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I drank rock and rye last week when I had Covid. I make it with star brite peppermints and sour mash bourbon. When it’s made right it looks like peptobismal. Pink if I didn’t spell that right.
Do you think you'd get better (or more interesting) results on your homemade if you put the citrus in first and then putting in the horehound, dry herbs, and demerara to make a psuedo-oleo saccharum? Then mix in your booze the next day or a week later?
Fun fact you probably already knew: Leading up to, during, and possibly for a time after the Prohibition, due to how alcohol was seen by a lot of people (especially by the temperance movement) getting cocktails prescribed as medicine was a way for someone to get a drink without stigma. Also, two bonus fun facts, lemonade was actually seen as the main drink of the temperance movement because they used it as an "indulgence" drink instead of alcohol, and during the prohibition many places would sell powdered grape concentrate bricks that would be labelled with the instructions "After mixing with water, do not place the liquid in a jug away in the cupboard for twenty days, because then the juice will turn into wine." There were also ones that would tell people to either add benzoate of soda to avoid fermentation, or avoid the use of "yeast, raisins, etc., otherwise fermentation sets in." Fun ways to get around the Prohibition.
@@kasuraga No, they told the public all the ways to make alcohol so they definitely would never attempt such things, as they are all law abiding god-fearing citizens of the U.S.A!
The hero we need, but don't deserve 💯👏🏾✨ Tasting the worst so we don't have to ( ...and, come to think of it, tasting the best: so that we know to go get it! 😎🥃🍹)
@@sarahshydale4051 "This is rancid, probably been leaking for 20 years. Such a shame." Proceeds to eat the rest of a 100 year old MRE then comes back to the rancid can: "There's probably still some good stuff in here somewhere. Just have to scrape off the outside layer."
Not even kidding. My pediatrician told my mom to make cough syrup using honey, lemon and whisky. That was in the 70s. It works, too. Lemon breaks up the congestion, honey soothes the throat and the whisky helps relieve the pain and relaxes the kid. And before anyone says anything, that was before the link between honey and Reye syndrome, and I was over 2. So, yeah I've been drinking cocktails since I was about 3 or 4.
I mean that’s just a hot toddy without hot water. I drank those more than actual water when I had Covid. I used SoCo cuz I didn’t wanna use my good whiskey when I didn’t think I could savor it but it was alright
FYI, you're mixing up two different "not safe to give to kids" issues: 1) Honey in children under 1 year of age can lead to botulism because their stomach acid isn't strong enough yet to deactivate botulism spores that may be present in honey 2) Reye syndrome can affect children and adolescents; it's usually triggered by taking aspirin (or other salicylates) when recovering from a viral infection, frequently influenza or chicken pox.
lemon aint gonna "break" congestion. ...maybe if you add salt and shoot it up your nose. this will flow into and through your sinus, probably causing some pain cos acid, and it may shock your system enough to change modes of mucous production. how does honey soothe anything? it's sweet n bitey and the chemicals n stuff dont do anything in the amounts we eat. ...if you eat a whole jar quickly it might slightly alter your gut flora. ...the whisky should distract from symptoms. yay alcohol
In Michigan, there is a soft drink company called Faygo and one of their flavors is Rock N Rye, this entire episode I was half-expecting to see a 20.oz bottle of the stuff.
That's my favorite Faygo next to "Moon Mist". Considering it's a Cherry Cream Soda, it's interesting to see those drinks most like the pop in look taste the most foul. 🤔
Literally what caused me to click the link so fast. Rock N Rye was my go to aside from Cream Soda. Both only drank cold. Only monsters drink either warm.
15:05 For the viewers at home: a 750 ml bottle is also known as a "fifth." As in, it's 1/5 of a gallon. So for all practical purposes it's the same ratio in the recipes.
It's a little less than a true fifth of a gallon, but it's close enough, compared to some of the other US standard liquor bottles. A 375ml "pint bottle" is 12.5 oz while a real imperial pint is 16oz. A "handle," which we call "half-gallons" in the trade, is 1750ml (1.75 liters), (coincidentally a liter plus a metric "fifth") while a real half gallon is almost two and a quarter liters. All of our liquor bottles sound like they're bigger than they are, except half pints, which are bigger than half of a "pint" of liquor!
I'm an idiot. An American pint is 16oz (US fluid oz), while an Imperial pint is 20oz (Imp. fluid oz.) or 19.2 (US fl. oz.). I was using Imperial as shorthand for conventional units.
I've never liked ASMR but I definitely enjoy every aspect of the drink making on htd as ASMR. The pour and stirring are good but the ice cracking and shaking are my personal favorites. No other drink making UA-camrs come close to your channels editing and sound quality.
A whole episode on "medicinal" cocktails, remedies, cure-alls, and snake oil would be really cool. Ether historic or created for the episode. ....Could use that for my D&D game....
I did do a bunch of research on the medicinal side of all sorts of booze for a thesis I ended up not needing to do, but bitters, amaros, and vermouths started as medicine. Some cocktails too, like the gin and tonic, caipirinha (for the cold) and mojito (legend says it was a mix of rations for sailors in the caribbean), to name a few.
I remember watching a show where they went to a schnapps maker, and she said, “In the morning, we call it a cocktail; in the evening, we call it a cocktail!” Wise woman.
As a person who is alcohol intolerant, I get a certain amount of vicarious pleasure in your videos. I can't try most of the things you do, because I don't like acute digestive problems, but I enjoy your personality and since I'm a bit of a science nerd, I enjoy the subject as well since mixology is basically chemistry!
