The Electric Iced Tea is March 4th Drink of the Day!!

Here’s a cocktail that puts a spin on one of today’s mainstays in any bar. The Long Island Iced Tea has been a favorite since it came onto the scene in the late 1970′s and is still one of the most popular cocktails in the industry. Combining the most common liquors found in the well, it is a potent beverage that, if not consumed in moderation, can be a very dangerous one. Well, with this newer and sweet rendition, it has gotten even more lethal.

The Electric Iced Tea replaces cola with lemon-lime soda and adds blue curacao to give it that bluish hue that will be a great conversation piece at any party. Don’t let the flavor of this fool you. This is as lethal as the original and you will have to keep yourself in check while enjoying it. A very flavor-filled cocktail if done correctly to measure, it will become one of your favorite in a hurry.

 

Electric Iced Tea

1/2 oz. Vodka

1/2 oz. Rum

1/2 oz. Gin

1/2 oz. Triple Sec

1/2 oz. Blue Curacao

Juice of half Lemon

1/2 oz. Simple Syrup or 1 tsp. Granulated Sugar

Lemon - Lime Soda

 

Method: In a mixing glass filled with ice. Pour in the first five ingredients to measure. Squeeze in the juice of one half lemon, discarding the lemon after doing so. Add the sugar or simple syrup. Cap off with a tin and shake well. Strain into a pint glass filled with ice. Top off with lemon - lime soda. Garnish with a half-wheel of lemon on the side of the glass.

 

This Day in History:

1789 - The US Constitution went into effect.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as president of the United States.

1917 - Jeannette Rankin took her seat as the first woman elected to the US House of Representatives.

1933 - Frances Perkins, appointed Secretary of Labor, was the first woman appointed to the US Cabinet.

 

Notable Birthday:

Famed Notre Dame football coach who popularized the forward pass, Knute Rockne was born on this date in 1888.

Notable Quote:

“Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third.” - Knute Rockne

 

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