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Tom Collins Bar

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups chilled gin
  • 1 cup chilled fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 lemons, cut into wedges
  • 1 mango, cut into 1/2" wedges
  • 1/2 English hothouse cucumber, thinly sliced
  • 6 sprigs mint
  • 1 (4" piece) ginger, peeled, thinly sliced
  • 1 cup fresh raspberries
  • 1 cup fresh strawberries, hulled, quartered
  • Club soda (for serving)

Instructions

  1. Combine gin, lemon juice, and sugar in a pitcher or large measuring glass and stir to dissolve sugar; refrigerate gin mixture if not making drinks right away.
  2. Do Ahead Gin mixture can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
  3. Gin mixture can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
  4. Assembly: When ready to serve, arrange lemon wedges, mango, cucumber, mint sprigs, ginger, raspberries, and strawberries on a platter or in separate bowls and set out alongside gin mixture, club soda, and a bucket of ice. For each cocktail, muddle ingredients of your choice (mix and match!) in a Collins glass. Fill with ice, then add 1/4 cup gin mixture and top off with club soda.
  5. When ready to serve, arrange lemon wedges, mango, cucumber, mint sprigs, ginger, raspberries, and strawberries on a platter or in separate bowls and set out alongside gin mixture, club soda, and a bucket of ice.
  6. For each cocktail, muddle ingredients of your choice (mix and match!) in a Collins glass. Fill with ice, then add 1/4 cup gin mixture and top off with club soda.

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