Me too (except it's just not tolerating alchohol and giving it a miss since that one incident with a bottle of Verve Clicquot) I watch his videos for the history, the conversation, the mixology, the rumination, the filming, and the editing. It's a lovely way to spend a half hour or so.
I recently bought a bottle of Jacquin's (I thought it sounded interesting), turns out to be an old man drink. Was talking with wife about how to make it drinkable. She felt it needed to be added to something the opposite of the drink, not sweet, maybe bitter/spiced. I make some chai tea, chilled it and added "an amount" of Jacquin's. It's almost acceptable, but I may just get rid of the rest of the bottle
oooooh! i'd be down for HTD ASMR cuts, sound-focused drink making is a real treat (88rising's "japans greatest bartender" foley-focused series immediately jumps to mind)
I agree with Meredith, an hour long video for the holidays that has jazz or something over a compilation of close up videos from you guys - I’d watch !
I would love HTD drink ASMR. I can't get enough of the sounds of the ice cracking or the bar spoon stirring the drinks and of course the cocktail shaker~
Greg, I just want to say your videos are amazing. You're not only extremely enjoyable to watch, but you also pushed me into my own project with borderline alcoholism and content creation. These infusion experiments are an absolute joy to watch.
Well, this is a turn up for the books. My grand parent on my mom's side had a bottle that he made up called "Pop's Mix" And it was clearly this. He took a bottle of Johhny Walker Red Lable and mixed it with Rosehip Syrup which is just simple syrup and rose hips in a bottle bought from the chemist (your pharmacy). Equal parts and rebottled, he gave himself a nip before bed - no matter if he needed it or not. What a great thing you've reminded me of.
We ended up with a pack of those candies for Christmas this year and they taste wild. I was sick as a dog and could taste those and they opened my sinuses.
When I was young man, 18, I worked at a liquor store in NJ in college in the late 80s. I remember the bottles of Jacquin's Rock and Rye siting on the bottom shelf forever. One day I took a bottle home (yes, I was misguided in my youth). I did not like whiskey then but I would drink a Jack and Coke and do some shots. The Rock and Rye was disgusting.
Great video Greg! I'm glad you included the Slow and Low. I enjoyed that a good bit a few years back. I used to add a few extra dashes of Ango to it. I'm from PA and have started asking around to see if any friends or family members have a recipe for homemade R&R. Everyone is saying their parents and grandparents used to drink the Jacquins!
Man, if only MY grandmother thought this was her idea of medicine. Instead she gave you half a stick of Wrigley's gum no matter what was wrong with you.
Our liquor store recently installed a new refrigeration case that they are keeping, among other things, Rock and Rye is one of the main items in there. Growing up in Michigan, I thought Rock and Rye was just a soda flavor.
Thanks for making videos :) i don't drink alcohol but i enjoy watching you make such interesting drinks and videos, your energy is so unique and fun to watch
Hey Greg Love the videos! Could you revisit fallout sometime with the Atomic cocktail? Or honestly any gaming related cocktail would be awesome, those episodes are always super unique and fun to watch.
In "Animal House", when the Deltas and their dates go into the Dexter Lake Club to see Otis Day and the Knights, Boone goes to the bar and orders "7 Carlings and a Rock and Rye". I've had this nugget in my brain for years, and now it's in yours.
In her youth (late 1970s into the 80s), my mother would do shots of Rock 'n' Rye (along with Hot Damn) in bars. You mention PA keeping the tradition going, and this was in Baltimore, so not far away. In my early 20s, we were down the shore, and I had a bottle of whiskey. My mother poured some to taste it, didn't like it, and took some rock candy we had bought earlier in the day and let it dissolve for a few minutes in the whiskey before drinking it. That's always been my recipe for Rock 'n' Rye: just throw rock candy into whiskey. In my 20s, I would take a bottle of cheap rye (Jim Beam or something) an add 3-4 sticks of rock candy (preferring orange flavored or plain, maybe cherry flavored for just one of the sticks) and put it all in a swing top bottle with a wide mouth. Then I'd take the mixture to parties and people would sip on the sweet whiskey. I never did the whole fruit or herbal stuff: just rock candy and whiskey. And it's pretty decent and way less work than mixing cocktails for people, but nothing too exciting.
Just made my first batch of Rock and Rye and it is so good. I went heavy on the orange and clove and added a few Ricola. Thank you so much for your channel! So much great information with a side of your great personality!
I remember a "cure" that was "prescribed" back in the 90s at a nicely maintained old-fashioned bowling alley (Clearing Bowl -- R.I.P.): a shot of Rock & Rye in a cup of tea. That unstuffed my nose RIGHT QUICK!
When I hear Rock n Rye. I think of the song “Old Green River” (1915) “ I was floating down the Old green river On the good ship Rock N Rye. But i floated too far And got stuck on the bar I was tied to the mast While the schooners Went past The ship went down With the captain and crew There was only one thing Left to do So I had to drink that Olʻ green river dry To get back home To you!”
I've had the Three Pints Shy song "Faulk the English Rye" stuck in my head for this entire episode. "So drink with me, and sing-off key 'til night is at an end."
May have commented something similar on the other video but here goes: My family has a longstanding tradition of toasting with a shot of Rock and Rye during our Christmas brunch. As a child, I remember once smelling the stuff and feeling like my nose hairs had been burned right off. It smelled of nail polish remover to me... and yet, now as an adult, I've grown to love the sweet liqueur and look forward to our yearly toast.
