Ingredients
Lemon Juice →0.75 oz / 22 mL
Simple Syrup →0.5 oz / 15 mL
Fresh Mint →0.15 oz / 4 mL
Gin →2 oz / 59 mL
Soda Water →2 oz / 59 mL
Mint Collins
Mint Collins is a classic gin cocktail - lemon, simple syrup, mint in support, muddled fresh then finished. The proportions are the point: recognizable structure, not kitchen-sink improvisation.
Established named drink with documented provenance.
- Source: Widely published classic cocktail canon
- Method
- Muddled
- Glass
- highball
- Prep
- 4 min
12.3%
Total ABV
after dilution
One perfect serve
Standard recipe
Preparation
- 1
Combine the Mint Collins liquids in a mixing glass packed with ice.
- 2
Stir until the drink is cold and lightly diluted.
- 3
Strain into a highball and finish with the usual garnish.
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Batch and scale without guessing
Finished batch
51.84 oz
≈ 8 serves
Added water
8.64 oz
20% dilution
Estimated cost
$31.10
$3.89 per serve
Exact batch volumes
Scaled live from the standard recipe. Bottle estimates assume 750ml.
6 oz
4 oz
1.2 oz
16 oz
16 oz
Filtered water8.64 oz