And back when I turned out my Jocktails I almost blinded the Scary One… and my Long Island Iced Teas and Ryder Cup cocktails will do the same for you.
Now the beauty of cocktails is their surprise element and the Iced Tea kicks like a mule.
Because it is devilishly misnamed as an innocent soft drink when it’s an excuse to knock your socks off.
A hole lot of fun
The famously raucous New York golf fans, of course, need no extra stimulant for next week’s biennial clash with Europe.
Golf tournaments have never been, nor would we want it to be, a booze-free haven.
With visitors to our own Open Golf Championship as likely to be seen in a Guinness tent or hospitality suites (guilty?)
All good when it doesn’t spill over to antisocial behaviour from the balconies, banks and grandstands.
We will, like many of you, be shouting at the television, glass in hand.
And not putting off any player.
Over to your bartender
If you want to channel your own Long Islander then this is how to make Robert ‘Rosebud’ Butt’s Oak Beach Inn from 1972.l
Courtesy of our own go-to BBC site.
You will need 25ml of vodka, of tequila, of gin, of triple sec, of white rum, of lime juice and of lemon juice.
Fill with ice cubes and garnish with two lemon wedges and two mint sprigs.
Now with the Ryder Cup being played out and supported by dozens of nations, we can have even more fun with it.
And adapt a cocktail for all the different nationalities of players on show or the states from which they originate.
This year’s Ryder Cup cocktails
There is even an official Ryder Cup cocktail for this year’s Bethpage shoot-out.
Following on from the Elijah Craig Roma Old Fashioned from two years ago.
Check out the Elijah Craig bourbon and fix The Mulligan.
By pouring 2 oz. Green Tea Infused Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon.
With 4 oz lemonade, a splash of soda water and garnish with a mint and lemon wheel.
Just a little something to get your party started.
My Long Island Iced Teas and Ryder Cup cocktails.
And should the Ryder Cup whet your appetite for a visit to Long Island and it should.
The. we found a random Aer Lingus return flight to JFK from €603.81 from Dublin with pre-clearance.
Just don’t let me fly!
MEET YOU ON THE COURSE
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