Collins Glass Cocktail Recipes

The Collins glass is a tall and slender vessel that lends itself perfectly to refreshing, ice-filled creations. Its height allows layers of flavors to shine and bubbles to dance gracefully to the top. This shape embodies elegance while still feeling approachable and casual. Whether enjoyed at a garden gathering or an evening celebration, the Collins glass sets the tone for sophistication. Each recipe here embraces this timeless style of serving.

Absolute Favourites

Long Island Iced Tea

A deceptively potent cocktail that tastes remarkably like non-alcoholic iced tea but contains five different spirits.

St. Germain Cocktail

A light, floral, and effervescent cocktail featuring elderflower liqueur, crisp sparkling wine, and a splash of soda water.

Vodka Collins

A crisp, clean, and effervescent tall drink made with vodka, fresh lemon juice, sugar, and sparkling club soda.

Tom Collins

A tall, sparkling, and wonderfully refreshing gin and lemon cocktail perfect for warm weather.

All-Time Classics

Blue Motorcycle

A potent and visually striking blue cocktail that's a citrus-forward variation of the Long Island Iced Tea.

Gin Fizz

A refreshing and effervescent classic cocktail that balances the botanical notes of gin with tart lemon and a touch of sweetness, often crowned with a silky foam head.

Elderflower Collins

A refreshing and elegant highball that combines gin, bright lemon juice, and sweet floral elderflower liqueur, topped with crisp soda water.

Chelada

A crisp and tangy Mexican beer cocktail made with light beer, fresh lime juice, and a salted rim.

Timeless Icons

New Orleans Fizz

A legendary, cloud-like, and citrusy gin cocktail from New Orleans, famous for its frothy meringue-like head that requires extensive shaking.

Lynchburg Lemonade

A refreshing and potent whiskey-based highball that balances the sweetness of lemonade with the distinctive character of Tennessee whiskey.

Pimm's Cup

A quintessential British summer cocktail made with Pimm's No. 1, lemonade or ginger ale, and an abundance of fresh fruit and mint.

Irish Trash Can

A potent and visually dramatic party cocktail made with six liquors and topped with an entire can of energy drink.

Legendary Picks

Texas Tea

A potent, bourbon-spiked variation of the Long Island Iced Tea, topped with cola for a sweet and complex finish.

Planter's Punch

A classic and refreshing Jamaican rum punch balancing sweet, sour, strong, and weak components.

Fog Cutter

A potent and complex classic Tiki cocktail featuring a unique combination of rum, brandy, gin, citrus, and a sherry float.

Mezcal and Tonic

A smoky, crisp, and refreshing highball that swaps gin for mezcal in a delightful twist on the classic G&T.

Most Loved

Yuzu Chūhai

A refreshingly tart and bubbly Japanese highball made with shōchū, yuzu juice, and soda water.

Juan Collins

A bright, crisp, and wonderfully refreshing highball that swaps the traditional gin of a Tom Collins for tequila.

Game Changer

A creamy, potent, and deceptively smooth tropical rum cocktail that's a cult favorite from the Caribbean.

Margarita Fizz

A refreshing and effervescent twist on the classic Margarita, lightened with club soda and featuring a silky, frothy texture from egg white.

Crowd Pleasers

Green Swizzle

A strikingly vibrant, herbal, and powerfully refreshing tiki-style cocktail built around the complex flavors of Green Chartreuse.

Rum and Tonic

A crisp, refreshing, and surprisingly complex highball that pairs the sweetness of rum with the bitter quinine of tonic water.

Chartreuse Swizzle

A refreshingly complex and herbal tiki-style cocktail featuring Green Chartreuse as the star.

Sloe Gin Collins

A refreshing and fruity long drink that swaps traditional gin for sloe gin in the classic Collins formula.

Universal Hits

Sherry Cobbler

A wonderfully refreshing 19th-century classic that combines nutty sherry, sugar, and citrus over crushed ice, lavishly garnished with fruit.

Michael Collins

A delightfully crisp and refreshing highball made with Irish whiskey, fresh lemon juice, sugar, and sparkling soda water.

Pisco Collins

A refreshing and crisp long drink that showcases the floral and fruity notes of pisco balanced with tart lemon and sweet sugar, topped with fizzy soda water.

Whiskey Cobbler

A delightfully refreshing 19th-century cooler featuring whiskey, sugar, and seasonal fruit, served over a mound of crushed ice.