You know Greg used to play D&D, because only someone that was into fantasy tabletop role playing games (TTRPG) as a kid would spend more than 30 seconds riffing on "Horehound". And, yes, I snickered at the mane. In my defense, I'm almost 50 and still playing D*D.
I fell in love with Hochstadter's Rock & Rye many years ago and it helped to push me towards cocktails. My best Rock & Rye memory was asking my mom to find some in her rural area, but when I arrived I found she had bought Jacquin's Rock & Rye, and I can attest to it's barely digestible nature.
Seeing the Leroux branding always gives me flashbacks to when i was just starting to get into cocktails and mixing at home, and half my cabinet was Leroux stuff, cuz it was the cheapest version of the basics i could get my hands on. Equal parts fond memory and war flashbacks. XP
A funny note about that brand of horehound hard candy, when I worked at Walmart they shipped the bulk candy in small wooden barrels and when they tried to open it my one manager had to borrow a hammer from the hardware department to bust it open to put the candy on the display. Then they sold the empty barrels in the break room. It was probably the most fun I’ve ever had with a new product
Yea the old ladies I used to work with (in Philadelphia!) always swore by Rock and Rye in some tea as a general health cure all. Just basic Lipton's tea. In a tea it is good but over ice or neat ... not so much. Thanks for this episode ... loved it!
Horehound is an old fashioned hard candy which often was used as a cough drop. I used to work at Shane’s Confectionery, the oldest continuously running candy store in the nation. You’re right, it is sweet, but has does have some herbal notes. The plant has some medicinal benefits, if you are seeking that.
I've actually been thinking about how I would love some cocktail making ASMR come from this channel for months now. I found myself watching some of the longer episodes with lots of drinks being made as a substitute for ASMR! The music with the sound of ice stirring and cocktail shaking/pouring sounds from HTD would be great!
I never tried the Horehound flavor, but I used to be a big fan of Claey's when I worked at the hardware store here in town. I'd highly recommend grabbing most of the other flavors like Lemon, Green Apple, or Watermelon. Really solid stuff; strong flavors too.
Hey I just want to say I love your videos me and my brother and my dad all watch it together occasionally and I’ve even fallen asleep to it just want to say keep up the good work mate!!!
What I like about Greg is even though he's been at this a long time and has a more elevated palate (and obsession with Tiki) is that he is still so chill and laid back about mixology. There's no hard set rule, it's more art than science. As a non-drinker, it's fun just to watch him experiment like some mad scientist throwing chemicals together to create an elixir of import.
Hochstadter's Rock & Rye is dope! Created by guy behind St Germain. 2 suggestions: 1) My favorite: brew up your favorite cup of tea, throw it in; perfect instant (and damn tasty) hot toddy. Great for when you have a cold (or want to pretend that you do), particularly with caffine-less herbal teas 2) It is great to throw in some seltzer or soda water and ice for a lighter (& great) long drink (full disclosure: I find the native rock & rye too sweet for my preference, though they do sometimes release a higher proof, longer aged version that is REAL FUN)
Rock and Rye cocktail... two ounces of rye, 1/2 once of horehound syrup, a squeeze of orange and garnish with burnt blood orange slice. Damned wonderful cocktail. Traditional rock candy is made with horehound, that's the difference...
No rock and rye. But in Eastern Europe, we have many interesting medicinal alcohols. Brandies are a cold staple(at least they were in my family), and in the Baltics you'll find different types of herbs mixed together into an alcohol cordial to treat different ailments.
The slow and low is my favorite. I didn’t feel like it was THAT strong. I also have enjoyed the Robbers Roost campsite cordial, which is their version.
I hate asmr almost universally. But I really enjoy the audio and the visuals that the drink making in these videos provide. So even as an asmr hater, I like it here
I've worked with horehound in addition to having had those drops and horehound candy sticks. Horehound, when highly concentrated as a flavor, has a lot in common with like a hybridization of yerba mate, tamarind (but not in any way sour), and the slightest hint of licorice root (the real stuff...not the candy...the bitter, earthy stuff). That said, it is rather mild. It probably does contribute to the flavor in a small way, but cinnamon and citrus both kind of kick it to a pulp in the strength department. I would suggest that you should get your hands on some pure horehound and make your own liqueur or plain infusion. Horehound does work dry, but it is a bit better sweet. An herb that goes well with it, but that I would be careful with because of its pharmacological effects, is linden (linden causes your core body temperature to drop...so be careful). Another herb that goes with it, but doesn't really do anything from a drug perspective, is tarragon (combining these two can produce a sort of savory and minty marshmallow-esque thing...very interesting). Horehound has some small impact on blood sugar, in that it very slightly lowers it...so maybe avoid it if you are hypoglycemic, but most people should be fine with it. The final thing I will say on this is that horehound goes well with chamomile as well, and since chamomile is a good pairing with bourbon and honey, a mix of the three should be delicious (I haven't tried this particular mix myself as I was unaware of how good the bourbon chamomile flavor pairing was until about 2 years ago and I haven't really had any horehound for about 3 years due to a combination of factors related to money, covid, and lack of space during a move for uncommon herbs and spices).
I love the riffing on possibilities. Maple sugar sounds great in this. And I’m thinking of boosting the medicinal quality by adding some slippery elm bark and ginger. Just too bad I haven’t had a cold in 2 years.
