Memorial Day Cocktail: Tom Collins

A classic cocktail that isn’t filled with tons of sugar!

Celebrate your Memorial Day right — by throwing back a few drinks! (just don├óΓé¼Γäót overdo it)

Thanks to liquor.com for the recipe!

Tom Collins
Ingredients

.75 oz Fresh lemon juice
.75 oz Simple syrup (one part water, one part granulated sugar)
1.5 oz Gin
Club soda

Garnish: Orange slice and cherry
Glass: Highball or Collins

Preparation:
Add the lemon juice, simple syrup and gin to a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake well and strain into a highball or Collins glass filled with fresh ice. Top with club soda and garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.

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