Stay Up Late Recipe

By
Maggie Hoffman
Maggie Hoffman is a contributing writer at Serious Eats.
Maggie Hoffman
Maggie Hoffman is a longtime food and drink expert whose recipes and cocktail-making tips can be found on her newsletters What to Drink and The Dinner Plan. She is the author of  The One-Bottle Cocktail and Batch Cocktails, both published by Ten Speed Press.
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Updated April 04, 2025
Bartender pouring a cocktail
Alice Gao

This variation on the Tom Collins is super-simple to make. It appeared in the 1946 Stork Club Bar Book by Lucius Beebe—we got this version of the recipe from Theo Lieberman of Lantern's Keep in NYC.

Recipe Details

Stay Up Late Recipe

Prep 5 mins
Active 5 mins
Total 5 mins
Serves 1 serving
Cook Mode (Keep screen awake)

Ingredients

  • 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice

  • 3/4 ounce simple syrup

  • 1 1/2 ounces London Dry gin such as Beefeater

  • 1/2 ounce cognac such as Pierre Ferrand

  • Ice

  • Club soda

  • Garnish: brandied cherry, orange wedge

Directions

  1. Add lemon juice, simple syrup, gin, and cognac to a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice, then shake briefly.

  2. Strain into a ice-filled collins glass. Top with club soda, garnish with brandied cherry and orange wedge, serve with a straw.

Special equipment

Cocktail shaker and strainer

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Nutrition Facts (per serving)
239 Calories
0g Fat
29g Carbs
1g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 1
Amount per serving
Calories 239
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 11mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 29g 10%
Dietary Fiber 3g 12%
Total Sugars 22g
Protein 1g
Vitamin C 86mg 430%
Calcium 97mg 7%
Iron 0mg 1%
Potassium 259mg 6%
*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.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

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