Use homemade rhubarb syrup to turn a traditional Tom Collins into a Rhubarb Tom Collins!  With only four ingredients, this is the perfect simple cocktail to sip all summer long.

I like to bake, I like to eat baked goods, but I truly love a good drink.

I’m a bourbon and whiskey girl, but summer calls for gin (or tequila… or rum if you’re on a tropical island and there are tiny umbrellas involved).  Remember last week, when I shared a rhubarb simple syrup recipe?

I hope you procured some rhubarb and made the simple syrup, because today, we’re toasting to the weekend with a Rhubarb Tom Collins.

If you’re not aware, a Tom Collins is basically a sparkling lemonade, spiked with gin.  It’s pretty much the perfect sit-and-sip summer cocktail.  And today, we’re making a delightfully pink, rhubarb-flavored version.

Traditionally speaking, a Tom Collins should be served in a… drumroll please… collins glass.  A collins glass is taller and narrower than a highball glass, but really, you can use whatever you like.

My barware collection is nowhere near complete enough to include collins glasses, so I used a standard highball glass.  I just like a tall glass so you can garnish with a whole rhubarb stalk!

If you’ve made your rhubarb simple syrup ahead of time (and I highly suggest that you keep a big batch on hand all spring/summer!), this drink comes together in a flash.  Gin, lemon juice, rhubarb simple syrup, and seltzer.

(I think this would also be delicious served with lime juice instead of lemon, or garnished with a little fresh mint!).

Serve with the rhubarb solids leftover from the simple syrup and some crackers.  Ultimate rhubarb-themed happy hour.  Aaaaaah.

Happy Friday, friends – enjoy your weekend, hopefully with a rhubarb beverage.

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