Gunshop Fizz vs. Long Island Iced Tea

The difference, by the numbers

Both have lemon juice and simple syrup. Only the Gunshop Fizz has Peychaud’s bitters, strawberries, cucumber, citrus peel and Sanbitter; only the Long Island Iced Tea has vodka, tequila, white rum, gin, triple sec and cola. In parts, a Gunshop Fizz is 2 Peychaud’s bitters, 1 lemon, 1 syrup and 2 Sanbitter; a Long Island Iced Tea is ½ vodka, ½ tequila, ½ rum, ½ gin, ½ triple sec, ¾ lemon, 1 syrup and 1¼ cola. By volume, the Gunshop Fizz is 33% mixer and juice, 33% spirit, 17% syrup and sugar and 17% citrus; the Long Island Iced Tea is 35% spirit, 23% mixer and juice, 18% syrup and sugar, 15% citrus and 9% liqueur. That makes them close cousins on the ratio map.

The Long Island Iced Tea is the stronger drink in the glass (16.4% ABV against 7.7%) and holds more alcohol (1.69 standard drinks against 1.18). The Long Island Iced Tea has more calories (about 275 against 240), but the Gunshop Fizz has more sugar (29.5 g against 27.0 g). Both are served in a highball; the Gunshop Fizz is shaken, the Long Island Iced Tea built.