This somehow reminds me of the old finnish tradition of preparing a saturated solution of salty salammoniac-licorice hard candy in Vodka. It´s called "Salmikakki", you can get it bottled, but the homemade stuff is better. Less sweet, more salty-spicy. It´s good, but it has 42.5% Vol. that you don´t notice, so, go slow... I also get that Rock&Rye, because as a kid in southern germany, we would chop onions, and put them in a jar with rock candy, and leave it over night. The sugar pulls the juice out of the onion and forms a kind od sirup, that we would get in spoonfuls as cough sirup. And it actually works. Horseraddish and thyme is optional. So i can totally see how adding Rye would make it the adult version.
Nice to know I'm not the only one who gets a rotten taste in Rock and Rye. It tasted like rotten tea to me when my mom made me take a shot of it when I was sick. It was the Mr. Boston brand and even if it was a cure to my chest cold I would have rather been sick. I have never tried those horehound drops in particular but they usually tastes a lot like root beer.
Interesting that the two premade Rock & Ryes you like taste like a Manhattan and an Old Fashioned. Speaking of...I actually found that Chivas Regal scotch whiskey makes for a really good Old Fashioned. I'm not usually a scotch guy...except for the Ron Burgandy, a scotch cocktail served at Travail.
Great video! Did you know that Metallica has a whiskey, Blackened, that claims the music (I believe it is their music) played during the finishing process gives it a unique flavor? Thought it might be something you would want to test...
Maybe instead of the horehound candy, just use some horehound tea bags? BTW, if your hibiscus doesn’t taste like much, your not using enough, the petals are less intense than a tea leaf or spice. For a half gallon of tea, use a half cup to a cup. It should have a sort of raspberry taste. Lime helps it come out further.
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You should try playing Tripwire Interactive’s Maneater on Twitch, it’s a great game and I’d like to see you try it out.
I drank rock and rye last week when I had Covid. I make it with star brite peppermints and sour mash bourbon. When it’s made right it looks like peptobismal. Pink if I didn’t spell that right.
Nh liquor stores are owned by the state. They don't alow any alcohol to be brought in not through them.
Faygo makes a Rock n' Rye cola. I wonder how similar it tastes to any of these?
Do you think you'd get better (or more interesting) results on your homemade if you put the citrus in first and then putting in the horehound, dry herbs, and demerara to make a psuedo-oleo saccharum? Then mix in your booze the next day or a week later?
Fun fact you probably already knew: Leading up to, during, and possibly for a time after the Prohibition, due to how alcohol was seen by a lot of people (especially by the temperance movement) getting cocktails prescribed as medicine was a way for someone to get a drink without stigma. Also, two bonus fun facts, lemonade was actually seen as the main drink of the temperance movement because they used it as an "indulgence" drink instead of alcohol, and during the prohibition many places would sell powdered grape concentrate bricks that would be labelled with the instructions "After mixing with water, do not place the liquid in a jug away in the cupboard for twenty days, because then the juice will turn into wine." There were also ones that would tell people to either add benzoate of soda to avoid fermentation, or avoid the use of "yeast, raisins, etc., otherwise fermentation sets in." Fun ways to get around the Prohibition.
so they did everything they could to notify the public of all the ways that will make alcohol, without telling them how to make alcohol XD
@@kasuraga No, they told the public all the ways to make alcohol so they definitely would never attempt such things, as they are all law abiding god-fearing citizens of the U.S.A!
@@giliansterckx honestly shit like that happens all the time in modern USA too its funny af.
Got to love malicious compliance.
@@gaigetucker6242 but you GOT to love it. its so blatent but the government CANT do shit for it.
"This is gross"
*takes another sip*
The things Greg does to not only give us his opinion, but show his work along the way.
Greg has the same energy that Steve1989 has from tasting nearly rotten MREs
"Oh this is foul"
*Shamelessly takes another bite*
and James Hoffman too, "this is disgusting no one should drink this *takes another sip*"
The hero we need, but don't deserve 💯👏🏾✨
Tasting the worst so we don't have to ( ...and, come to think of it, tasting the best: so that we know to go get it! 😎🥃🍹)
honestly though, there are some things that just taste so horrible that you can't help but continue to eat/drink, it's wild.
@@sarahshydale4051 "This is rancid, probably been leaking for 20 years. Such a shame."
Proceeds to eat the rest of a 100 year old MRE then comes back to the rancid can:
"There's probably still some good stuff in here somewhere. Just have to scrape off the outside layer."
Not even kidding. My pediatrician told my mom to make cough syrup using honey, lemon and whisky. That was in the 70s. It works, too. Lemon breaks up the congestion, honey soothes the throat and the whisky helps relieve the pain and relaxes the kid.
And before anyone says anything, that was before the link between honey and Reye syndrome, and I was over 2.
So, yeah I've been drinking cocktails since I was about 3 or 4.
I mean if you're writing it means you're alive and kicking 🙌✌️
I mean that’s just a hot toddy without hot water. I drank those more than actual water when I had Covid. I used SoCo cuz I didn’t wanna use my good whiskey when I didn’t think I could savor it but it was alright
FYI, you're mixing up two different "not safe to give to kids" issues:
1) Honey in children under 1 year of age can lead to botulism because their stomach acid isn't strong enough yet to deactivate botulism spores that may be present in honey
2) Reye syndrome can affect children and adolescents; it's usually triggered by taking aspirin (or other salicylates) when recovering from a viral infection, frequently influenza or chicken pox.
