What is your favourite featured vodka cocktail...? DIY Grenadine - ua-cam.com/video/XN736HbSxbM/v-deo.html DIY Cream of Coconut - ua-cam.com/video/roASIPHeYOw/v-deo.html
Hi Steve, recently decided that mixology and drink making is a definite thing I want to get into, do you have any tips for young people trying to get into this😊 any books etc, I'm from the UK so some of our ingredients differ and I'm not the richest of fellers so tend to go for cheaper brands😂 your vids are like my studying material, must say Ive loved all I've watched so far, thanks😊😊
@@rustyshackleford7479 don't know about “upper or lower 48” (referred to as the states), but in Golferville Resort areas ArnoldPalmer’s been a classic sweet Tea w/Lemon drink for decades. I'm pretty certain anyone could go to any golf resort worldwide and order an Arnold Palmer with or without your added spikes. Well done Steve. Nice choice of homemade Hibiscus Tea.
If you want more cocktails with tea, it's really popular here in England - syrups and infusions particularly. I've seen some places in London use little fruit teabags pinched on the rim with a tiny clothes peg so it infuses with the cocktail as you drink it. Gin and camomile tea is a great go-to!
Coconut water that you buy in the store is typically from young coconuts and also as citric or ascorbic acid added, so it tastes way different than coconut water from a mature coconut.
That moment when you are watching a lecture and your laptop shows that your phone is disconnected from the internet. You go and check and just as you reconnected a new video from Steve pops up and you realize the lecture can wait till you have tried each of the drinks out 👌🏼
Hahaha Steve, I guess you didn't know this, but coconut water comes from young coconuts (ones that have green husk on the outside) and coconut flesh comes from mature coconuts (the ones with brown husk). That also means the flesh of young coconuts isn't tasty, and the water of mature coconuts also isn't tasty.
Great combo of recipes. Your expression after tasting the coconut made my day. I do not know why, sometimes the coconut water tastes great once you crack the nut, and other times it taste kind of "soap-like"; At least in my oppinion and experience. Now I have some ideas what to drink during the weekend. Thanks Steve.
Tip for the honey yogourt cocktail (Cocktail Culture). Look at the container of yogourt. determine how many times 3/4 oz (22.5ml) is inthe container. Use that multiplier for the rest of the ingredients. ;) Have friends over to share. :D
With the last tea based cocktail I’d use a French earl grey tea with is a black tea with hibiscus, and a dash of simple syrup to sub for the hibiscus syrup
Your such a tank mate. Actually love the videos so much. Like I got a cocktail set for Christmas and you made it so much more fun and helped me do more
Hey Steve, in Trinidad (Caribbean) we usually open a coconut by throwing it aggressively from the top of the stairs or just smashing it against a clean wall. Cheers.
I like your smile while you shake the shaker.. and my small suggestion is the details of ingredients list will be shown in your left side is very good to your video..
Hey man, haha just here to let you know how to crack a coconut. In my culture we say crack it between the eyes. Basically, look for the 3 dots on the coconut, between 2 of the dots(the eyes) there should be a line running through them. That’s where you use the knife. Love watching your videos man.
One of my favorite things to do with coctails is taking vodka based drinks and replacing the vodka with gin or tequila just to see what happens. Works more often than you would think.
Great video and I loved the versatile selection of drinks! Something for everyone! I think the gimlet was the best and I'll be trying that when my basils start to grow again after the winter up north!
Steve, Just one BIG wack in the middle will give you a cleaner cut if you can live with 2 equal halves. Also, coconut water from a fresh coconut shell should be the best drink one can think of (think about all the natural filters in producing this juice, from the roots of coconut tree to all the way to the shell). Grocery store coconut must be months old, so no wonder it didnt taste good when you tasted
Yeah I was trying to only knock off a bit from the top so I would have plenty of room for the drink... unfortunately any coconuts I can get wouldn’t be super fresh.. 😔
Me and my family from Puerto Rico use a "Machete" to open the coconuts. We're not bartender professionals so if you try it just watch where your hands are.
If you put the coconut on a board and tap it whit the back of your knive you shouldent ned that many hits and it should brake apart more cleanly 😉 love your videos ❤️❤️ and always great Cocktails
Arnald Palmers are a very delicious non-alcoholic summer drink, they're super refreshing because of the combination of Iced Tea and Lemonade. On a side note I've watched video's from the Educated Barfly and its funny how they've tried to incorprate your signiture shaker/stur smile.
