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@@maxgustafsson7802 I like this plan because it has potential to make my least favorite drink accident. Kirk and sweeny rum, peychauds bitters, sugar. It was an abomination.
This channel has had eras: the era of classic cocktail breakdowns, the era of pop culture inspired cocktails, the era of cocktail comparison/obscure cocktails. We are now in the era of "Let's cause Greg as much pain and distress as possible"
@@christraven not long before we reach the TipsyBartender age where Greg starts making all sorts of party sized jungle juices. P.S: I love TipsyBartender, and this comment was not made to mock his content, I genuinely love whatever he releases.
at my old college, we just had a random shopping bag full of crown royal bags (aka dice bags) in our tabletop club storage locker. Didn't even know we had that. I used a mesh bag that came with my headphones (I had a bunch because I'd get replacements under warranty) for my dice.
Ive seen it used to bag up the ends on snake cable. Basically a thick microphone cable that splits into 8-16 connectors on each side. Different colored bags for 1-4, 5-8, etc.
I love that anyone who has ever played any kind of TTRPG will almost instinctively call a Crown Royal bag a dice bag. I need to see art of that whole New York Sour scenario real bad.
Very true. I honestly thought "I need to go buy some Peach Crown" just so I could have an orange dice bag... and then never drink the Peach Crown because it just sounds bad in any way, shape, or form.
@@GeoffHinkle Protip: if you have a bar you frequent enough that you are a semi-regular and they carry flavored crowns, just ask if you could have one next time they get a shipment, they most likely just give them away to people anyway, and if they are doing enough business that they are getting one or two bottles even in the span of a month you can probably snag one. Thats how i have my full collection of colored crown bags. green, cream colored, peach, I even have the Amber Crown bag with the snowflake on it that was for the limited edition winter salted caramel release.
This video feels deeply unhinged and I don't think I will ever recover from "it's a himbo of a drink". I'd be fascinated to see a gin wheel! (Tried a local rhubarb ginger gin and tonic this weekend that was fantastic!)
That sounds lovely. I recently finished a bottle of chocolate gin from my favorite distillery. It was a goddamned abomination and I hope they never make anything that vile ever again.
I just wanna say thanks, man. A month ago, I signed up for bartending school and I used your videos to pass the time. I graduated last week, and your videos helped me prepare (and keep me entertained) until I got there. I know you say you never worked processionally as a bartender, but you were still a great help to me.
Been a bartender for years and Greg’s videos still teach me new stuff sometimes. Now my girl is learning bartending and I’m putting her on to the channel
I love that even before you've even opened the bottle, let alone finished it, the crown royal bag is already a dice bag. At no point in its life is the crown royal bag FOR the crown royal
I feel like keeping the balance from the classic cocktail with the (often sweetened) whiskeys is a mistake. which is why they always end up too sweet, might be worth giving them a chance to be balanced by pulling down the syrup.
Seconding this! I started exploring cocktail crafting from a culinary background and so I love getting herbs like rosemary, thyme, sage, basil, and tarragon involved in my drinks, but I don't see a lot of people exploring it.
@@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 Tarragon is utterly unappreciated. I think it's problem is that it does really well in recipes that would be boring, and people *expect* boring when they make them.
You can tell when Greg starts to get tipsy from the sips. He gets louder, more energetic, and puts more emphasis on certain things that I don't normally see him emphasize. Good video though lol
This episode has made me laugh out loud more than any other. Greg’s expression after tasting the New York Sour the first time, and then his clown exclamation of, “Peaches!” just killed me. To borrow another post’s phrase, I love this era! Keep up the Wheel of Death!
Really enjoying Meredith’s inclusion more on the show and on the “Wheel” episodes. You two have a good dynamic and it’s fun to see her reaction to the gross and sometimes good drinks that come up.
Can we see an episode with multiple wheels where you throw the spirits into a Long Island Iced Tea? I can imagine the absolute horror that could come of that.
It wasn't enough for the odd idea of an obnoxious clown ruining your wine tasting with screaming and doing a little breakdance, but it is Greg's deadpan delivery of the description that dictates a demonically duplicitous diatribe such as that.
I love how "the episode that shall not be named" is part of the channel lore as the reason Greg can't drink Manhattans anymore. Sad because the Manhattan is one of my personal favourite cocktails, but hilarious nonetheless.
These whiskeys don’t seem like they’re suited to being a replacement for the main spirit in a drink. They’re usually heavily sweetened, which isn’t the case for normal whisky, and much lower proof. Maybe if they were added as a modifier, or say 1 ounce of the flavored whisky and one ounce of normal whisky to raise the proof and cut the sweetness, they would work better.
