin a conversation with "Have you seen Tom Collins?" After the listener can be allegedly reacting by explaining that they do not know Tom Collins, the speaker will state that Tom Collins is talking about the listener to others and that Tom Collins "is just around the corner", "in the [local] bar," or elsewhere near. Conversation about Tom Collins that does not exist is a proven hoax. In The Great Tom Collins hoax of 1874, once known, the speaker will encourage the listener to act foolishly by reacting to the patent crap that deliberately featured by the hoaxer as a reality. Specifically, the speaker wants the listener to be anxious on the idea of ​​someone talking about them to others in such a way that the listener will rush to find a Tom Collins supposedly nearby. Similar to the New York Zoo lies of 1874, some newspapers spread a very successful practical joke by printing stories containing fake sightings of Tom Collins. The lie of 1874 quickly gained such fame that some of the music hall music of 1874 memorialized the event (the copy is now in the Library of Congress).
Tom Collins's first recipe
The recipe for Tom Collins first appeared in the 1876 edition of Jerry Thomas' Bar-Tender's Guide. Because New York-based Thomas will know about the widespread trickery and the content of a book published in 1876 developed during or right after the Great Tom Collins hoax of 1874, it is believed by George Sinclair that the hoax event is the most source it makes sense from the name for the cocktail of Tom Collins. Classified under the heading "Collins" with the same brandy whiskey and drinks, Jerry Thomas' Tom Collins Gin instructs:
This is distinguished from the Gin Fizz cocktail because 3 strips of lemon juice in Gin Fizz are "sauce" with carbonated water to form "Gin and Sodawater" while more "small lemon juice" in Tom Collins essentially forms "Gin and Sparkling Lemonade" when sweetened with syrup gum. The type of gin used by Thomas is not mentioned in his book of 1876, but it is most likely Old Tom if it is responsible for the name change of the drink. If, alternatively, the name change was due to the popularity of Tom Collins Hoax in 1874 it is more likely that Dutch gin than the English London Dry Gin intended since Jerry Thomas' Gin Fizz (1862) called for Dutch gin and Hollands Gin (Jenever) imported into the United States at that time with a ratio of about 6 liters for every British Tom Gin Old liter.
Popularity
In 1878, Tom Collins served in a bar room in New York City and elsewhere. Identified as 'favorite beverage of interest everywhere' in ad for 1878 edition of The Modern Bartender's Guide by OH Byron, gin and whiskey Tom Collins and brandy Tom Collins are considered luxury drinks. In the 1891 book, The Flowing Bowl: When and What to Drink, author William Schmidt listed Tom Collins as including:
One turn of the 20th century recipe then replaces lemon juice with lime juice.
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Alternative history puts origin in St. Louis.
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Modern mix
The 1986 The Book of Cocktails provides a modern recipe for Thomas' 1876 recipe for this long drink:
John (or Tom) Collins (1986)
ice Cube 2 oz. [6Ã, CL] dry gin 2 oz. [6Ã, cL] lemon juice 1 teaspoon sugar (gomme) syrup
soda water lemon slice
1 cherry colored
Place plenty of ice in a large glass. Add gin, lemon juice, and syrup. Recharge with soda water and mix well. Serve with lemon slices, cherries and straws.
Juan Collins
The Juan Collins is a Collins cocktail made from tequila, lime juice, sugar or other sweeteners, and club soda. This is a variation of the original Tom Collins, first captured in writing in 1876 by the "father of American mixology" Jerry Thomas. This drink is usually served in a Collins glass on ice.
See also
- Collins glass
- Gin Sour
- Cocktail list
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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