(CNN)A group of bar owners and bartenders in Long Island, New York, have actually stated “war” on the tourist board of Kingsport, Tennessee, after the board stated the renowned Long Island Iced Tea beverage was developed there and not on Long Island.
Bless your hearts, state the Southerners. They state the beverage was in fact born about 50 years previously throughout Prohibition, when Charlie “Old Man” Bishop combined a mixture of rum, vodka, bourbon, gin, tequila and a bit of maple syrup. He did this on another Long Island, the one which beings in the Holston River in Kingsport, therefore the name.
A fight royale
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