That is literally my family's old tried-and-true cold remedy, going way back. We make it as a hot toddy with tea.
lemon aint gonna "break" congestion.
...maybe if you add salt and shoot it up your nose. this will flow into and through your sinus, probably causing some pain cos acid, and it may shock your system enough to change modes of mucous production.
how does honey soothe anything? it's sweet n bitey and the chemicals n stuff dont do anything in the amounts we eat.
...if you eat a whole jar quickly it might slightly alter your gut flora.
...the whisky should distract from symptoms. yay alcohol
Your show is "recommended viewing" for most of my rookie bartenders. Appreciate your six years of hard work. Big thumbs up from Australia.
Whereabouts are you based in Aus? Anywhere in NSW?
Sorry, Melbourne FTW.
@@christopherpile9625 Ah damn, ill be sure to check every pub and bar next time im down😂
In Michigan, there is a soft drink company called Faygo and one of their flavors is Rock N Rye, this entire episode I was half-expecting to see a 20.oz bottle of the stuff.
That's my favorite Faygo next to "Moon Mist". Considering it's a Cherry Cream Soda, it's interesting to see those drinks most like the pop in look taste the most foul. 🤔
Greg did use to be goth so he'd be into some dope-ass Faygo, ninja
Literally what caused me to click the link so fast. Rock N Rye was my go to aside from Cream Soda. Both only drank cold. Only monsters drink either warm.
@@Sigilstone17 LOL
Faygo Rock N Rye is my favorite followed by Redpop. Greg should try making some cocktails with different Faygo flavors.
15:05 For the viewers at home: a 750 ml bottle is also known as a "fifth." As in, it's 1/5 of a gallon. So for all practical purposes it's the same ratio in the recipes.
It's a little less than a true fifth of a gallon, but it's close enough, compared to some of the other US standard liquor bottles.
A 375ml "pint bottle" is 12.5 oz while a real imperial pint is 16oz. A "handle," which we call "half-gallons" in the trade, is 1750ml (1.75 liters), (coincidentally a liter plus a metric "fifth") while a real half gallon is almost two and a quarter liters. All of our liquor bottles sound like they're bigger than they are, except half pints, which are bigger than half of a "pint" of liquor!
I'm an idiot. An American pint is 16oz (US fluid oz), while an Imperial pint is 20oz (Imp. fluid oz.) or 19.2 (US fl. oz.). I was using Imperial as shorthand for conventional units.
I've never liked ASMR but I definitely enjoy every aspect of the drink making on htd as ASMR. The pour and stirring are good but the ice cracking and shaking are my personal favorites. No other drink making UA-camrs come close to your channels editing and sound quality.
Drink making ASMR + a slowed down lo-fi version of the music in the background, perhaps
There is a market for that asmr
Yes do it please
ASMR? How weak are ya, bub?
You know what? I totally agree with you. lol I don’t listen to ASMR, but I do enjoy all the sounds you mentioned
A whole episode on "medicinal" cocktails, remedies, cure-alls, and snake oil would be really cool. Ether historic or created for the episode.
....Could use that for my D&D game....
Actually make them. If your player manages to drink it, give them advantage on their save.
I did do a bunch of research on the medicinal side of all sorts of booze for a thesis I ended up not needing to do, but bitters, amaros, and vermouths started as medicine. Some cocktails too, like the gin and tonic, caipirinha (for the cold) and mojito (legend says it was a mix of rations for sailors in the caribbean), to name a few.
Sawbones talks about old timey medicine!!
I absolutely want to make an alchemist who's a bartender in my next game
I remember watching a show where they went to a schnapps maker, and she said, “In the morning, we call it a cocktail; in the evening, we call it a cocktail!”
Wise woman.
As a person who is alcohol intolerant, I get a certain amount of vicarious pleasure in your videos. I can't try most of the things you do, because I don't like acute digestive problems, but I enjoy your personality and since I'm a bit of a science nerd, I enjoy the subject as well since mixology is basically chemistry!
Me too (except it's just not tolerating alchohol and giving it a miss since that one incident with a bottle of Verve Clicquot) I watch his videos for the history, the conversation, the mixology, the rumination, the filming, and the editing. It's a lovely way to spend a half hour or so.
Alcohol intolerance is sooo rare...
Half cut Greg getting lairy trying to explain HOREHOUND is a mood lmao
Really love the episodes about "medicinal" cocktails and spirits!
I recently bought a bottle of Jacquin's (I thought it sounded interesting), turns out to be an old man drink. Was talking with wife about how to make it drinkable. She felt it needed to be added to something the opposite of the drink, not sweet, maybe bitter/spiced.
I make some chai tea, chilled it and added "an amount" of Jacquin's. It's almost acceptable, but I may just get rid of the rest of the bottle
Pittsburgher here, the trick to Jacquie's is crushed ice like a julep, maybe a citrus to garnish. It's a great hot day sipper.
I can confirm that my Pennsylvania grandma routinely prescribed a spoonful of sugar dissolved in whiskey for a sore throat or cough.
I’ve been watching this show for a while. That was not Greg’s worst singing moment.
I love how you addressed the ASMR/Slow-mo pouring/stirring reels idea. xD I really think that should be a thing. Easy content.
okay but Claey's hard candy absolutely slaps, their lemon drops are amazing.
I love how whenever oranges come up it's ahrange. Very charming.
