Ingredients
- 1 oz Vodka
- 1 oz Gin
- 1 oz White Rum
- 1 oz Gold Tequila
- 1 oz Blue Curacao Liqueur
- 5 Sours
Instructions
Combine Spirits:
- Add 1 oz vodka, 1 oz gin, 1 oz white rum, 1 oz gold tequila, and 3-5 oz sours (depending on how strong you want the drink) into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake Well:
- Shake well to mix all the spirits and sours together.
Pour and Layer:
- Pour the mixture into a glass filled with ice. Then pour 1 oz blue curaçao over the top to taste.
Garnish:
- Add a straw and garnish with a lemon wedge.
Serve:
- Serve immediately and enjoy the bold, citrusy flavors of the Blue Long Island Iced Tea.
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Where it came from
The Long Island Iced Tea came out of the 1970s, depending on which bartender you believe. The Blue Long Island is the version where you swap the cola for blue curacao and lemon-lime soda. The colour goes ocean blue, the flavour goes citrus instead of cola, the proof stays exactly the same.
It is a menu drink at every chain bar that sells the regular Long Island. Dramatic to look at, dangerous to drink.
What it tastes like
Lemon-lime soda, citrus from the curacao, sour edge from the mix, and a long alcohol warmth from the four white spirits and the tequila. The flavour is citrus-forward, the alcohol is hidden, the drink keeps showing up because of the colour.
Two of these and most people are done for the night. The proof is no joke even though the flavour suggests otherwise.
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Ingredient Spotlight
The bottles that make or break this drink.
The five spirits
- Use
- Standard pour vodka, gin, white rum, gold tequila
- Why
- Each adds a small note, none dominate
- Skip
- Premium versions, you will not taste them
The blue curacao
- Use
- Bols Blue or Senior Curacao
- Why
- The orange peel note is what builds the citrus body
The top
- Use
- Sprite, 7Up or any clean lemon-lime soda
- Skip
- Tonic, the quinine clashes with the curacao
What if I don't have…
Quick substitutions for when the bottle shop is closed.
Silver tequila is fine. Gold has more vanilla, silver is cleaner.
Triple sec plus blue food colouring.
Fresh lemon juice plus sugar syrup, equal parts.
Skip the soda. Now it is just spirits and sour mix in a rocks glass.
Cut each spirit to half a measure. Same flavour, half the punch.
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