- Hi guys, welcome back
to the cocktail blog. I'm Steve the Bartender and
today I'm going to show you how to make the Long Island Iced Tea. So, yes, I have made this one before and it's one of the most-watched
videos on my channel but, it did cause a little bit of a stir. There was a few people that
got a little bit angry at me because I used a bigger glass and I added a little bit too much Coke and it didn't really look like iced tea, it looked more like Coke, to be honest. So rightfully so, people
were a little bit annoyed. I didn't really research the
drink a great deal before hand. It's not as big, it doesn't
have the history it does over in Australia that it does in the US. It was just basically a
drink to get drunk on. You'd pour five white spirits, add a dash of Coke and that was it. But, there is a little
bit more story behind it. So three things you need to
know before I get started on the story behind the drink: one, it doesn't contain
tea, it just looks like tea; two, it's an incredibly strong drink so I don't recommend using full
measures, although you can; and three, you can build it in
the glass or you can shake it like I am today. So, onto the backstory of the drink. During prohibition in the
1920s in the United States, there was a man named
Charles "Old Man" Bishop from Long Island in Tennessee. He created a drink called the
Old Man Bishop after himself. So legend has it that he
threw a drink together that was very similar to
the Long Island Iced Tea but instead of using
triple sec, he used whiskey and he added in maple syrup. His son later refined
that recipe in the 1940s to closely resemble the
recipe that we know today and then it was featured in a Betty Crocker's cookbook in 1941. And then 10 years later,
Bob "Rosebud" Butt claimed the drink as his own. He claimed it was created
for a triple sec competition at the Oak Beach Inn in Long Island and his recipe is the one that closely reflects
what we all know today. So let's get onto the drink. Whew, okay. I'm so glad that I could
actually edit these videos because you guys at home
don't actually realize that it took me 30 plus takes to string together those
15 to 20 sentences. I'm gonna get onto making the drink and measure out my five white spirits. Gonna start with vodka. So I'm gonna do 22.5 mL, three-quarter ounce of each ingredient. So if you want, you can do
half an ounce, full ounce, this is the measuring that I recommend, but it's just equal parts. So 22.5 mL, three-quarter ounce of gin. Follow that up with your white rum. Blanco tequila, and hopefully
I've got enough in the bottle. Last spirit, last liqueur, I
should say, is your triple sec, so your orange liqueur, 22.5 ml, three-quarter ounce. So as you can see, that's a lot of booze. Probably don't go the full ounce, don't go 30 mL shots. Next up you wanna add your sour mix. Don't go using bought sour
mix, this is just made myself, so simple syrup and lemon
juice, just equal parts. And then this is measured in equal parts to your spirits as well. So 22.5 mL, three-quarter ounce. Add ice to your cocktail shaker and give it a good
shake for 12-15 seconds. (ice clinking in glass) (cocktail being shaken) Add fresh ice to your highball glass, and strain over the top. And it's just got enough space to add your Coke. Now that's more like
what it should look like. Garnish with a lime wedge. So there you have the
Long Island Iced Tea. So as you can see, it looks very tea-like, not like my last video,
I apologize, I'm sorry. Yeah, it's really potent, I
know it's going to be potent. There's a lot of booze in here. But surprisingly, it
definitely doesn't taste like you've got all those
five spirits in there. Surprisingly that little
amount of sour mix, lemon juice and sugar, as well as the Coke disguises all those spirits. So it's very, very dangerous, very potent. If you're gonna make these, be careful, definitely don't drive even
if you've only had the one. But let me know what you think. Thanks for watching, make
sure you like and subscribe, hit that bell button and I'll see you soon for another cocktail video. Cheers. (groovy lounge music)
