Food Recipes Real Simple's Most Refreshing Two-Ingredient Tom Collins Recipe 4.7 (3) Add your rating & review A single sip and you'll realize why Tom Collins has been called one of the best classic cocktails for centuries. It's strong, refreshing, and effortless to make. Most recipes for Tom Collins cocktails use four ingredients—gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, and club soda—but we cut it down to just two by swapping lemon soda for the simple syrup, carbonated water, and lemon juice. Mix the gin with the soda in a 1:2 ratio over ice, and serve in a highball glass (a must) with a lemon wedge and basil leaf garnish. By Betty Gold Betty Gold Betty Gold is the former senior digital food editor at Real Simple. Real Simple's Editorial Guidelines Updated on September 02, 2022 Rate PRINT Share Close Photo: Getty Images Hands On Time: 5 mins Total Time: 5 mins Servings: 4 Jump to Nutrition Facts Ingredients 2 ½ cups lemon soda (such as Sanpellegrino Limonata) ¾ cup gin lemon slices and fresh basil sprigs, for garnish Directions In a large pitcher, combine the soda and gin. Serve over ice. Garnish each glass with lemon slices and basil sprigs. Rate It Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 160 Calories 14g Carbs Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 4 Calories 160 % Daily Value * Sodium 2mg 0% Total Carbohydrate 14g 5% Total Sugars 14g *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.