Message 25803 of 39188 in General Discussion

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I have heard many stories. Though this one seems to be the earliest. Have seen 
it in several places.... The Long Island Iced Tea has a fairly short and 
uneventful background. Sometime around 1976, a bartender at the Oak Beach Inn 
of Hampton Bays, Long Island, concocted a drink from equal parts vodka, gin, 
rum, tequila, and triple sec, plus some cola to give it a tealike color. 
Robert "Rosebud" Butt was the inventor, and his drink spread quickly. By the 
mid-1980s, the Long Island Iced Tea was a mainstay at many American bars. Seem 
correct or not???