I do too. And even if he doesn't have many classic cocktails left (I have not idea how many there are tbh), I'd even be down for making a drink and telling us a historical tale. "Today we are making grog. But not the navy grog we made last time, the kind pirates circa xxxx would have made. They would have been light on ingredients and had to scavenge, so we'll be using ______. "Now that we have our grog in hand to fight off the scurvy, let's look at who would have been drinking this. Someone like Calico Jack (or whoever)." *Goes into interesting tale about Calico Jack*
I wouldn’t mind a sort of “reboot” or a “back to basics” series. It’s been years since some of those early videos, where the Old Fashioned video was 2 and a half minutes.
I loved the drinks inspired by popular culture! The idea was unique, he created interesting cocktails, and he seemed so passionate about the movies, shows or games he talked about!
“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away” is attributed to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a beloved French author and aviator (1900-1944). I think it’s from “The Airman’s Odyssey”, although I do not know which book in that three-volume compilation contains it.
I would like to see a followup on this episode where he takes each of the whiskeys and find a drink that highlights them the best, if it's possible. Can he do it, can it be done?
Just here to add feedback. I am LOVING how Meridith is showing up more in these videos. You having someone to bounce things off of and get a second POV on things, has really had great results.
I wanted to comment on “why the fuck was he copying the Bebop opening for his game show themed episode” but thought I was just imagining it. Glad to know we’re legion.
"What's the point of flavored whiskey?" Ask any college student, especially one in a frat, or that handsome black man with a Caribbean accent that makes potions that make you fall down, I'm sure either one can figure out something to do with it, especially if there's a party coming up.
The interesting part about these episodes is, that it shows that even those weird flavored spirits can be used successfully in a cocktail, even though they are barely drinkable when neat. It doesn't answer the question how they appeared in the house in the first place, but at least it offers a way to get rid of them.
The Crown Peach goes rather well with a nice sharp ginger beer. The spice from the ginger kinda mellows the artificial peach. It's more of a quick mixed drink rather than a cocktail, but its pretty decent on a hot evening
I don't know enough about cocktails to know if this qualifies as a different drink altogether, but cherry and lime go together well in nonalcoholic preparations, so maybe a Cherry Whiskey Smash with limes instead of lemons would turn out better. You might not even need to cut down on the amount of simple syrup just by cutting the sweetness with more lime.
gotta say - loving Meredith's increased involvement in the episodes. It's good to see Greg playing off of another person who's also knowledgable and can add her own flair. Keep Meredith around!
That's what I want to see! Maybe starting from the recipes from the companies themselves. I know that Screwball has several for their PB whiskey. Then improving them if necessary.
When my dad gave me the graduation gift that started my burgeoning home bar, the bottles he picked out were tanqueray gin, and a canadian club apple. Let me tell you, that canadian club apple made a damn good toddy
How to Drink series idea: I hear terms like "Pre-prohibition" era drinks, disco era drinks, modern era drinks, etc. I would enjoy watching you take your knowledge of cocktail history to carve out some distinct eras and give us cocktails that should be drunk from that era and cocktails that should end with their era.
I think you have to mix with normal whiskey in most cases to lessen the sweetness overload. A normal manhatten with a splash of fruit whiskey is one of my favorites. Leopolds blackberry whiskey is great for this.
When it comes to any drink variation (using a flavored liquor or additional mixer) I generally leave out the simple syrup to start. I figure you can always reintroduce it, but you can't take it out, and most of these always lean too sweet with their full measure.
So how much syrup do you put in that? Because I find I only put in a quarter ounce when mixing with Crown products (except the Harvest Rye) because they're so sweet.
Wheel of Whisky - ah I remember that Scottish gameshow from the 70s, before those kill joys in the NHS said it glamorised binge drinking when one of the contestants died of liver failure on air.
I think we can all agree that this show is at its funniest when we can see Greg’s grasp on reality making a break for freedom out of his ears. PEACHES!
I'm going be honest here. I recently found your channel, I rarely drink, and I know nothing about making drinks. But I absolutely love all of the content I've seen! Haha. Glad you seem to be having fun and willing to take risk with new formats!
I feel like a few of these could make their way to the local mid-priced bistro's cocktail menu. You know, the kind of place that offers an old fashioned but they use an ounce of simple syrup because people want incredibly sugary drinks.
I kinda want to just see an episode of this dedicated to spinning the wheel for just old fashioneds. I feel like some flavors could work well but others definitely would not. It would be a pretty entertaining episode imo.
I would love an episode where you spin the wheel and make the best cocktail you can create with that flavored drink. It would help me finally find delicious things to do with all this flavored alcohol people like to give as gifts.
