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@dalesnider8040

11 ай бұрын

CRANBERRY JUICE WITH ICE AND FREEZER-OVERNIGHT STORED PLASTIC JUG VODKA I use Importers so far.

@CyrusBluebird

11 ай бұрын

Fantastic intro. Though tea and coffee have a loooong history to them, and water is going to be divisive going forward. Concept called "The Water Wars" makes me uneasy.

@CyrusBluebird

11 ай бұрын

I can find yellow grapefruits in my town, so I could make these easier, but why? Oh and grapefruits are a natural hybrid between a pomelo & one of the bitter oranges you'd find in the Caribbean, idk which one, but yeah. Also fragrant, just having them in a room is perfuming the place

@stevenharris4601

11 ай бұрын

I would love to see an episode on the "base cocktails"... every time you (or other internet bartenders) are building a drink you'll reference it as a xyz build. An episode dedicated to those base cocktail recipes and how different drinks are derived from them would be super interesting

@nightthought2497

11 ай бұрын

I just wanted to let you know that in your cosmo segment, there were a number of images that flashed underneath other images. The Sex in the City screen grab covered two images, and the rainbow room image covered at least one, probably two images. Is a small thing, but I thought it a good idea to let you know.

I know the intro was a bit, but honestly a series of videos deconstructing and actually talking about the flavors of simple ingredients we take for granted could actually be interesting!

@comradevodka4848

11 ай бұрын

I realy wanted Greg to explain how to make water. I'm always struggling with that

@chton

11 ай бұрын

@@comradevodka4848 i recommend you speak to your doctor if you're having trouble making water

@SlurmDude

11 ай бұрын

@@comradevodka4848 bruh i keep trying but the godamn hydrogens dont want to make nice and team up with oxygen

@poodlemeister22314

11 ай бұрын

@@chton Is it blue?

@AvenRox

11 ай бұрын

I feel like flavored waters would be a great April fools video

Actually, a list of all the alcoholic coffees would be a great episode. From the classic Irish Coffee to the Chinese Coffee full of Baiju....😉

@sd3457

11 ай бұрын

Not sure where in the world you are, but back in 1980's Britain we had a chain of steakhouse restaurants called "Berni Inns". Along with the desert menu, they had a menu of alcoholic coffees (Mum was an Irish girl by heritage and coffee preference) as a teenager I hated the things, and I still do, but my late great Mum had the wisdom to say "try it before it's tipped in the coffee". Thanks Mum.

@HFV_Junkyardin

11 ай бұрын

And PBR Hard Coffee. lol

@robertwilloughby8050

11 ай бұрын

@@sd3457 British, like you. Yes, I remember Berni Inns, there was one near me at Tingley (sadly no longer with us) where a LOT of plaice and chips was consumed by me as a young child! I was too young to register the alcoholic drinks, but dad still has some Irish Coffee glasses at home, which get used about once a year!

@boredom1843

11 ай бұрын

Oooh and maybe one or two for espresso

@gruggerduggerhoose

11 ай бұрын

A friend and i were very rough one saturday morning and were planning the pub for the football that day. Slid off the couch and thought an irish coffee might make a good livener. No whisky so we dumped a load of cheap aldi “rum” into some cheap instant and declared it a Carribean Coffee. Awful, 3/10, would not recommend.

I saw a theory about the Vesper not long ago: in the books he's an alcoholic, but in the movie the whole table orders the same cocktail after him and then Bond only takes one sip on-screen. The theory is that Bond ordered it so strong in hopes that the other players would copy his order and then everyone else would get drunk off of it impairing their poker game

@Sniperboy5551

11 ай бұрын

Those theorists ain’t got anything better to over-analyze…

@firestorm165

11 ай бұрын

It's what I would do

@Murderblonde

11 ай бұрын

It's like how one person orders a mojito everyone nearby does too, although that only serves to make the bartender want to walk directly into the ocean

@Tiishen

11 ай бұрын

​@@Murderblondedoes it? What's so bad about preparing mojitos?

