So just lately the Long Island Iced Tea post created quite a controversy on Liquor.com . It seems, that most people have only read the headline... and were just angry, that I was standing against the opinion of the mighty Jeffrey Morgenthaler. Unfortunately I feel that the topic was hollowed out - and people screaming at me: how can you dare do doubt a so iconic drink? Well - not much has changed. Yes - Jeffrey and a lot of other people are right: you can probably do every drink better, than in your average dive. Yes, you can use fresh juices and quality spirits and liqueurs (and you always should). But does that make a flawed recipe a good one? I don't think so! Even before 2000 I tended bars and was managing bars and I never used sweet and sour mix. Because this wasn't accepted at all in Europe (in Germany to be specific) - at least not in hotel bars, where I started my career. I have encountered only one place, where I have worked as bartender, which h...