Every time I think I’m done playing with brewing and spirits… you give me wacky ideas. Love it
oooooh! i'd be down for HTD ASMR cuts, sound-focused drink making is a real treat (88rising's "japans greatest bartender" foley-focused series immediately jumps to mind)
I have loved those exact Horehound candies for years. Stunning to see it randomly appear here.
I'm sure someone has already done it, but along side the HTD ASMR, we need an HTD with out of context xD
I agree with Meredith, an hour long video for the holidays that has jazz or something over a compilation of close up videos from you guys - I’d watch !
I would love HTD drink ASMR. I can't get enough of the sounds of the ice cracking or the bar spoon stirring the drinks and of course the cocktail shaker~
Greg, I just want to say your videos are amazing. You're not only extremely enjoyable to watch, but you also pushed me into my own project with borderline alcoholism and content creation. These infusion experiments are an absolute joy to watch.
You could do like Glen from "Glen and Friends " and do a 10 hour take of you stirring ice in a cocktail.
Well, this is a turn up for the books. My grand parent on my mom's side had a bottle that he made up called "Pop's Mix" And it was clearly this. He took a bottle of Johhny Walker Red Lable and mixed it with Rosehip Syrup which is just simple syrup and rose hips in a bottle bought from the chemist (your pharmacy). Equal parts and rebottled, he gave himself a nip before bed - no matter if he needed it or not. What a great thing you've reminded me of.
Now I imagine a group of Pennsylvanian grandmas pushing rye in the streets.
We ended up with a pack of those candies for Christmas this year and they taste wild. I was sick as a dog and could taste those and they opened my sinuses.
The degree to which I'd enjoy Greg ASMR is unfathomable
When I was young man, 18, I worked at a liquor store in NJ in college in the late 80s. I remember the bottles of Jacquin's Rock and Rye siting on the bottom shelf forever. One day I took a bottle home (yes, I was misguided in my youth). I did not like whiskey then but I would drink a Jack and Coke and do some shots. The Rock and Rye was disgusting.
Great video Greg! I'm glad you included the Slow and Low. I enjoyed that a good bit a few years back. I used to add a few extra dashes of Ango to it.
I'm from PA and have started asking around to see if any friends or family members have a recipe for homemade R&R. Everyone is saying their parents and grandparents used to drink the Jacquins!
Man, if only MY grandmother thought this was her idea of medicine. Instead she gave you half a stick of Wrigley's gum no matter what was wrong with you.
That was medicine for her, she just didn't want you kids bothering her.
@@DoveAlexa admittedly, she did drink a LOT of red wine....
Cheers to the editor and whomever does the little notations..
"Existential questions" and "like a cleanser?" were so perfect XD
6:33
Ooh, boy...!
Putting my drink away for the rest of this video.
Almost had it coming out of my nose after that one 😖
Our liquor store recently installed a new refrigeration case that they are keeping, among other things, Rock and Rye is one of the main items in there.
Growing up in Michigan, I thought Rock and Rye was just a soda flavor.
“I love Unions”
I knew I loved Greg. But then again, anyone from New Jersey better respect The Boss, and The Boss stands with Union boys.
My grandfather, a WWII vet, enjoyed a small glass of Mr. Boston's Rock and Rye every once in a while. It was his occasional treat for himself.
Thanks for making videos :) i don't drink alcohol but i enjoy watching you make such interesting drinks and videos, your energy is so unique and fun to watch
I grew up with the Rock and Rye soda, so hearing there was a mixed drink surprised me.
ASMR videos of just chucking big ice in the tin, cracking more ice, many slow pours, shaking, and final pours would be awesome!
Hey Greg Love the videos! Could you revisit fallout sometime with the Atomic cocktail? Or honestly any gaming related cocktail would be awesome, those episodes are always super unique and fun to watch.
In "Animal House", when the Deltas and their dates go into the Dexter Lake Club to see Otis Day and the Knights, Boone goes to the bar and orders "7 Carlings and a Rock and Rye". I've had this nugget in my brain for years, and now it's in yours.
In her youth (late 1970s into the 80s), my mother would do shots of Rock 'n' Rye (along with Hot Damn) in bars. You mention PA keeping the tradition going, and this was in Baltimore, so not far away. In my early 20s, we were down the shore, and I had a bottle of whiskey. My mother poured some to taste it, didn't like it, and took some rock candy we had bought earlier in the day and let it dissolve for a few minutes in the whiskey before drinking it. That's always been my recipe for Rock 'n' Rye: just throw rock candy into whiskey.
In my 20s, I would take a bottle of cheap rye (Jim Beam or something) an add 3-4 sticks of rock candy (preferring orange flavored or plain, maybe cherry flavored for just one of the sticks) and put it all in a swing top bottle with a wide mouth. Then I'd take the mixture to parties and people would sip on the sweet whiskey. I never did the whole fruit or herbal stuff: just rock candy and whiskey. And it's pretty decent and way less work than mixing cocktails for people, but nothing too exciting.
Welp, this is certainly a new one. Still holding out hope for a Bar Eastern cocktail episode, if you’re willing to do so.
nice houseki no kuni pfp!
@@elliepuckalo I was about to say. Quality show
Just made my first batch of Rock and Rye and it is so good. I went heavy on the orange and clove and added a few Ricola. Thank you so much for your channel! So much great information with a side of your great personality!
I remember a "cure" that was "prescribed" back in the 90s at a nicely maintained old-fashioned bowling alley (Clearing Bowl -- R.I.P.): a shot of Rock & Rye in a cup of tea. That unstuffed my nose RIGHT QUICK!