@Murderblonde

11 ай бұрын

@@Tiishen Cuz they take a long time to do - making a couple is fine, but when you have like TEN and other people want simple stuff like wine or beer, the line backs up and you get in the weeds

Glad Greg likes the Vesper today. I think it's a wonderful drink. Casablanca is one of those movies that you hear about your whole life, eventually watch out of obligation, and realize it's actually 111% worth the hype.

@timleach3366

11 ай бұрын

Exactly. You think there's no way it'll match the hype, and it turns out to be even better - funnier, more dramatic, and more moving than you think it could possibly be.

@judahmoar2533

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely. I love the depth in the scenes due to the staging and lighting

@joshedwards7012

11 ай бұрын

I'm on the young end of the demographic mentioned, aged 25; I remember loving Casablanca when I watched it aged... 10? 12? I need to rewatch it because I can't remember much!

@HighKingTurgon

11 ай бұрын

@@joshedwards7012 I was about 19 when I first saw it. Just showed the first half to my toddler. The greats remain as great as day one As Time Goes By.

interesting chemistry note - getting banana's from the vermouth + citrus probably means the vermouth base spirit had wheat as at least part of its grain base. The side product esters from wheat fermentation when exposed to citric acid change to esters that the palette detects as other fruits (usually berry or banana depending on ph and other compounds present).

If you wanted to make another famous cocktails episode you could do an entire episode on the drinks of Mad Men. It's hard to argue that the show wasn't responsible for the booming popularity of the old fashioned and possibly the entire cocktail renaissance. Don't forget to include the Old Spanish

@countrybumpkinski

11 ай бұрын

also the gimlet, thanks to betty draper 😊

@Amshatelia88

11 ай бұрын

YES!! I want this video!!

@bryangarcia662

11 ай бұрын

A Mad Men centric/inspired episode would be AMAZING

@alekseimonizmirov1395

11 ай бұрын

Yes! Gimlets, manhattans, all the mid-century drinks became super popular due to that show, and I think it set the stage for the negroni trend as well.

@SezShares

11 ай бұрын

And of course Roger’s drink of choice, the Gibson.

In regard to your podcast: Jack Nicholson was certainly my favorite, if for no other reason than he got the best lines. What other Joker ever got to say "Batman... Batman... Can somebody tell me what kind of a world we live in, where a man dressed up as a *bat* gets all of my press? This town needs an enema!" Of course, Michael Keaton was both Beetlejuice and Batman, ("You know what happened to this guy, Jack? Well... he made mistakes. Then he had his [grabs a poker and smashes a vase] LIGHTS OUT! Now you wanna get nuts? Come on! Let's get nuts.") and thus holds a special place in my heart for that scene.

A cranberry french 75 has made its way into my quintessential thanksgiving cocktails list. Makes those family conversations that much easier to handle. Great show Greg keep doing the thing!

@mattia_carciola

11 ай бұрын

I made it using raspberry-infused tanqueray and it's simply amazing

@CedroLinkin

11 ай бұрын

something i serve at my bar is a raspberry french 75. a nice homemade raspberry syrup goes a long way, and i'd guess it would go better with gin and the bubbles, but i'll try the cranberry too

@raptor4916

7 ай бұрын

My favorite '75 has elderflower liquor in stead of simple syurp

So glad you included sweet vermouth on the rocks in this episode. I think one of the biggest tragedies in drinking fandom is that vermouth is just a mixer. Whenever I go to an italian restaurant that's what I order to pair with my food; except I enjoy it like they do in Spain: no twist and garnished with olives live a martini.

@stevenjacobs2750

11 ай бұрын

Chilled cocchi torino neat is heavenly

@erich851

11 ай бұрын

We'll put a slice of orange or lemon in our vermouths. Much more often than not and I've lived in Spain for a decade.

@brandonp7503

11 ай бұрын

A glass of chilled sweet vermouth is also one of my go-to's when I'm home and don't feel like mixing, when I'm in the mood for it, of when I'm eating Italian.

@93seanwalker

11 ай бұрын

​@@erich851might depend on the spot - I've been served it with olives in multiple places

@Zzyzzyzzs

25 күн бұрын

That'd be a marianito, which didn't come with olives when I had them in San Sebastian, but I can sorta see how that'd work.