Loving these videos Greg, I would love to see a return of the "customer is always wrong" videos and possibly some more video game drinks. There is one from Far Cry 6 that has a recipe for burnt sugar simple syrup that I think you could make a video from
A Vanilla Manhattan sounds good. I would make one with a Vanilla Bean infused Whiskey. A "Vanilla Crown" Manhattan just sounds bad. Vanilla Crown and Coke works though.
I love this series, but I'd love to see the attempts at making any of these "good"--like with the attempts to turn drinks from tv/video games into something drinkable
I like flavored whiskeys and trying to make different drinks with then. My favorite so far is a “old fashioned peanut butter cup”. I use peanut butter whiskey, cocoa bitters, instead of simple syrup i use a dark chocolate liqueur, and ice. It’s a dessert drink for sure.
I’ve always loved really sweet really fruity flavours in general (like in sodas or desserts, not so much in my alcohol but still) My point is I’ve tried a lot of fruit flavoured things and I’ve always said that certain types of both peach and mango flavouring have a very vomit-like taste to them, like it’s subtle and sort of in the back of your throat but it’s definitely there and I struggle a lot to find actually good not vomit-y peach or mango flavoured things So I’m glad to know I’m not the only one I guess!
I gotta say I love it when Meredith chimes in adding to the dialogue. Love these wheelify episodes. They make for an interesting 'what if' and it's even better when something works out well. Cheers
Lol wow, I was not expecting this to go so poorly. I thought at least 1 of them would be remotely ok, or at least something you could tweak slightly to make functional. Maybe this would work better with some of the flavored gins? There's plenty of those out there.
this wheel reminded me wheel of the worst from RLM, hey Greg please befriend the guys from RLM (should be easy since half of them are alcooholics) and make a wheel of booze + bad movies together
I freaking love this series you've got started between this and the vodka one. I love the idea of finding some random new combination of flavors that totally works that I'd never think to try on my own.
i already new you were a nerd, that much has been clear. But the fact that i was excited about the pretty peach dice bag right at the same time you actually said it out loud... god i'm so glad i'm here.
I think it would be pretty cool if after you did a couple of these, you took what you've and make actual food versions of the cocktail. So for the cherry whiskey smash maybe take out mint, add in something else, and name it.
I love to guess just how deep into the filming day he is when he makes the video. This feels like a late day video, maybe even the final video of the day.
The thing I love most about Meredith's cameos is that they give a really fun impression that Greg has a whole group of friends who are into cool shit like video production and experimenting with cocktails like he is.
at my bar, our liquor rep gave us some beach coconut whiskey and some cinnamon whiskey and we were tasked to come up with drinks for them. the beach coconut makes an excellent sour with pineapple. the equal amount of acids and sweetness from the pineapple but still sorta tasting like a whiskey sour is a WILD taste and it is certainly a nice refreshing summer whiskey cocktail
someone must find all the wrong ways to do something right and my man your doing us all a flavor by eliminating the bad combos keep up the awesome channel
Honestly, I hardly ever comment on any video's but I really love this channel and I think this game is a very welcoming addition to the show :D keep up the great work!
Hey all, great channel. I been taking it easy but tonight my mom is getting near the end. no more hospitals she's home here with us now where she belongs. but to the lighter point I went out to grab something to feel good with. I came home with a 1/5th of Carolans Salted Caramel Creme and my very first 1/5th of Plantation. EPIC. a bit of the creme on rocks with a splash of that sugar.. it's helping. and that's one of it's purposes. we're lucky to have such things to enjoy. cherish every sip of life. I'll call the drink "Cilla's Send-off". awesome channel & group.
Something that I like and I think you should try if you haven't, A margarita (daisy) sub rum (2 oz) for tequila (I used plantation 5-year, I also like it with Appleton estate 4 year), lime juice ( 1 oz), triple sec or a dry Curaçao (1oz), and demerara simple syrup ( between a half an ounce to 1 oz depending on how sweet you like it), and top with 3-4 drops of orange bitters ( optional).
I like Meredith (sorry if I misspelled). I have my roommate says that I like my drinks too dry (not sweet), so I think her and I would have similar tastes. I love when she sneaks up from behind the camera!
We need a smash cut episode of all the times Greg just completely loses his mind on one of these bits! That "PEACHES" bit genuinely has me in stitches every time!
Needs a part two with the rest of the flavored whiskeys. And there needs to a quest to find the best classic cocktails to use the ones already used. Plus if these are already sweetened, cut back on any syrup being added to balance them. You really won't lose the essence of the cocktail if you dial that back down if you're already using a sweetened main spirit.