Sometimes I wonder if vodka cocktails are better served with a different spirit. The Chi Chi seems like it would play better as the OG with rum (or even Chatreuse in the Pina Verde) and the Cucumber Vodka Gimlet seems like it would be elevated with gin in place of the vodka. However, vodka seems really at home in the Cocktail Culture. It also seems like vodka is at home in Boozy Arnold Palmer either. Nice to see some cocktails where vodka is (likely) the ideal spirit.
I’m sure someone has already said this Steve but the brown coconuts used to make shredded coconut etc. does not have nice coconut water, the young coconuts have the nice water.
Steve you the man. Stumbled across your vids recently. Top banana! Quick question: you always have fresh lemon/lime juice to hand. Do you buy this or just spend all day juicing fruit? Any tips to get this done quickly?
You’ve made me appreciate gin and so many other spirits, in a whole new way. Why do I feel like vodka doesn’t add much complexity or flavor to a cocktail?
It doesn't... but that can be the beauty of it.. neutral flavour... it provides the booze whilst you can highlight clean flavours... the Cucumber Basil Gimlet is a perfect example... clean, fresh, herbaceous flavours..
@@StevetheBartender_ darn, a friend of my brother’s got him to try it as a joke but my brother liked it so I got two bottles sent from America unfortunately I ran into the import costs you did for your rum and it turned out to cost $300 for two bottles and now I’m wondering what can be done with it.
I love your videos! I am in the states. I’ve been wondering when I will be able to get your gin! Also the Cucumber Vodka Gimlet sounds incredible. I will have to make it. I’ll use new amsterdam since that’s the vodka I have
How your supposed to open up a coconut is get stranded on an island and open it up with an ice skate that you found. I think I saw that work well somewhere.
The majority of the world's vanilla is commonly known as Bourbon vanilla (after the former name of Réunion, Île Bourbon) or Madagascar vanilla. So, I think the rinse only refers to vanilla extract and not actually bourbon-whiskey infusion of vanilla.
the boozy arnold palmer: ha, ha, ha-aaa (imagine jimmy carr's laugh here): I though t I was clever when I started using herbal teas with our Shabat cocktails (cause both me and my dad need to get off sugarry drinks, so I couldn't use syrups and liqueurs as much). as for the vodka gimlet - I hate basil anywhere but in pizza sauces. So I tried with mint instead, and them with sage - I loo-oove sage in just about anything, so I adopted it!! thanks for all these ideas of what to do with my vodka!! my youngest just turned 18 as well, and she is over the moon for getting included into the drinking circle 😻 after trying them all, I'm still most partial to the sage cucumber vodka gimlet. Cheers! 🍹
What is your favourite featured vodka cocktail...?
DIY Grenadine - ua-cam.com/video/XN736HbSxbM/v-deo.html
DIY Cream of Coconut - ua-cam.com/video/roASIPHeYOw/v-deo.html
Cucumber vodka gimlet. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, history of the cocktail and reaction to the taste.
We call that last drink a John Daily here in the states (also my favorite)
The Caucasian (WR), my Dude!
Hi Steve, recently decided that mixology and drink making is a definite thing I want to get into, do you have any tips for young people trying to get into this😊 any books etc, I'm from the UK so some of our ingredients differ and I'm not the richest of fellers so tend to go for cheaper brands😂 your vids are like my studying material, must say Ive loved all I've watched so far, thanks😊😊
@@rustyshackleford7479 don't know about “upper or lower 48” (referred to as the states), but in Golferville Resort areas ArnoldPalmer’s been a classic sweet Tea w/Lemon drink for decades. I'm pretty certain anyone could go to any golf resort worldwide and order an Arnold Palmer with or without your added spikes. Well done Steve. Nice choice of homemade Hibiscus Tea.
Ahhhh.... The classic shake & smile ☺️never gets old. Love watching your videos! ❤️
Steve if you keep adding more videos I'll end up broke, you're the reason I built a home bar in my backyard 😂
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@@cocktailtony9860 No, watch Empires and Cocktails. They are better.
