A tall, narrow glass holding 10–14 oz, the Collins glass was designed for the Tom Collins and suits any long drink with ice and carbonated mixers. Its height preserves carbonation longer than a wider glass would.

A Brazilian blender drink that whips cachaça with coconut milk and condensed milk into a dense, tropical milkshake with grassy rum bite tucked under the sweet cream.

Batida de Coco

Brandy in the classic Collins format -- fruit and oak notes complement the lemon and soda for a dignified, long cocktail.

Brandy Collins

Campari's brilliant bitterness in a frothy fizz format -- egg white creates a silky foam that tempers the Campari's intensity beautifully.

Campari Fizz

Marcovaldo Dionysos's San Francisco creation that swizzles green Chartreuse with pineapple, lime, and falernum over crushed ice for a herb-garden-meets-tiki sipper of intense botanical depth.

Chartreuse Swizzle

A Tom Collins dressed in Cherry Heering, layering gin and lemon with dark, jammy cherry liqueur before the long finish of soda and a Luxardo garnish.

Cherry Collins

A garden-fresh riff on the Tom Collins where muddled cucumber weaves cool, grassy brightness through gin's botanicals and tart lemon — long, sparkling, and quietly sophisticated on a warm afternoon.

Cucumber Collins

A gin fizz elevated to Diamond status -- champagne replaces soda water for a celebratory sparkle alongside gin, lemon, and sugar.

Diamond Fizz

A floral spin on the gin Collins laced with St-Germain, yielding a tall, bubbly glass that lifts lemon and juniper with delicate elderflower perfume and garden-bright finish.

Elderflower Collins

Elderflower liqueur adds a fragrant, honeyed floral note to the classic gin fizz -- delicate and refreshing with bright lemon acidity.

Elderflower Gin Fizz

A Collins made with Dutch genever instead of gin, giving the drink a malty, whisky-like body beneath the classic lemon-soda framework. The original John Collins was likely made with genever or Old Tom gin.

Genever Collins

An 1880s long drink that shakes gin, lemon, and simple syrup before topping with soda, producing a snappy, juniper-bright sour with a lively sparkling lift.

Gin Fizz

A classic Prohibition-era cooler that lets apple brandy shine — shaken with lemon and sugar, then topped with ginger ale in a tall glass. Crisp apple character, gentle spice from the ginger ale, and citrus brightness make it a supremely drinkable long drink.

Harvard Cooler

The bourbon-based variant of the Collins family, lengthening whiskey sour ingredients with soda for a tall, honeyed, lemony refresher that drinks breezy on a porch.

John Collins

A vodka-based Collins with lemon juice, sometimes called a Vodka Collins, that serves as an approachable entry point to the Collins family. Light, effervescent, and easy to drink.

Lemon Collins

Mezcal's smoky character meets fizz effervescence in this long egg-white drink -- smoke, citrus, and cream float atop soda water.

Mezcal Fizz

The bourbon staple of the Kentucky Derby, built on crushed ice, muddled mint, and sugar, served in a frosted silver cup that amplifies the drink's cooling herbal lift.

Mint Julep

A Cuban highball of light rum, lime, sugar, and muddled mint finished with soda, producing the quintessential summer refresher: herbal, tart, and sunshine-bright.

Mojito

A classic pick-me-up fizz from the Savoy -- Scotch, absinthe, lemon, and egg white topped with soda for a frothy, restorative morning drink.

Morning Glory Fizz Fresh

The quintessential English summer cooler, a lightly bitter herbal gin-based aperitif stretched with ginger ale and garnished with cucumber and lemon for a garden-party refresher.

Pimm's Cup

A New Orleans marathon-shake of gin, citrus, cream, egg white, and orange flower water topped with soda, producing a pillowy, perfumed, marshmallow-textured brunch icon.

Ramos Gin Fizz

The rum version of the Collins family, substituting lime juice for lemon to complement rum's tropical character. Light, effervescent, and cooling — it is to rum what the Tom Collins is to gin.

Ron Collins

A rum-powered cousin to the Tom Collins where light rum joins lemon and sugar in a tall soda build, served over ice with lemon and a cherry for sunny porch-sipping ease.

Rum Collins

Light rum in the Collins format -- lemon, sugar, and soda with rum's tropical sweetness creating a long, refreshing tropical Collins.

Rum Collins Classic

Dick Bradsell's 1980s London creation shakes vodka with lemon, crème de cassis, and simple syrup before a Champagne top, yielding a berry-stained, sparkling long drink that drinks like spring in a flute.

Russian Spring Punch

A pre-Prohibition icon of crushed ice, two sherries, sugar, and citrus wheels where nutty, oxidative wine layers over orange and lemon into a refreshingly low-proof sipper.

Sherry Cobbler

The Raffles Hotel's turn-of-the-century tall drink layers gin with Cherry Heering, Bénédictine, orange liqueur, pineapple, and lime into a rich, herbal, tropically-tinted pink sipper.

Singapore Sling

A Tom Collins tinted with sloe gin's tart plum-berry character, making a tall, ruby-hued refresher with lemon, sugar, and a long pour of soda.

Sloe Gin Collins

A late-Victorian highball built on tart sloe gin, lemon, and soda water, giving a blush-hued, berry-driven fizz that reads somewhere between a sour and a spritz.

Sloe Gin Fizz

A Cairo-born hair-of-the-dog lengthener combining bourbon, gin, lime, and Angostura over ice with ginger beer, balancing boozy warmth against spicy, effervescent lift.

Suffering Bastard

An agave Tom Collins stretching tequila with lemon juice and simple syrup, topped with soda for a crisp, citrusy highball that drinks easy on a hot afternoon.

Tequila Collins

Tequila with lemon and agave nectar in a long fizz format -- agave's vegetal sweetness creates a natural pairing with the spirit.

Tequila Lemon Fizz

A Victorian-era highball of gin, lemon, and sugar stretched with soda over ice, delivering a long, fizzy, lemonade-like refresher with just enough juniper backbone.

Tom Collins

The original 19th-century Tom Collins -- gin, fresh lemon, sugar, and soda water in a tall glass with a cherry garnish. Cool, crisp perfection.

Tom Collins Classic

A clean, clear take on the Tom Collins, letting vodka carry lemon and sugar over ice and a long pour of soda for a neutral, unapologetically refreshing cooler.

Vodka Collins

The Tom Collins's cleaner vodka cousin -- neutral spirit, fresh lemon, sugar, and soda for a simple, refreshing Collins.

Vodka Collins Classic

Bourbon in the Collins format -- sometimes called a John Collins, this long refreshing drink shows bourbon's versatility in a light summer serve.

Collins Glass

About the Collins Glass

36 Cocktails served in this glass