When I hear Rock n Rye. I think of the song “Old Green River” (1915)
“ I was floating down the
Old green river
On the good ship
Rock N Rye.
But i floated too far
And got stuck on the bar
I was tied to the mast
While the schooners
Went past
The ship went down
With the captain and crew
There was only one thing
Left to do
So I had to drink that
Olʻ green river dry
To get back home
To you!”
I've had the Three Pints Shy song "Faulk the English Rye" stuck in my head for this entire episode. "So drink with me, and sing-off key 'til night is at an end."
May have commented something similar on the other video but here goes:
My family has a longstanding tradition of toasting with a shot of Rock and Rye during our Christmas brunch. As a child, I remember once smelling the stuff and feeling like my nose hairs had been burned right off. It smelled of nail polish remover to me... and yet, now as an adult, I've grown to love the sweet liqueur and look forward to our yearly toast.
Those horehound candies were my grandmas favorites and she often used them as cough drops. Big nostalgia hit my dude.
You know Greg used to play D&D, because only someone that was into fantasy tabletop role playing games (TTRPG) as a kid would spend more than 30 seconds riffing on "Horehound". And, yes, I snickered at the mane. In my defense, I'm almost 50 and still playing D*D.
Those ASMR ideas absolutely need to happen! The slow footage always looks stunning, and the sound would be very calming too- I’m ready for it.
I fell in love with Hochstadter's Rock & Rye many years ago and it helped to push me towards cocktails. My best Rock & Rye memory was asking my mom to find some in her rural area, but when I arrived I found she had bought Jacquin's Rock & Rye, and I can attest to it's barely digestible nature.
Hochsteter’s Rock & Rye tastes fantastic, with an orangey flavor
This whiskey mix cured my tuberculosis!
So this is what Doc Holliday needed, huh?
Greg the cinematography is on POINT with this video, IDK if it's the new camera system or what but it looks great!
Hochstadters sounds really funny to me. The rough translation in german would be something like "uptowners" but in a verry old fashioned wording
Seeing the Leroux branding always gives me flashbacks to when i was just starting to get into cocktails and mixing at home, and half my cabinet was Leroux stuff, cuz it was the cheapest version of the basics i could get my hands on. Equal parts fond memory and war flashbacks. XP
A funny note about that brand of horehound hard candy, when I worked at Walmart they shipped the bulk candy in small wooden barrels and when they tried to open it my one manager had to borrow a hammer from the hardware department to bust it open to put the candy on the display. Then they sold the empty barrels in the break room. It was probably the most fun I’ve ever had with a new product
Yea the old ladies I used to work with (in Philadelphia!) always swore by Rock and Rye in some tea as a general health cure all. Just basic Lipton's tea. In a tea it is good but over ice or neat ... not so much. Thanks for this episode ... loved it!
Horehound is an old fashioned hard candy which often was used as a cough drop. I used to work at Shane’s Confectionery, the oldest continuously running candy store in the nation. You’re right, it is sweet, but has does have some herbal notes. The plant has some medicinal benefits, if you are seeking that.
I don't think I've ever had rock and rye, but the name sounds familiar. Your recipe certainly has me intrigued. Good episode.
YO I would ABSOLUTELY fall asleep to HTD ASMR
Claey's Horehound Drops are pretty mild, but if you eat a few of them in a row, the herbal flavor starts to build up. Pretty tasty!
The only Rock and Rye I've had is the Faygo cream soda version... And I've never said a more midwest sentence in my life
I kind of want to make a "mule" out of Rye and some Glass Bottle Rock N Rye now.
Also a Rock N Rye Cooler (sub Rock N Rye for the Vernors in a Boston Cooler) is an even more Midwestern (probably more Detroit Centric) drink.
Mixology ASMR? Why did I not know I needed this before? Would 200% watch!
Horehound is a grandparent ingredient. I remember looking for yellow root, horehound, and ginseng with my grandpa.
I've actually been thinking about how I would love some cocktail making ASMR come from this channel for months now. I found myself watching some of the longer episodes with lots of drinks being made as a substitute for ASMR! The music with the sound of ice stirring and cocktail shaking/pouring sounds from HTD would be great!
I had no idea this product even existed before I watched this video. There's so much educational value in this channel.
I stopped drinking just to up my productivity, but I still love your videos.
I never tried the Horehound flavor, but I used to be a big fan of Claey's when I worked at the hardware store here in town. I'd highly recommend grabbing most of the other flavors like Lemon, Green Apple, or Watermelon. Really solid stuff; strong flavors too.
I’ll admit…that last Rock and Rye kinda sounds amazing! Now I’m curious if you could make something delicious using the root beer Horehound candies 🤔
Hey I just want to say I love your videos me and my brother and my dad all watch it together occasionally and I’ve even fallen asleep to it just want to say keep up the good work mate!!!
What I like about Greg is even though he's been at this a long time and has a more elevated palate (and obsession with Tiki) is that he is still so chill and laid back about mixology. There's no hard set rule, it's more art than science. As a non-drinker, it's fun just to watch him experiment like some mad scientist throwing chemicals together to create an elixir of import.