I swear, your show concepts just keep getting better and better. I especially love "The Customer Is Always Wrong". Keep playing with concepts; you're putting out great content as always.
OMG, "We got a Peach Crown Royal Dice Bag". Bruh, you are *legit*. Mad respect here, one nerd to another. That said, Greg. Seriously. Make drinks I might want to make and drink. Just a suggestion, one tipsy gamer to another.
The best flavored whiskeys are the ones that just magnify the flavor hints that are common in standard barreled whiskey. So banana flavored whiskey works, cherry works, maple, vanilla, all commonly found in bourbon. They exist for people who have favorite notes they like to pick up on in whiskey and want them more than subtle, so they are all easy to drink straight.
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Old fashioned triple wheel combo!
A Spirit wheel, a Bitters wheel, and a Sweetener wheel!
@@maxgustafsson7802 that would be great
syrups?
What if you did this but it was just any mixed drink and whatever you have in your bar?
@@maxgustafsson7802 I like this plan because it has potential to make my least favorite drink accident. Kirk and sweeny rum, peychauds bitters, sugar.
It was an abomination.
This channel has had eras: the era of classic cocktail breakdowns, the era of pop culture inspired cocktails, the era of cocktail comparison/obscure cocktails. We are now in the era of "Let's cause Greg as much pain and distress as possible"
Also known as "The Golden Age".
@@christraven not long before we reach the TipsyBartender age where Greg starts making all sorts of party sized jungle juices.
P.S: I love TipsyBartender, and this comment was not made to mock his content, I genuinely love whatever he releases.
I was thinking the same thing!
(I miss Greg's creativity taken to the extreme, tbh)
And brief flre-ups of drunk Anarcho syndicalist era
I kinda miss the history episodes ngl.
Love that Greg was courteous enough to avoid breaking ice on the table only to go on to scream "PEACHES!" repeatedly.
How it started: "We have to keep the noise down cracking ice"
How it's going: "PEACHES!"
The 🍑 PEACHES!!! 🍑 🤣
11:12 gave me an asthma attack.
I love how Greg calls the Crown Royal bag a dice bag. I have seen them used for dice far, far more often than I've seen it hold whiskey bottles.
For real! 😂😂
at my old college, we just had a random shopping bag full of crown royal bags (aka dice bags) in our tabletop club storage locker. Didn't even know we had that. I used a mesh bag that came with my headphones (I had a bunch because I'd get replacements under warranty) for my dice.
Haha when I was little I was given a "dice bag" full of marbles. I loved it and thought the bag was just the coolest thing ever and it work great!
Crown royal and Titos bags are the most common dice bags in my D&D circles.
Ive seen it used to bag up the ends on snake cable. Basically a thick microphone cable that splits into 8-16 connectors on each side. Different colored bags for 1-4, 5-8, etc.
I love that anyone who has ever played any kind of TTRPG will almost instinctively call a Crown Royal bag a dice bag. I need to see art of that whole New York Sour scenario real bad.
Very true. I honestly thought "I need to go buy some Peach Crown" just so I could have an orange dice bag... and then never drink the Peach Crown because it just sounds bad in any way, shape, or form.
@@GeoffHinkle I could see it in some Tiki drink, maybe played against other flavored crap booze, but that's about it.
@@GeoffHinkle do you like peach sweet tea? That's what it taste like
@@GeoffHinkle Protip: if you have a bar you frequent enough that you are a semi-regular and they carry flavored crowns, just ask if you could have one next time they get a shipment, they most likely just give them away to people anyway, and if they are doing enough business that they are getting one or two bottles even in the span of a month you can probably snag one. Thats how i have my full collection of colored crown bags. green, cream colored, peach, I even have the Amber Crown bag with the snowflake on it that was for the limited edition winter salted caramel release.
Then my Dankpods infected brain saw it and went "That's a good egg bag!"
This video feels deeply unhinged and I don't think I will ever recover from "it's a himbo of a drink". I'd be fascinated to see a gin wheel! (Tried a local rhubarb ginger gin and tonic this weekend that was fantastic!)
That sounds lovely. I recently finished a bottle of chocolate gin from my favorite distillery. It was a goddamned abomination and I hope they never make anything that vile ever again.
Himbo of a drink made me want to try it so bad it sounds like my taste in drinks (as someone whodrinks flavoured whiskeys as sippers
I just wanna say thanks, man. A month ago, I signed up for bartending school and I used your videos to pass the time. I graduated last week, and your videos helped me prepare (and keep me entertained) until I got there. I know you say you never worked processionally as a bartender, but you were still a great help to me.
Congratulations and good luck on overcoming the coke addiction you’re about to develop
Lol "bartending school"
Another member of the "Greg helped me through bartending school" club!
