HOW TO MAKE A LONG ISLAND ICED TEA

                                                  LONG ISLAND ICE TEA

 THIS DRINK DOES NOT TAKE LONG AT ALL TO LEARN AND LIKE SO ENJOY

                                               (THINGS YOU WILL NEED)

                *TEQUILA

                *GIN

               *LIGHT RUM                              * STRAINER

               *VODKA                                    *SHAKER

              *LEMON JUICE                          

              *COLA

 

                                                    INGREDIENTS

1/2 OZ TEQULIA

1/2 OZ GIN

1/2 OZ LIGHT RUM

1/2 OZ VODKA

1 OZ LEMON JUICE

1 TEP COLE

 

                          COMBINE ALL INGREDIENTS TOGETHER EXCEPT FOR COLA IN A SHAKER HALF FULL WITH ICE. SHAKE WELL. STRAIN INTO A HIGHBALL GLASS OVER ICE. TOP WITH LEMON. 

 

                                                            FUN FACTS

                                                     MIXOLOGY HISTORY

IT'S BIRTH IN 1779 AT BETSY FLANAGAN'S INN, A RURAL NEW YORK TAVERN WHERE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS AND THEIR FRANCH ALLIES MIXED THEIR GIN AND VERMOUTH TOGETHER AS A TOKEN OF BROTHERHOOD, STIRRING THEIR CONCOCTIONS WITH THE TAIL FEATHERS OF FLANAGAN'S ROOSTER.

THE COCKTAIL HAS CAPAPULTED BACK INTO THE MAINSTREAM OF AMERICAN SOCIAL LIFE AND IN CONTRAST TO PREVIOUS ERAS,ITS CONTEMPORARY ENJOYMENT CROSSES GENERATIONS AND MARKET SEGMENTS. THE TERM MIXOLOGY IS NOT JUST A CATCHY PHRASE FOR BARTENDER; WHICH DO INDEED REQUIRES SKILL OF MIXING DRINKS CONTAINING ALCOHOL. MIXOLOGY ENCOMPASSES THE TECHNIQUES OF  OF THE BARTENDING, WHICH DO INDEED REQUIRE SKILL AND SOMETIMES ARTISTRY, ALONG WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO BACK UP THE SKILL. THE BARTENDER MUST KNOW DRINKS BY NAME,THEIR INGREDIENTS,AND THEIR MIXING METHOD'S AND THE WAYS THEY ARE SERVED.

 

                            THE WORD MIXOLOGY COMES FROM

THE TERM MIXED DRINKS INCLUDES AND DRINK IN WHICH ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE MIXED OR ADDED TO ONE OR MORE NONALCOHOLIC INGREDIENTS. THIS INCLUDES COCKTAILS'HIGHBALLS'TALL DRINKS, FROZON DRINKS, COFFEE DRINKS, AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER BAR PRODUCT WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF A GLASS OF BEER OR WINE OR STRAIGHT SHOT OF WHISKEY OR BRANDY.