I've always had an interest in mixology but this channel has encouraged me to really pursue that interest and I'm currently lined up to be trained as a bartender at my job (I work at a movie theatre that has a bar). This channel has helped me with some techniques but more importantly, it expands my knowledge of ingredients and cocktails which is a useful thing to have (I want to get to a point where I can have a cocktail or two in mind if someone tells me the flavors they like and dislike, or even if they give me an "I'm in the mood for [blank]" sort of comment)

Casablanca really is phenomenal a true classic! Plus its been referenced soooo many times you'll be suprised

I’m 63 years old…my 30 something daughter told me about your channel and I’ve enjoyed watching every episode! 🍸 🍹

Hi there! You'll probably won't see this, but here, in North Eastern Spain (Catalonia), we have a huge sweet vermouth tradition. There are many cellars that make their own, so you can try the differences from one village to the next. And we drink vermouth on the rocks quite often, particularly in summer evenings. It is so common that we oft refer to the time before supper as "the time of vermouth" (l'hora del vermut), and going for an appetiser is very commonly called "going for a vermouth" (fer un vermut), even if you don't have vermouth with your appetiser.

Right away from the beginning of the episode, I can really tell these will be just my cup of tea

You should make DND/RPG Classes as cocktails! Like "The Rogue", "The Warlock", "The Druid", etc...

My grandmother just recently passed and her drink of choice was a white Russian, but basically in a pint glass. I got really good at making them in there.... Count quickly to 5 for vodka, 2 for Kahlua, fill with milk and if there's half and half, a splash of that on top. Stir with butter knife to reach the bottom of glass.

I'm outside your main demo (57, male), but this kind of video is the EXACT reason I subscribe to the channel, so more please! (I'm also a tabletop gamer and a film buff.) Thanks for all you both do.

My assumption for bond's specific drink choice has always been that its a deliberate choice that does 3 things 1 looks like he's drinking with getting him too drunk to function 2 specific drink lets him draw attention to himself and sometimes thats useful 3 if someone recognizes the drink it means they know about bond

I don't know if you've heard of a show called Danger 5, but each episode features one or two cocktail recipies. Its an absurdist Australian comedy that I think would be right up your alley not just for the drinks!

@7vezda

11 ай бұрын

I second this, and the best part is that most of the cocktail recipes are for "the perfect [x]" and come as someone's dying words.

@belindaday6074

11 ай бұрын

Nazis in space

@Murderblonde

11 ай бұрын

A+ show for many reasons, including 1) same team as did Italian Spiderman and 2) Matt Berry as their boss (complete with eagle head)

Good call on the grapefruit! When I was a kid in the 1960s, people ate grapefruit halves with special spoons with serrated tips, and almost everyone sprinkled the flat top of a half with sugar before eating. I think you can still get white grapefruit but they’re way less popular than pink and red varieties.

@Malachiore

11 ай бұрын

I was a kid in the 2000's, but we had a white grapefruit tree in our yard. I would sit in the shade and share one with my dog all through the last half of the year. We didn't have the special spoons though, just hands and claws. The sugar was optional, my dog and I like(d) tart treats. My family never bought grapefruit because of the tree, so I don't think I even saw a red grapefruit until my 20's. I thought red grapefruit were something special, like blood oranges vs normal navel oranges, but I don't think I've seen a white grapefruit since I lived in that house.

@stevenjacobs2750

11 ай бұрын

We still have a bunch of those spoons. But I sprinkle my grapefruit with a little salt in stead of sugar!

@blueguitarbob

11 ай бұрын

My dad ate a white grapefruit every morning with those serrated spoons! I would try to copy him, and even with the sugar it was difficult.

@kbrock9146

11 ай бұрын

Have those spoons and a very unusual serrated curved "knife". All plastic, and curved to follow the curve of a half of grapefruit... I don't know why you would want to scoop the half out as an entire piece like that, but that's what this plastic knife is for apparently.

@stephsaguudefan1753

11 ай бұрын

Like a spork?

Pink grapefruit were actually first cultivated in 1910 and specifically bred into the ruby red variant by 1930. It's not at all unlikely Hemingway had pink or red grapefruit juice in his drink.

