Beer Cocktail Recipe:
The Hop Collins
The Tom Collins is a classic cocktail. The basic recipe is as standard as its signature, slender glass. Typically it will consist of gin, lemon, simple syrup, and soda water with a maraschino cherry and lemon twist on top. For our latest beer cocktail creation, we reinvented this fizzy mainstay with a hoppy IPA for an aromatic, complex, and visually fun cocktail. We swap out the soda water with our Everyday IPA (or another fragrant hop-forward IPA) and use old Tom gin, whose mild sweetness helps balance the beer's bitterness. In lieu of the lemon and cherry, we use a fresh raspberry for a garnish with the perfect sweet/tart balance. Stir and serve or let your guests combine the drink table-side.
What You Need
- 2 ounces old Tom gin
- 1 ounce lemon juice
- 1 ounce simple syrup (made of equal parts water and sugar)
- 3 ounces IPA (Everyday IPA is perfect.)
- 1 Raspberry for garnish
- 1 toothpick
- 1 straw
- Ice
What You Do
- Place 3 or 4 ice cubes in a chilled collins glass.
- Combine old Tom gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a shaker with ice.
- Shake vigorously.
- Pour mixture into glass.
- Fill to top of glass with IPA. Pour slowly and directly onto an ice cube to minimize foam (keeping carbonation in beer) and to maintain layering.
- Skewer raspberry with toothpick and place atop glass for garnish.
- Serve with straw, and allow guests to very gently stir cocktail to incorporate beer.
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