Me too
@@EmpiresandCocktails I do I am a subscriber. I enjoy watching your videos
My hubs keeps saying, “you used to just drink wine!!”
The Hawaiian sunset is probably my favourite cocktail from this channel. It's dangerously good.
I can wholeheartedly recommend the cucumber-basil vodka gimlet. I made one last night and also muddled in a spring of mint. Fantastic! Sláinte 🍻
Love the new graphic on the side, super handy for when I’m making these later on.
If you want more cocktails with tea, it's really popular here in England - syrups and infusions particularly. I've seen some places in London use little fruit teabags pinched on the rim with a tiny clothes peg so it infuses with the cocktail as you drink it. Gin and camomile tea is a great go-to!
My favorite drink for winter: Chocolate Russe. It’s hot chocolate milk with a good dash of Vodka. It’s so nice after a good winter snow walk
Sounds delightful. Also, your dog is so cute!!
Came for the cocktails, stayed for the smile
Greetings from Sweden. Your videos really help getting us through the pandemic. Cheers man.
Coconut water that you buy in the store is typically from young coconuts and also as citric or ascorbic acid added, so it tastes way different than coconut water from a mature coconut.
In Fiji we drink the coconut water of green or yellow coconuts aka Bu. Very refreshing. Older ones are scrapped for coconut cream. Delicious.
Steve u r the best!!!!! I have been Bartending.for 1 year and I have used so many of your recipes. Your channel in the best and I love it
I really enjoy the lighting in your videos and the neatness of the drinks behind you against the white.
That moment when you are watching a lecture and your laptop shows that your phone is disconnected from the internet. You go and check and just as you reconnected a new video from Steve pops up and you realize the lecture can wait till you have tried each of the drinks out 👌🏼
The last one sounds very interesting. I love Earl Grey infused gin cocktail too!!
Love the ingredient list above!
My best friend loves Arnold Palmers and I can't wait to try making that version for her before it gets cold here in California!
Hahaha Steve, I guess you didn't know this, but coconut water comes from young coconuts (ones that have green husk on the outside) and coconut flesh comes from mature coconuts (the ones with brown husk). That also means the flesh of young coconuts isn't tasty, and the water of mature coconuts also isn't tasty.
I now know... haha, although I don’t like coconut water either way 😂
Great combo of recipes. Your expression after tasting the coconut made my day. I do not know why, sometimes the coconut water tastes great once you crack the nut, and other times it taste kind of "soap-like"; At least in my oppinion and experience. Now I have some ideas what to drink during the weekend. Thanks Steve.
I live in Hawaii, so the Hawaiian Sunset sounds nice 👍🏼
Tip for the honey yogourt cocktail (Cocktail Culture). Look at the container of yogourt. determine how many times 3/4 oz (22.5ml) is inthe container. Use that multiplier for the rest of the ingredients. ;) Have friends over to share. :D
Saw these on your app a couple days ago and shook me up the Hawaiian Sunset. Loved it!
Cucumber Gimlet for the WIN! Cucumber is so great for refreshing guests on a hot day! 👍
With the last tea based cocktail I’d use a French earl grey tea with is a black tea with hibiscus, and a dash of simple syrup to sub for the hibiscus syrup
Your such a tank mate. Actually love the videos so much. Like I got a cocktail set for Christmas and you made it so much more fun and helped me do more
Haha, thanks Robert.. enjoy the cocktail mixing!
Hey Steve, in Trinidad (Caribbean) we usually open a coconut by throwing it aggressively from the top of the stairs or just smashing it against a clean wall. Cheers.
It’s all about the shake & smile great video 😀😀
Ooooh it’s a difficult choice - I love pina coladas so the Chi Chi is definitely on my list - but the Hawaiian Sunset looks lovely too 🤩
Looking forward to trying some of these. So many great choices... Thanks and Cheers
I like your smile while you shake the shaker.. and my small suggestion is the details of ingredients list will be shown in your left side is very good to your video..
Great, I just got 3liters of Finlandia😂
Perfect timing!
Hey man, haha just here to let you know how to crack a coconut. In my culture we say crack it between the eyes. Basically, look for the 3 dots on the coconut, between 2 of the dots(the eyes) there should be a line running through them. That’s where you use the knife. Love watching your videos man.
Please keep on adding the ingredients of the cocktails directly in the video description.