Hochstadter's Rock & Rye is dope! Created by guy behind St Germain. 2 suggestions:
1) My favorite: brew up your favorite cup of tea, throw it in; perfect instant (and damn tasty) hot toddy. Great for when you have a cold (or want to pretend that you do), particularly with caffine-less herbal teas
2) It is great to throw in some seltzer or soda water and ice for a lighter (& great) long drink (full disclosure: I find the native rock & rye too sweet for my preference, though they do sometimes release a higher proof, longer aged version that is REAL FUN)
I used to eat Horehound candy all the time when I was little. My grandmother always had some with her.
24:27 I would 100% watch those. Meredith: you know what to do...
“I love unions!” I LOVE YOU ‼️ i had to double check that I was subscribed and had liked this video
Rock and Rye cocktail... two ounces of rye, 1/2 once of horehound syrup, a squeeze of orange and garnish with burnt blood orange slice. Damned wonderful cocktail. Traditional rock candy is made with horehound, that's the difference...
No rock and rye. But in Eastern Europe, we have many interesting medicinal alcohols. Brandies are a cold staple(at least they were in my family), and in the Baltics you'll find different types of herbs mixed together into an alcohol cordial to treat different ailments.
The only ASMR I think I have ever been willing to think about listening to myself.
The slow and low is my favorite. I didn’t feel like it was THAT strong. I also have enjoyed the Robbers Roost campsite cordial, which is their version.
I hate asmr almost universally. But I really enjoy the audio and the visuals that the drink making in these videos provide. So even as an asmr hater, I like it here
I've worked with horehound in addition to having had those drops and horehound candy sticks. Horehound, when highly concentrated as a flavor, has a lot in common with like a hybridization of yerba mate, tamarind (but not in any way sour), and the slightest hint of licorice root (the real stuff...not the candy...the bitter, earthy stuff). That said, it is rather mild. It probably does contribute to the flavor in a small way, but cinnamon and citrus both kind of kick it to a pulp in the strength department. I would suggest that you should get your hands on some pure horehound and make your own liqueur or plain infusion. Horehound does work dry, but it is a bit better sweet. An herb that goes well with it, but that I would be careful with because of its pharmacological effects, is linden (linden causes your core body temperature to drop...so be careful). Another herb that goes with it, but doesn't really do anything from a drug perspective, is tarragon (combining these two can produce a sort of savory and minty marshmallow-esque thing...very interesting). Horehound has some small impact on blood sugar, in that it very slightly lowers it...so maybe avoid it if you are hypoglycemic, but most people should be fine with it. The final thing I will say on this is that horehound goes well with chamomile as well, and since chamomile is a good pairing with bourbon and honey, a mix of the three should be delicious (I haven't tried this particular mix myself as I was unaware of how good the bourbon chamomile flavor pairing was until about 2 years ago and I haven't really had any horehound for about 3 years due to a combination of factors related to money, covid, and lack of space during a move for uncommon herbs and spices).
Big Fan of La Crosse Distilling Co.'s Downtown Toodeloo Rock & Rye. Orange, lemon, maple syrup and honey.
I love the riffing on possibilities. Maple sugar sounds great in this. And I’m thinking of boosting the medicinal quality by adding some slippery elm bark and ginger.
Just too bad I haven’t had a cold in 2 years.
This somehow reminds me of the old finnish tradition of preparing a saturated solution of salty salammoniac-licorice hard candy in Vodka. It´s called "Salmikakki", you can get it bottled, but the homemade stuff is better. Less sweet, more salty-spicy. It´s good, but it has 42.5% Vol. that you don´t notice, so, go slow...
I also get that Rock&Rye, because as a kid in southern germany, we would chop onions, and put them in a jar with rock candy, and leave it over night. The sugar pulls the juice out of the onion and forms a kind od sirup, that we would get in spoonfuls as cough sirup. And it actually works. Horseraddish and thyme is optional. So i can totally see how adding Rye would make it the adult version.
I'm totally laughing through this entire episode!
Mr. Boston Rock & Rye is very popular where I work. The pint is higher proof than the .750.
I always just think of Faygo Rock and Rye, which is a cola cream soda drink
Wonderful stuff, thanks for the show!
You can get Horehound candy at Cracker Barrel throughout the South. I loved it when I was a kid
Nice to know I'm not the only one who gets a rotten taste in Rock and Rye. It tasted like rotten tea to me when my mom made me take a shot of it when I was sick. It was the Mr. Boston brand and even if it was a cure to my chest cold I would have rather been sick.
I have never tried those horehound drops in particular but they usually tastes a lot like root beer.
Interesting that the two premade Rock & Ryes you like taste like a Manhattan and an Old Fashioned.
Speaking of...I actually found that Chivas Regal scotch whiskey makes for a really good Old Fashioned. I'm not usually a scotch guy...except for the Ron Burgandy, a scotch cocktail served at Travail.
Great video! Did you know that Metallica has a whiskey, Blackened, that claims the music (I believe it is their music) played during the finishing process gives it a unique flavor? Thought it might be something you would want to test...
"I love unions, hell yeah man"
Never change Greg, you're the absolute best
Everyone in Pennsylvania knows how vile Rock & Rye can be. NEVER got the garbage from the liquor store
I love the green apple flavor of that candy, great to see another video from you.
I like Slow and Low's rock and rye. I first tried it when I worked at a high end liquor store and its delicious
Maybe instead of the horehound candy, just use some horehound tea bags? BTW, if your hibiscus doesn’t taste like much, your not using enough, the petals are less intense than a tea leaf or spice. For a half gallon of tea, use a half cup to a cup. It should have a sort of raspberry taste. Lime helps it come out further.