As someone in my mid 40's, I LOVE Casablanca. I am surprised, to see your demographics being so young and lack of older, Gen-X ers. Nice to see the younger generation having interest, weird to see the older not. Love your videos.

As a 30 year old, I LOVE Casablanca! Classics never get old!

Today on How to Drink we are going to recreate the classic "whiskey in a bottle" from my favorite western True Grit, specifically the Cohen Brothers True Grit, enjoyed by Rooster Cogburn

I would love to see some space themed drinks that are accessible for most people. With the announcement of starfield this would be exciting! Many thanks for your work!

I've actually been making Earl grey gin for a while. I remember you did a drink used them together and loved it. So now I just put some tea bags in gin to cold brew. Perfect with cold milk and sugar.

Fun idea for a good video; take a trip to one of the Asian supermarkets in your area and make some mixed drinks with some of the more exotic fruits that you can find in the produce section. I know in my area, H-Mart and Lotte are notorious for having some really cool and unique fruit and I'd love to learn what you think and do with them! Keep up the great work. Love your videos!

I finally did check out Midnight Local earlier this week. I went with "death becomes her" as my first episode, since this show introduced my zoomer self to that movie and I loved it. If you're also into that movie, I think it's a great episode to start on. I did rewatch the 1989 Batman in the past few months, so I'm excited for that episode, too. Hot takes are: Batman 2 is pretty terrible. Batman Forever is in its own way peak cinema, and it's fantastic.

This is the first episode in a while that felt like Greg had fun. Love this jolly fellow.

Vermouth (vermú) over ice with a slice of lemon is a super classic Spanish aperitivo. Nothing better before lunch or dinner!

Correction on the grapefruit thing, the red grapefruit has been around since the 1930's not the 90's. There's a couple of varieties, but the first one on record originated in the valley in south Texas in 1929. It's naturally a bit sweeter than the yellow or white grapefruit, and I think it's a little bigger too. The white ones are still out there they're just not as popular.

The sweet vermouth is definitely a staple here in Spain. Not sure if younger people do it but my grandparents' age, it was the most typical thing to do before lunch. Even more so Sundays after church, go for a vermouth and then have lunch.

I was intimidated by the Vesper for a while, because it’s so boozy, but I finally had one a couple weeks ago, and now I can’t get enough of it. The vodka I think weirdly adds some sort of sweetness, the vermouth rounds everything out, and the gin adds the flavour. The lemon as well really makes the drink though, and if made poorly, can muck it all up. Great drink though, very underrated

A variant on the Vesper is the Green Vesper. Sub out the Lillet with Absinthe, and a lime peel for the lemon. Depending on your taste, you may want to drop the absinthe volume by a bit.

You know, now I want to see an episode about questionable drinks from the movie "Cocktail".... Yeah, it might not inspire me to serve any of them but it certainly would be entertaining to watch. :) I actually been to La Floridita, really cool place but I didn't order this particular daquiri.

My favorite "Hemingway" drink is without a doubt the "Death In the Afternoon" but the Hemingway Daquiri is very very good aswell.

Even weirder than everyone calling him Papa, Hemingway kept one of Ava Gardner's kidney stones as a sacred memento. She starred in three adaptations of his work, including the movie that made her a star, 1946's The Killers. She was introduced to Hemingway by the man who was, at the time, the world's greatest living matador, while in the hospital in Spain trying to pass kidney stones. They were friends until his death.

Some vaguely interesting facts about the French 75 (the gun). It was the first mass-produced modern artillery as it's innovative recoil system allowed it to be fired accurately continuously without having to realign the gun.

I'm 62 and love your channel. I recently watched Casablanca for the umpteenth time and quoted it to a 29 year old friend who went on to complete the paragraph. It's a classic film with important historical references.

I discovered Humphrey Bogart movies in general when I was in your predominant demographic group, and fell in love with the writing and style. I’d like to think HTD fans are doing the same because of you, Greg.

