Gin and Sprite Cocktail Recipe

We love Gin in our house. We also are big fans of Sprite. So why not combine them and make a simple, and shockingly tasty, Gin and Sprite Cocktail?

What is a Gin and Sprite?

Honestly, the Gin and Sprite doesn’t really have t’s own fancy name. Some people will mistakenly refer to it as a Gin Fizz or a Tom Collins. All three drinks are similar but have a few differences.

SInce this cocktail doesn’t have a name of it’s own, we decided to call it a “Tom Collins On A Budget”. Similar to our “Margarita on a budget”, which is Tequila and Sprite, this simple highball mixer tastes close enough to the real thing that if you didn’t know better you’d think it was the real deal.

The tradition of soft drinks as a mixer for liquor goes back for what seems like forever. Maybe its the sweet flavor. Maybe its the fizzy nature of the carbonation. Whatever it is, they blend together perfectly.

Before we get to the recipe, if Sprite is your thing but gin isn’t, you can try out our budget margarita mentioned above, Vodka and Sprite, or Rum and Sprite.

This drink is quick and easy and pairs well with many dishes. Aside from a dinner drink, it also works well as a Summer sipper or relaxing by the fire when it’s cold outside.

Other Soft Drink Mixers

Soft drinks are a blessing to the cocktail world. You can jazz up just about any spirit out there with a splash of Coke, Sprite, Root Beer, or Ginger Ale. Some of our favorite soft drink mixers are Rum & Coke, Jack & Coke, Whiskey Root Beer aka Lynchburg Beer, Gin and Mountain Dew and Vodka & Ginger Ale.

But today’s drink is the Gin and Sprite! So, let’s get started.

How to make this drink:

Tom Collins himself couldn’t make this recipe any easier, budget or no budget.

Step One

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