This is a classic mixed drink that should be in everyone's drink repertoire. An easy way to remember how to make a Long Island is to think of a small shot of 5 white spirits (gin, tequila, light rum, vodka, triple sec), shot of sour mix, fill with cola. It's really easy if you break it down, but it is also just as easy to drink too many. The 1970's credit for this potent and alluring concoction could go to Robert Bott, a bartender from Long Island, or to Charles Bishop, a 1930's moonshiner in (then dry) Tennessee. Or was it T.G.I. Friday's?

The LIIT has also inspired many variations which are below the recipe.

Ingredients:

1/2 oz triple sec

1/2 oz light rum

1/2 oz gin

1/2 oz vodka

1/2 oz tequila

1 oz sour mix

cola

lemon wedge for garnish

Preparation:

Pour the spirits and sour mix into a collins glass with ice.

Stir well or shake.

Top the glass off with cola.

Garnish with the lemon wedge.