Speaking of the French75, earl grey tea, and weddings, my sister got married a few weeks ago and had an Earl Grey gin and tonic as a signature cocktail. They infused like 4 or 5 bottles of Tanqueray in a drink dispenser, and it was one of the bartenders' first night. Those suckers were at best 1:1 gin to tonic, possibly more towards the gin.

I loooove a French 75 and think they're deeply underrated.

Love seeing you go through some classics again!

I have a great idea. "Famous cocktails of the film ages." You make it a series of videos, and each video is from a certain period of movies. Western, silent movies etc ... And then you make the cocktail that was made famous by the movie. Maybe add in movie facts and trivia?

Love this concept. Do another!

Love this! Would love a pt. 2!

Almost spat out my own drink when Greg said "bananas" with the sweet vermouth, lmao

Definitely should make this into a series! These are the kind of drinks that I love

Yay!! You’re back to making drinks again. Love this episode

Pink grapefruit was widely available at least in the 60s and probably before since it was grown as far back as the 1910s. Ruby Red appeared in 1929 in Texas.

I learn something new almost everytime I watch your video and I collect knowledge. Good job!

Very excited to watch!

I'm almost 70 and love watching your channel. Have made many of the drinks on your channel. I make my own version or change up some of the ingredients.

This was a great episode. You made several of my favorite drinks, and showed me a few new ones. The Hemingway Daiquiri is one of our favorites because we have a 20 year old white grapefruit tree, and its fruit is super sweet! Keep it up, this is one the only channels that I am subscribed to on KZread.

Great video! Ones like this are why I watch.

loved this episode, would love to see more like it!

One of my favorite shows and still is The 3 Stooges. I've seen remastered versions in color, and those look strange to me because I am used to seeing their shorts in black and white. I've seen Casablanca ONCE a long time ago, but don't remember anything about it. I know I've seen it, I don't think I paid much attention because I was a kid. A great uncle I have that passed recently always talked about having me over and watching Casablanca. I think I spent the whole time playing with his dog, as I remember his german shepherd puppy he named Strawberry. Never remembered why.

@youmukonpaku3168

11 ай бұрын

I'm gonna go against the grain of a lot of the people here who apparently very much enjoyed Casablanca. You didn't miss all that much; there's some good specific scenes, but mostly the first two thirds of the movie do nothing, only for every plot thread to be resolved at once in about eight minutes at the end. You'd think it was Frank Herbert's first writing exercise if you didn't know it started as a play, because reading Dune (and especially God Emperor) is the only other time I've so strongly had the simultaneous feeling that something was too short and yet overstayed its welcome. It's an important film, an influential one, and not a bad watch either, but its pacing in particular kills it compared to other movies that have hit similar notes better since.

This was a fun episode. I haven't seen Casablanca since I took a film class in college a long, undisclosed amount of time ago, and I had forgotten about the French 75. This reminder will go well with my newly renewed affinity for gin. And I think a rewatch of the film could be a nice thing to go along with it.

Thank you for your work.

Apparently I'm not in your main demographic... I'm 46, I love Casablanca, and you're one of my favorite channels. Keep talking to us "old folks," Greg!

Another awesome video!

Truly classic drinks. Love the thumbnail

Best you tube Chanel out there .🥃 cheers

I'm so glad you did the French 75 from Casablanca! Two of my favorite things :D

I always make my cosmo with the 100% juice and some 2:1 simple. Comes out delicious every time!

I grow the old grapefruit i love them in the morning when i mix the freshly squeezed orange and grapefruit juice its amazing

Yes!! Great episode. And totally need to do the drinks of madmen next!! All those classics would be a great second episode!

In the late 90's during the swing revival, I could be found on Swing Night at the Green Mill drinking a Cosmo sitting in Al Capone's booth. Oh the memories.

I LOVE Casablanca. (I'm in my 30s) Loving this episode. it's a great reference for people who don't drink cocktails to show us roughly what's popular out there or at least well known. All with the usual wit and fun from the HTD team.

It’s always funny when Casablanca comes up as a reference for anything because I know of the highlight scenes but is just on the list of many to watch in the classics

Made some French 76's for Christmas. KILLER drink.

I was so happy to hear that original HTD jazz. More please

I love that the tasting note for the Vesper maybe benefits from therapeutic tea was "Honey Ryder." Bravo.

