Long Island Iced Tea Pitcher
This multi-liquor drink’s reputation for potency quickly made it a classic. What could be better than the classic cocktail turned crowd-pleasing punch? Try this recipe for four at your next summer soiree.

SERVES 4

Ingredients

2 oz. vodka
2 oz. gin
2 oz. rum
2 oz. tequila
2 oz. triple sec
2 oz. fresh lemon juice
2 oz. simple syrup
6 oz. cola

Lemon slices, for garnish

Instructions

Combine the vodka, gin, rum, tequila, triple sec, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a large bowl filled with ice. Stir until well chilled and strain into a large pitcher. Add the cola and float a few lemon slices for garnish. Serve in tall glasses over ice.

Invented in 1972 by Robert “Rosebud” Butt, then bartender at the Oak Beach Inn in Suffolk County, Long Island, this multiliquor drink’s reputation for potency quickly made it a classic.

Long Island Iced Tea
TODD COLEMAN
Drinks

Long Island Iced Tea Pitcher

This multi-liquor drink’s reputation for potency quickly made it a classic. What could be better than the classic cocktail turned crowd-pleasing punch? Try this recipe for four at your next summer soiree.

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SERVES 4

Ingredients

2 oz. vodka
2 oz. gin
2 oz. rum
2 oz. tequila
2 oz. triple sec
2 oz. fresh lemon juice
2 oz. simple syrup
6 oz. cola

Lemon slices, for garnish

Instructions

Combine the vodka, gin, rum, tequila, triple sec, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a large bowl filled with ice. Stir until well chilled and strain into a large pitcher. Add the cola and float a few lemon slices for garnish. Serve in tall glasses over ice.

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