So what you're saying is... you passed the bar exam?
Been a bartender for years and Greg’s videos still teach me new stuff sometimes. Now my girl is learning bartending and I’m putting her on to the channel
I love that even before you've even opened the bottle, let alone finished it, the crown royal bag is already a dice bag. At no point in its life is the crown royal bag FOR the crown royal
I feel like keeping the balance from the classic cocktail with the (often sweetened) whiskeys is a mistake. which is why they always end up too sweet, might be worth giving them a chance to be balanced by pulling down the syrup.
You often also have recipes call for half flavored half unflavored whiskey for the drinks.
Beat me to it, my thoughts exactly
Would love to see an "herb episode". Drinks with other fresh herbs (other than mint). Probably should've done it on 4/20 for the memes.
The basil julip caught my attention.
Seconding this! I started exploring cocktail crafting from a culinary background and so I love getting herbs like rosemary, thyme, sage, basil, and tarragon involved in my drinks, but I don't see a lot of people exploring it.
Tarragon would work well in an absinthe cocktail.
@@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 Tarragon is utterly unappreciated. I think it's problem is that it does really well in recipes that would be boring, and people *expect* boring when they make them.
So, pretty much a gin episode.
You can tell when Greg starts to get tipsy from the sips. He gets louder, more energetic, and puts more emphasis on certain things that I don't normally see him emphasize. Good video though lol
it's a bit sloppy. he even comments that it's not his best content. probably bc he's already tipsy
This episode has made me laugh out loud more than any other. Greg’s expression after tasting the New York Sour the first time, and then his clown exclamation of, “Peaches!” just killed me. To borrow another post’s phrase, I love this era! Keep up the Wheel of Death!
Really enjoying Meredith’s inclusion more on the show and on the “Wheel” episodes. You two have a good dynamic and it’s fun to see her reaction to the gross and sometimes good drinks that come up.
Very much, awesome to see Meredith taking a more visible role.
I could do with less of it quite frankly
Can we see an episode with multiple wheels where you throw the spirits into a Long Island Iced Tea? I can imagine the absolute horror that could come of that.
Damn, you almost killed me with the PEACHES. I choked on my drink with that.
PEACHes
I was in tears throughout that segment. It is now a household meme.
I'd only book that clown if I intend that he never leaves again if you understand.
It wasn't enough for the odd idea of an obnoxious clown ruining your wine tasting with screaming and doing a little breakdance, but it is Greg's deadpan delivery of the description that dictates a demonically duplicitous diatribe such as that.
I'm dying! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love how "the episode that shall not be named" is part of the channel lore as the reason Greg can't drink Manhattans anymore. Sad because the Manhattan is one of my personal favourite cocktails, but hilarious nonetheless.
I think I've seen that episode, but I forget what happened in it. Do you remember the video title so I can refresh my memory?
@@gregvs.theworld451 It's the Manhattan Matrix, I think it's literally called "this episode almost killed me" or something along those lines
These whiskeys don’t seem like they’re suited to being a replacement for the main spirit in a drink. They’re usually heavily sweetened, which isn’t the case for normal whisky, and much lower proof. Maybe if they were added as a modifier, or say 1 ounce of the flavored whisky and one ounce of normal whisky to raise the proof and cut the sweetness, they would work better.
flavored whiskeys are meant to be shots.
I will say most flavored whiskeys aren't that lower. Most tend to be 70 proof
Well, yes, but we're not here for good cocktails, we're here to see Greg in pain
I honestly think that's kind of the point.
@@deviationblue …oh I was using royal black for my shots lll
As much as I enjoy the wild cursed cocktails, I miss when Greg made drinks he liked, went into history about them or would make fun drinks of fiction.
I do too. And even if he doesn't have many classic cocktails left (I have not idea how many there are tbh), I'd even be down for making a drink and telling us a historical tale. "Today we are making grog. But not the navy grog we made last time, the kind pirates circa xxxx would have made. They would have been light on ingredients and had to scavenge, so we'll be using ______.
"Now that we have our grog in hand to fight off the scurvy, let's look at who would have been drinking this. Someone like Calico Jack (or whoever)." *Goes into interesting tale about Calico Jack*
@@bradleylovej Basically the Tasting History of bartending? That could be interesting!
I wouldn’t mind a sort of “reboot” or a “back to basics” series. It’s been years since some of those early videos, where the Old Fashioned video was 2 and a half minutes.
@@pupsinsbarks you mean drinking history 😉
I loved the drinks inspired by popular culture! The idea was unique, he created interesting cocktails, and he seemed so passionate about the movies, shows or games he talked about!