Love these videos

Loved your suggestions for rums for a Hemingway Daiquiri, but my personal favorite in my Papa Dobles has always been Charanda Uruapán from Mexico. The rotting-banana funk on that rum works great with the grapefruit and almond/cherry pit notes.

I have never had problems really finding a regular grapefruit, but you can always look for a pomelo. Our grocery store grapefruit is a hybrid cross of the sweet orange and the yellow pomelo. If you can get them, I think those would be an ideal substitute instead of the pink grapefruit.

i think first time i had a cosmo and i kinda was familiar with it but wasn't sure it contained cranberry, the hotel bar listed a black currant liqueur in place of the cranberry. i need to say that was actually a nice variation and i was surprised to later find out the regular ingredient is cranberry juice. thanks for this video it was really fun.

Super cool episode! Would love to see a part 2. I prefer my Cosmopolitan, like made here, with 100% Cranberry and tart. Also, love a French 75. Anyone in the comments that haven't had one, try one. They get you were you're going, real quick.

Jack was the best joker behind Mark and it is a very close second. Really the two are interchangeable.

Finally ended up watching Casablanca from this episode, good movie, look forward to trying the drink soon.

Have you ever done an Old Cuban in a video before? It was the signature cocktail at a wedding I went to last year, so Meredith's comment reminded me of it. Especially since I've heard it described as somewhere between a French 75 and a mojito, both of which you like.

Great I now know the basics!

Great drinks! As a Heath Ledger fan myself, I think you make a solid case , and i’ll need to think it over

For the Vesper Martini, if the Gordons you'd normally use is overproof (and perhaps not made anymore), you could try Walton Goggins' gin (Mullholland brand). All his spirits - gin, vodka, whiskey - are just a little higher proof than other common examples. The gin was surprisingly mild too, which seems like it would work well here to not overwhelm the other flavors

I've left some dumb comments before, but you should know you helped me get started in my mixology hobby. Cheers mate

Seen casablanca when i was 16 I'm 27 now would go back and watch it again in a heartbeat

Those of us who’ve been bching in the comments about classic cocktails really appreciate this

My husband has just decided he wants to try the French 75. I'd be down. Carefully. The first time I ever had one or watched Casablanca was a viewing party with friends. We dressed up and ate dinner, then watched the movie with French 75 cocktails. Everyone had at least 3. Had KZread been a thing at the time, the bartender (being the sole sober person in the room) would have had some glorious blackmail material of us singing along, crying at random parts, and quoting the more famous lines. Waking up the next morning, most of us prayed for death. I had had 5, and just tromped everyone to the local diner for food and gallons of coffee.

The first white russian I had was at Dave and Busters that was made with shelf stable coffee creamer packets. Trust me, you can mess it up.

I made it the same way forever...except I did a flamed lemon twist and used that as a way to explain the qualities of lemon oil!

This was a fun video! I do wonder, as a gin person who has, preferences about the more botanical brands, how much the choice of tanqueray as a base you're using today is perhaps why you're liking some of them more/differently than before.

Man, i love your glassware.

Hey! I'm 38! 😁 I made my own drink! It's kind of my white russian. It's called "The Scotish Pirate Creampie", It's hnoey whisky with a little pina colada and heavy cream. It's a dessert that really hits my saturdays 😃

At my work, we sell Papa's Pilar, and when I saw it was signed by Hemingway, I had no idea the connection between the author and rum but now it all makes sense.

I’m about to have to make a lot of vesper martini’s for my father in laws bond themed birthday party. Im glad Greg liked it today and I’ll have to make sure I lean into the citrus for it.

The dom lemon bit for the vesper martini flavor description was perfect

As a 19 year old cinema enjoyer, Casablanca is one of my favorite movies and I love black and white movies. Whoever says they can’t watch them is missing out on some of the greatest film experiences of all time, that’s just a fact.

There are so many great black and white movies! His Girl Friday is just electrifying, I have never met anyone who talks so fast - or so well

Amazing editing during the introduction of the Cosmopolitan, but wonderful to hear him talk about and professionally make those drinks.