My fav is a vodka with ruby red grapefruit juice... no idea if it’s a thing but it’s so good lol
Arnold Palmer would be my preference, then the cucumber basil. Then...probably the coconut last. But it looks tasty! Thank you!
It would be so awesome if you made a video on bar essentials, and alcohol to get for beginner (home bar).
That's the simplest colada I have ever seen, I love it
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I get Peach Hard Eddy's Vodka, use about 4 jiggers of the vodka to 4 jiggers of water and a few ice cubes.
Hey greetings from California!.... great cocktails Mate Thanks for shearing them !
One of my favorite things to do with coctails is taking vodka based drinks and replacing the vodka with gin or tequila just to see what happens. Works more often than you would think.
I Love your videos and shake & smile makes me smile too😇
Chi Chi and Cucamber vodka gimlet sounds delicious to me!
I want to try all of these. Also, Finlandia is vodka of choice too. Thanks Steve!
Awesome drinks and video 😀
I’m gonna make all 5 drink too. I am also bartender in Sweden 😄✨
Great video and I loved the versatile selection of drinks! Something for everyone! I think the gimlet was the best and I'll be trying that when my basils start to grow again after the winter up north!
I would love a video on mixology/cocktail trivia or fun facts
Im already loving the Cucumber vodka gimlet, gonna try that this weekend for sure!
Steve, Just one BIG wack in the middle will give you a cleaner cut if you can live with 2 equal halves. Also, coconut water from a fresh coconut shell should be the best drink one can think of (think about all the natural filters in producing this juice, from the roots of coconut tree to all the way to the shell). Grocery store coconut must be months old, so no wonder it didnt taste good when you tasted
Yeah I was trying to only knock off a bit from the top so I would have plenty of room for the drink... unfortunately any coconuts I can get wouldn’t be super fresh.. 😔
@@StevetheBartender_ So great to hear from our celebrity Bartender !! Wish you success n happiness ..........!!!
I need some cocktails ideas for Valentine’s Day,please 🍹🌹
Trop sympa ta chaine Steve ! J'ai juste envie de tester tous les cocktails que tu proposes ! Bisous from France !
Me and my family from Puerto Rico use a "Machete" to open the coconuts. We're not bartender professionals so if you try it just watch where your hands are.
If you put the coconut on a board and tap it whit the back of your knive you shouldent ned that many hits and it should brake apart more cleanly 😉 love your videos ❤️❤️ and always great Cocktails
The Last two are My favorites :D
Arnald Palmers are a very delicious non-alcoholic summer drink, they're super refreshing because of the combination of Iced Tea and Lemonade. On a side note I've watched video's from the Educated Barfly and its funny how they've tried to incorprate your signiture shaker/stur smile.
His shaking will never cease to impress me
Bro this is wicked!! Great episode!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼 They all look amazing 😍
Arnold Palmer is popular in the Southern USA. I doubt we would use hibiscus tho. It would be a regular brown tea.
Sometimes I wonder if vodka cocktails are better served with a different spirit.
The Chi Chi seems like it would play better as the OG with rum (or even Chatreuse in the Pina Verde) and the Cucumber Vodka Gimlet seems like it would be elevated with gin in place of the vodka.
However, vodka seems really at home in the Cocktail Culture. It also seems like vodka is at home in Boozy Arnold Palmer either.
Nice to see some cocktails where vodka is (likely) the ideal spirit.
Fantastic looking drinks 🍸
thanks Steve! I served pina coladas in real coconuts this weekend.
Steve you make , cocktail making fun 👌💯
8am in the morning here, don't mind if I do 😆
Basil is honnestly such an excellent flavor, wether you pair with gin or vodka
And OF COURSE……that shake! Daaaaaang!!!! 😲
I’m sure someone has already said this Steve but the brown coconuts used to make shredded coconut etc. does not have nice coconut water, the young coconuts have the nice water.
Yeah, a few have mentioned... we don’t get young coconuts unfortunstely
Steve you the man. Stumbled across your vids recently. Top banana! Quick question: you always have fresh lemon/lime juice to hand. Do you buy this or just spend all day juicing fruit? Any tips to get this done quickly?
My go to favorite is a cranberry vodka with lime. Never had hibiscuses! What does that taste like?