“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away” is attributed to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a beloved French author and aviator (1900-1944). I think it’s from “The Airman’s Odyssey”, although I do not know which book in that three-volume compilation contains it.
Wait the little prince dude??!?!?!? Holy shit
I just learned a whole lot about the dude who wrote "Le Petit Prince".
I would like to see a followup on this episode where he takes each of the whiskeys and find a drink that highlights them the best, if it's possible.
Can he do it, can it be done?
Just here to add feedback. I am LOVING how Meridith is showing up more in these videos. You having someone to bounce things off of and get a second POV on things, has really had great results.
Also she just comes across as a fucking gem of a human being.
@@deviationblue ^^^^this exactly this
I use that Walnut Toffee Cask and Crew all the time! I make old fashioneds with it using brown sugar and cocoa bitters. 😊
That sounds amazing
Am I the only one who feels like Greg was channeling "Tank" on the opener? Which I mean, his Cowboy Bebop episode proved he could do it.
That was where my mind went too
I wanted to comment on “why the fuck was he copying the Bebop opening for his game show themed episode” but thought I was just imagining it.
Glad to know we’re legion.
"What's the point of flavored whiskey?"
Ask any college student, especially one in a frat, or that handsome black man with a Caribbean accent that makes potions that make you fall down, I'm sure either one can figure out something to do with it, especially if there's a party coming up.
How drunk was Greg during this episode I think this was filmed directly after the vodka wheel episode lol.
idk he looked more drunk at the end of that one to me!
@@criemer2586 But here he started being tipsy before
"Ah, this might be good", and then it tastes terrible, over and over again.
Keep doing it, Greg. The joke never stops being funny.
The interesting part about these episodes is, that it shows that even those weird flavored spirits can be used successfully in a cocktail, even though they are barely drinkable when neat.
It doesn't answer the question how they appeared in the house in the first place, but at least it offers a way to get rid of them.
In my experience, it’s always grandma. “Well I know you love peach…”
The Crown Peach goes rather well with a nice sharp ginger beer. The spice from the ginger kinda mellows the artificial peach.
It's more of a quick mixed drink rather than a cocktail, but its pretty decent on a hot evening
*Opens video*
*Listens to Greg explain the premise*
Me: Oh. Something bad is about to happen to an Old Fashioned, isn't it?
I don't know enough about cocktails to know if this qualifies as a different drink altogether, but cherry and lime go together well in nonalcoholic preparations, so maybe a Cherry Whiskey Smash with limes instead of lemons would turn out better. You might not even need to cut down on the amount of simple syrup just by cutting the sweetness with more lime.
gotta say - loving Meredith's increased involvement in the episodes. It's good to see Greg playing off of another person who's also knowledgable and can add her own flair. Keep Meredith around!
Is there a series coming where Greg tries to take all these flavored spirits and mix them into good cocktails?
That's what I want to see! Maybe starting from the recipes from the companies themselves. I know that Screwball has several for their PB whiskey. Then improving them if necessary.
When my dad gave me the graduation gift that started my burgeoning home bar, the bottles he picked out were tanqueray gin, and a canadian club apple. Let me tell you, that canadian club apple made a damn good toddy
I wish you would have gotten the Walnut Toffee for an Old Fashion. I think that would have tasted awesome!
“Here’s a taste of the neat Whiskey Dick…”
You did that on purpose, Greg.
How to Drink series idea: I hear terms like "Pre-prohibition" era drinks, disco era drinks, modern era drinks, etc. I would enjoy watching you take your knowledge of cocktail history to carve out some distinct eras and give us cocktails that should be drunk from that era and cocktails that should end with their era.
I've thought about the same thing! Great idea, if I do say so myself lol
I miss the video game inspired drinks, Greg. Elden Ring feels like a prime contender for a video.
I would love this
Rise, Tarnished
I think you have to mix with normal whiskey in most cases to lessen the sweetness overload. A normal manhatten with a splash of fruit whiskey is one of my favorites. Leopolds blackberry whiskey is great for this.
When it comes to any drink variation (using a flavored liquor or additional mixer) I generally leave out the simple syrup to start. I figure you can always reintroduce it, but you can't take it out, and most of these always lean too sweet with their full measure.
I can't believe the flavored vodka episode went easier than this.
I've never had a New York sour but I love the peach Crown in a regular whiskey sour.
So how much syrup do you put in that? Because I find I only put in a quarter ounce when mixing with Crown products (except the Harvest Rye) because they're so sweet.
Shouldve gone south for a peach long island iced tea. THAT is something I might try making.
I'll never get tired of watching Greg get progressively more drunk while trying to describe the weirdest drinks
Wheel of Whisky - ah I remember that Scottish gameshow from the 70s, before those kill joys in the NHS said it glamorised binge drinking when one of the contestants died of liver failure on air.
