John Collins

John Collins is an English cocktail made with a combination of dry gin, sugar, lemon juice, and carbonated water. To prepare it, all ingredients are poured into a highball glass filled with ice, then stirred and garnished with a lemon slice and a maraschino cherry.

However, there are also many references where John Collins is made with bourbon instead of gin. It is believed that the cocktail was invented in the 19th century by a headwaiter at Limmer’s Old House, a popular London hotel at the time.