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Aug. 22nd, 2002 11:59 amthebratqueenLong Island Iced Tea:
1 oz gin
1 oz vodka
1 oz rum
1 oz tequila
splash sour mix
splash Rose's lime juice
cola to fill
TBQ says:
For all that they have a frou-frou name, Long Island Iced Teas are not frou-frou drinks. In point of fact they contain so much hard alcohol (4 oz, for those of you playing the home game) that they are prohibited in states with stringent alcohol laws.
If made correctly they taste like iced tea, which is why many people who normally couldn't drink a straight shot of hard alcohol can still polish off a LIIT. This is also why movies and sitcoms often pick LIITs whenever they want to show somebody getting drunk without being aware of it. But just because they taste different and go down a bit easier than a plain shot, don't mistake this drink for something silly. It packs a whallop.
Yes, you can have characters drinking a LIIT who don't have the taste bud guts to go for shots, but it would be inaccurate to either A) have other characters make fun of them for not being able to order a real alcoholic drink or to B) show the character polishing off a handful of LIITs without getting drunk in the slightest.
If you need a frou-frou drink, go for something that either doesn't have a lot of alcohol in it, a more typical "girl drink" (where the alcohol is disguised by something fruit or candy flavored), or for something with a more embarassing name. It all depends on why you're having your character drink something frou-frou in the first place. Case in point, when Angel needed to have Wesley drink something embarassing, they had him order a Cinnamon Schnapps - hardly macho sounding.
(And, as a side note, be aware that Americans and Germans define schnapps differently. In America, Schnapps is - to paraphrase Denis Leary - basically alcohol flavored for kids. The closest thing in America to a proper German schnapps is something like Jagermeister.)
1 oz gin
1 oz vodka
1 oz rum
1 oz tequila
splash sour mix
splash Rose's lime juice
cola to fill
TBQ says:
For all that they have a frou-frou name, Long Island Iced Teas are not frou-frou drinks. In point of fact they contain so much hard alcohol (4 oz, for those of you playing the home game) that they are prohibited in states with stringent alcohol laws.
If made correctly they taste like iced tea, which is why many people who normally couldn't drink a straight shot of hard alcohol can still polish off a LIIT. This is also why movies and sitcoms often pick LIITs whenever they want to show somebody getting drunk without being aware of it. But just because they taste different and go down a bit easier than a plain shot, don't mistake this drink for something silly. It packs a whallop.
Yes, you can have characters drinking a LIIT who don't have the taste bud guts to go for shots, but it would be inaccurate to either A) have other characters make fun of them for not being able to order a real alcoholic drink or to B) show the character polishing off a handful of LIITs without getting drunk in the slightest.
If you need a frou-frou drink, go for something that either doesn't have a lot of alcohol in it, a more typical "girl drink" (where the alcohol is disguised by something fruit or candy flavored), or for something with a more embarassing name. It all depends on why you're having your character drink something frou-frou in the first place. Case in point, when Angel needed to have Wesley drink something embarassing, they had him order a Cinnamon Schnapps - hardly macho sounding.
(And, as a side note, be aware that Americans and Germans define schnapps differently. In America, Schnapps is - to paraphrase Denis Leary - basically alcohol flavored for kids. The closest thing in America to a proper German schnapps is something like Jagermeister.)