Dying of liver failure from whisky? Can't have been a true Scotsman.
Uh wow, that sounds intense
I think we can all agree that this show is at its funniest when we can see Greg’s grasp on reality making a break for freedom out of his ears.
PEACHES!
I'm going be honest here. I recently found your channel, I rarely drink, and I know nothing about making drinks. But I absolutely love all of the content I've seen! Haha. Glad you seem to be having fun and willing to take risk with new formats!
Dude, same.
I feel like a few of these could make their way to the local mid-priced bistro's cocktail menu. You know, the kind of place that offers an old fashioned but they use an ounce of simple syrup because people want incredibly sugary drinks.
3/4oz honey simple, 6 dashes of bitters, 3oz bourbon. That’s my old fashioned
I just woke up my family I laughed so hard at the peach whiskey tasting notes. That was hilarious
I kinda want to just see an episode of this dedicated to spinning the wheel for just old fashioneds. I feel like some flavors could work well but others definitely would not. It would be a pretty entertaining episode imo.
Love the idea of a drink you gave himbo as a flavor note and having Earth Girls Are Easy vibes. Wonderful movie
Would love to see a tour of the bottle collection. Do you throw out or gifts ones you don’t really use?
I would love an episode where you spin the wheel and make the best cocktail you can create with that flavored drink. It would help me finally find delicious things to do with all this flavored alcohol people like to give as gifts.
Loving these videos Greg, I would love to see a return of the "customer is always wrong" videos and possibly some more video game drinks. There is one from Far Cry 6 that has a recipe for burnt sugar simple syrup that I think you could make a video from
A Vanilla Manhattan sounds good. I would make one with a Vanilla Bean infused Whiskey. A "Vanilla Crown" Manhattan just sounds bad. Vanilla Crown and Coke works though.
Y'know... I'm kinda wondering what sort of cocktail the Walnut Toffee would be good in, as it DOES sound interesting.
I'm thinking Irish coffee.
Old fashioned as a desert cocktail
The New York Sour description story alone made this episode pure gold. its gold, Jerry, Gold!
I love this series, but I'd love to see the attempts at making any of these "good"--like with the attempts to turn drinks from tv/video games into something drinkable
I like flavored whiskeys and trying to make different drinks with then. My favorite so far is a “old fashioned peanut butter cup”. I use peanut butter whiskey, cocoa bitters, instead of simple syrup i use a dark chocolate liqueur, and ice. It’s a dessert drink for sure.
I think we need more Meredith, it's
A. A second opinion.
B. Your natural co-host.
C. A second brain to bounce thoughts off of.
Just an idea.
I’ve always loved really sweet really fruity flavours in general (like in sodas or desserts, not so much in my alcohol but still)
My point is I’ve tried a lot of fruit flavoured things and I’ve always said that certain types of both peach and mango flavouring have a very vomit-like taste to them,
like it’s subtle and sort of in the back of your throat but it’s definitely there and I struggle a lot to find actually good not vomit-y peach or mango flavoured things
So I’m glad to know I’m not the only one I guess!
Round 2 of the Skull and Wheel society. Still no robes or masks though
The limp sprig of mint paired with the particular brand of whisky in that first drink -- perfection.
How many uses can I find for this wheel? Stay tuned
I gotta say I love it when Meredith chimes in adding to the dialogue. Love these wheelify episodes. They make for an interesting 'what if' and it's even better when something works out well. Cheers
Lol wow, I was not expecting this to go so poorly. I thought at least 1 of them would be remotely ok, or at least something you could tweak slightly to make functional. Maybe this would work better with some of the flavored gins? There's plenty of those out there.
I really hope you come back to these random cocktails and see if some of them can be saved. Some of the too sweet ones may be better without syrup.
this wheel reminded me wheel of the worst from RLM, hey Greg please befriend the guys from RLM (should be easy since half of them are alcooholics) and make a wheel of booze + bad movies together
First time in my 29 years I’ve heard the word himbo. I didn’t need to know this. you didn’t need to know this. May it forever be forgotten.
Was watching this with my 8 month old son and he loved when you started singing ❤... had to rewind a couple times for him haha
I freaking love this series you've got started between this and the vodka one. I love the idea of finding some random new combination of flavors that totally works that I'd never think to try on my own.
The sheer torture you put yourself through for our amusement and so we don't have to try this is astounding. Hats off to you sir
I really appreciate the extra Meridith lately 💕 Greg has always been great but it's even better having someone to play off of. Keep it coming y'all
Thanks Greg and Meredith. I am enjoying the series for sure. The "Peach colored Crown Royal Dice Bag" got me for sure. Hahaha
i already new you were a nerd, that much has been clear. But the fact that i was excited about the pretty peach dice bag right at the same time you actually said it out loud... god i'm so glad i'm here.