Where to buy those little jar for simple syrup and other juice? So cute.
The commissary orgeat is great can’t find it anywhere for nearly a year
Can you do a The Duppy Share Caribbean Rum,
Review please? You can get them from Morrison's in the UK
Gotta grab some vodka, thanks for the positive vibes as always :)
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Awesome video! Will these recipes be added to the app soon? Kind regards from Belgium!
Already added a few days ago 👌
@@StevetheBartender_ Awesome! Been using the app every week :D Thanks for that!
I love your videos!! I hope your channel will grow it's by far the best cocktail recipes channel :3
Who doesn’t need more tiki tropical cocktails in their life? 🥂 🌴 🌊
You’ve made me appreciate gin and so many other spirits, in a whole new way. Why do I feel like vodka doesn’t add much complexity or flavor to a cocktail?
It doesn't... but that can be the beauty of it.. neutral flavour... it provides the booze whilst you can highlight clean flavours... the Cucumber Basil Gimlet is a perfect example... clean, fresh, herbaceous flavours..
Is a quick way to add ABV without adding flavor
Have you ever tried vodka, neat?
@@StevetheBartender_ Thanks. Really love your channel. Will give it shot.
Have you ever tried a liqueur called Malört? If so do you know of any drinkable cocktails made with it?
I’m yet to try Malort..!
@@StevetheBartender_ darn, a friend of my brother’s got him to try it as a joke but my brother liked it so I got two bottles sent from America unfortunately I ran into the import costs you did for your rum and it turned out to cost $300 for two bottles and now I’m wondering what can be done with it.
I love your videos! I am in the states. I’ve been wondering when I will be able to get your gin! Also the Cucumber Vodka Gimlet sounds incredible. I will have to make it. I’ll use new amsterdam since that’s the vodka I have
Yup! The smile sucked us in!!! You’re great. You are our bedtime Content:)
Ну наконец-то!
Yes! I've been waiting for a video like this one :)
How your supposed to open up a coconut is get stranded on an island and open it up with an ice skate that you found. I think I saw that work well somewhere.
Hey, nice video as always! Do you have any videos on non alcoholic drinks? I couldnt find any. Would really like to see that :)
Finally... Something w/o coffee
Are you sure it is Bourbon Whisky with vanilla, and not just the vanilla variety called Bourbon Vanilla?
Lol, I just googled it - never knew that Bourbon was a varietal of vanilla... learn something new every day >_
Yeah!!! Does it mean we will also get new Rum cocktails? Since you filmed episode 3 of Vodka.
I am more of a rum person. However I need to see what and how, with the coconut.
If I can't get any hibiscus syrup, is there something else I can substitute it with ?
I love your videos!!
the music makes this feel like an irish kids show.
Hey Mate, where did you buy your Coupe Glasses from?
I like them all
Do you have a recipe for that coconut milk/syrup posted? *i see it in the drop down🥳
The majority of the world's vanilla is commonly known as Bourbon vanilla (after the former name of Réunion, Île Bourbon) or Madagascar vanilla. So, I think the rinse only refers to vanilla extract and not actually bourbon-whiskey infusion of vanilla.
Lol, you are correct. I had never actually heard of the term Bourbon vanilla until 10 minutes after I published the video..
the boozy arnold palmer: ha, ha, ha-aaa (imagine jimmy carr's laugh here): I though t I was clever when I started using herbal teas with our Shabat cocktails (cause both me and my dad need to get off sugarry drinks, so I couldn't use syrups and liqueurs as much).
as for the vodka gimlet - I hate basil anywhere but in pizza sauces. So I tried with mint instead, and them with sage - I loo-oove sage in just about anything, so I adopted it!!
thanks for all these ideas of what to do with my vodka!! my youngest just turned 18 as well, and she is over the moon for getting included into the drinking circle 😻
after trying them all, I'm still most partial to the sage cucumber vodka gimlet. Cheers! 🍹
Finlandia. The Best choise :] 👍🏻
Chi chi is a winner here!
I like self check..."remember to smile, Steve"
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@@cocktailtony9860 No, watch Empires and Cocktails. They are better.
@@EmpiresandCocktails I already do I am a subscriber.
My favourite was the cucumber gimlet
Great video, I just came across an app and realised it was yours are you still supporting it? Keep up the great work love your content.