I think it would be pretty cool if after you did a couple of these, you took what you've and make actual food versions of the cocktail. So for the cherry whiskey smash maybe take out mint, add in something else, and name it.
I'd forgotten just how hysterical the "PEACHES!" bit is. I can't breathe for laughing so hard.
I love to guess just how deep into the filming day he is when he makes the video. This feels like a late day video, maybe even the final video of the day.
The thing I love most about Meredith's cameos is that they give a really fun impression that Greg has a whole group of friends who are into cool shit like video production and experimenting with cocktails like he is.
I love this show so much that I’ll save new episodes to watch later, forget to watch for a month, then have a wonderful HTD marathon. Cheers Greg!
I love how you call the Crown Royal sleeve a “dice bag.”
at my bar, our liquor rep gave us some beach coconut whiskey and some cinnamon whiskey and we were tasked to come up with drinks for them. the beach coconut makes an excellent sour with pineapple. the equal amount of acids and sweetness from the pineapple but still sorta tasting like a whiskey sour is a WILD taste and it is certainly a nice refreshing summer whiskey cocktail
someone must find all the wrong ways to do something right and my man your doing us all a flavor by eliminating the bad combos keep up the awesome channel
I had a very lovely Blueberry Mint Julep at Zanzibar in Louisville, KY. 100% recommend.
Honestly, I hardly ever comment on any video's but I really love this channel and I think this game is a very welcoming addition to the show :D keep up the great work!
"Oh, an old fashioned. That'll work with almost anythin.... Coconut? How is that a thing?" The words that came out of my mouth.
Hey all, great channel. I been taking it easy but tonight my mom is getting near the end. no more hospitals she's home here with us now where she belongs. but to the lighter point I went out to grab something to feel good with. I came home with a 1/5th of Carolans Salted Caramel Creme and my very first 1/5th of Plantation. EPIC. a bit of the creme on rocks with a splash of that sugar.. it's helping. and that's one of it's purposes. we're lucky to have such things to enjoy. cherish every sip of life. I'll call the drink "Cilla's Send-off". awesome channel & group.
Something that I like and I think you should try if you haven't, A margarita (daisy) sub rum (2 oz) for tequila (I used plantation 5-year, I also like it with Appleton estate 4 year), lime juice ( 1 oz), triple sec or a dry Curaçao (1oz), and demerara simple syrup ( between a half an ounce to 1 oz depending on how sweet you like it), and top with 3-4 drops of orange bitters ( optional).
2:42 "Mentok! The Mind Taker" Also a good name for a cocktail...
I like Meredith (sorry if I misspelled). I have my roommate says that I like my drinks too dry (not sweet), so I think her and I would have similar tastes. I love when she sneaks up from behind the camera!
We need a smash cut episode of all the times Greg just completely loses his mind on one of these bits! That "PEACHES" bit genuinely has me in stitches every time!
That coconut old fashioned definitely sounds like something cronk would order. Maybe using orange ango bitters would help that come together.
Needs a part two with the rest of the flavored whiskeys. And there needs to a quest to find the best classic cocktails to use the ones already used. Plus if these are already sweetened, cut back on any syrup being added to balance them. You really won't lose the essence of the cocktail if you dial that back down if you're already using a sweetened main spirit.
I'm delighted to find out Greg likes Earth Girls Are Easy. One of my favorite movies
I swear, your show concepts just keep getting better and better.
I especially love "The Customer Is Always Wrong". Keep playing with concepts; you're putting out great content as always.
I'd love to see a series of "greg tries to make good drinks with flavored x"
Like making some good with some of these weird flavored whiskeys etc.
The peach crown is amazing with some unsweetened tea and a bit of simple syrup
The flavored whiskeys are good for college students taking shots, but also for simple mixed drinks. Like a ginger ale with apple whiskey is delicious
OMG, "We got a Peach Crown Royal Dice Bag". Bruh, you are *legit*. Mad respect here, one nerd to another.
That said, Greg. Seriously. Make drinks I might want to make and drink. Just a suggestion, one tipsy gamer to another.
The best flavored whiskeys are the ones that just magnify the flavor hints that are common in standard barreled whiskey. So banana flavored whiskey works, cherry works, maple, vanilla, all commonly found in bourbon. They exist for people who have favorite notes they like to pick up on in whiskey and want them more than subtle, so they are all easy to drink straight.
Crown peach and lemonade just a great way to chill during the summer