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I'd love an episode on cocktails that utilize lesser used liquors. Stuff like Batavia Arrak, Aquavit, Xtabentun, Mastiha. Ya know, weird stuff most bars don't even carry.
Ah, the essence of HTD - "Here's some good drinks and how to make 'em." Pure and simple. Also Greg chewing the furniture a little bit will always be timeless. 😆
It's one of the reasons I became a bartender. It forced me to be in a limited social environment that I couldn't escape from but I still had the "safety" of the counter separating me from the other people. I still don't like social situations but I've become pretty good at faking it.
Yep, parties were never my scene, but now I can just have fun at the bar and mix cool shit that makes everyone feel special. Definitely have to thank this channel for giving me something awesome to do rather than just always staying at home or being bored.
@@ryanziolkowski6743 Typically in English-speaking countries patrons are not allowed behind the bar and can be forcibly removed if they insist on going back there. It has nothing to do with how busy they are. Hope this helped!
The little "gremlin" cam where the giant Greg has to talk to us in the little front camera is a great touch. I'm sure the focus on it is hard to maintain, but it adds a bit of frantic energy which I love.
this show is comfort food for me tbh. It's entertaining, aesthetically pleasing (those slo-mo pours...) and with Greg's down-to-earth charm that makes it a great show to watch after work.
Big agree, honestly. I don't even drink much, but it's a joy watching and listening and learning about the different drinks. Plus good for a chuckle here and there!
Let me tell you this right now, if you substitute an aged Appleton Estate Jamaican rum for the bourbon, you can make an amazing Lion's Tail. 1/2oz fresh lime juice 1/4oz simple 2 shakes of the angostura bitters 1/2oz St Elizabeth Allspice Dram 2oz Appleton Estates 12 year shake, strain, bam. Enjoy. Thank me later.
Bruichladdich distilery is pretty environmentally minded, they've reduced the glass in their bottles and dispensed with presentation boxes, source their grain and water locally and state they aim to decarbonise their distilling by nest year. Their Botanist gin is one of my favs and the Classic Laddie makes a mean Rob Roy.
idea for a future challenge video! take "tasting notes" from past videos out of context, and Greg has to try and make what drink he thinks it describes, will be especially difficult if the ones used barely have any helpful notes and more explitives and exclamations, theyre my favourite part of these videos and i think they should be utilised more :)
Greg (AND hidden Meredith!), this was a fantastic episode as always! I really appreciate that the last video or two HASN'T been a BetterHelp sponsorship -- I think that's finally pushed me to join the patreon tbh, I appreciate the integrity even with a slip-up, and I'd rather toss in a few bucks than see you have to reach for sketchy sponsors like them. As for the carbon-neutral stuff, I don't have anything to add, but I'm a HUGE fan of boiling the planet a little slower! and a huge fan of the show! so an episode about things that boil the planet slower sounds like a GREAT win to me!! Keep up the great work, guys :)
you seem more: -knowledgeable -confident -innovative/creative all while making things come across effortlessly. It's been a pleasure watching you grow over the years.
Oh my god the whiskey smash was a mess, and I appreciate the honesty of keeping it in the video instead of re-shooting. It's delightful how little you take yourself seriously
Always love you, love you revisiting simple recipes and being the least snobby yet sophisticated taster around. I HATE your new camera. Makes your editing feel jarring and amateur, sound levels jump around, focus jumps around. Really think the wide combined with the slow close is a winning combo. Thank you for making great content that makes me continually inspired to mix.
oooh speaking of Fever tree, they make what they call a "distiller's cola", which is meant to be a mixer for top shelf spirits. It would be fun to see you do a wide cola review, because I've always thought the pepsi/coke duopoly is holding the cocktail world back.
He did a great Ginger Beer roundup a couple of months ago. The thing that threw me, though, was he said Fentimans wasn't very hot. Last time I had Fentimans it was knock you off your seat hot, with chunks of ginger floating in it.
Teacher, here. Been drinking ritas and mai tais all summer, with a few others thrown in - the occasional mule or whiskey sour. The key is having the drinks at lunch so a large portion of the afternoon is a nap. Haven't made a whiskey smash yet, but - I will today. Cheers.
I do love that after everyone got mad about the better help sponsor he just throws 2 episodes in a row for patreon. Hope the community shows up for that.
Don’t know if you’ll see this, but all the same, I need to offer thanks. I fell in love with tiki bars about a year ago, and thanks to the channel (and some other research), I hosted a tiki/record party, and managed to put some decent drinks. Doing it again tomorrow, having messed around with some new recipes I’ve put together over the last couple of weeks, largely thanks to the inspiration of workshopping cocktails via watching HTD. Hope the world is smiling on you and yours.
Copperworks in Seattle does sustainably sourced wheat for their Whiskey. They have a whole thing about signing with farmers who are making sure salmon populations aren't affected by their wheat farming. Was a really cool part of our conversation whilst tasting.
I feel like more of a connosieur of Greg than of alcoholic drinks at this point. He starts so bitter but there's an incredible evolution toward the end of the epilepsy-medication-fuelled path to inspiration... He wakes up to genuine, qualified creativity, curiosity, his passion returns. I am inspired and left at-ease. 8.8/10, would watch again.
So glad we are going back to the old formula of "I like to dink this; here's how I make it" 'The internet punishes Greg' was fun for a SHORT while but I've missed GOOD drinks 🍸
I'm digging the dynamic low camera angles. Not overused but spices things up just a little. Almost akin to Alton Brown, in that Greg always seems excited to talk about what he's doing, but to a closer shot so it feels like he's talking to you, not AT you.
Angels Envy has sustainable initiatives with plantings trees due to the environmental costs of oak barrels. I’d love an episode on environmental costs of cocktails/distilling!
Whiskey smash is an excellent template for muddling whatever fruit is in season into the drink. Peaches, blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and cherries all work incredibly well in this.
Loving this deconstructive Greg that'll tell you the traditional of way of doing a drink, but also the dispelling misconceptions/rumours surrounding it
Lime juice is an amazing tenderizer for pork, it will actually dissolve it, a couple bottles of it in an aluminum pan with a rack of ribs, they are done in a hour or so on a charcoal grill .
@@Sangreezy Yes, while there no amount of aluminum that is good for you 😅. There should be a tag in every aluminum kitchenware that says not to have prolonged contact with acid food. That goes for foil, Tupperware, knives etc.
I had the stuff for Dark & Stormies and Painkillers and found myself a little tipsy and put a Painkiller amount of cream of coconut into a Dark & Stormy and discovered that the lime and ginger with the coconut knocked my socks off. I have been calling it a Silver Lining Dark & Stormy or a Silver Lining Storm, it's such a minor modification but I like them even better than regular degular ones now.
I don't drink much at all these days but I still love your videos. I think watching cocktails and drinks be made still tickles the same part of the brain cooking videos do. Thanks to your last video though, I am having a ginger beer tasting festival for myself this weekend
Hey Greg, the frame rate is a bit choppy on the main camera. The slow motion camera is normal, but shots from the main camera are showing a really low frame rate Edit: the main camera frame rate normalizes around 3 minutes in
Diageo's new Bulleit distillery is carbon neutral. They use an electric steam boiler to provide all necessary heat inputs (most others use gas/diesel-fired boilers) and partnered with the local utility to have all the required sources to support that increased grid load be wind or solar.
When I first started my "making fun cocktails" kick, I got a mule mug because it was fun, it was the thing you were supposed to do! Turns out I bought one WITHOUT the food-safe insert and was giving myself heavy metal poisoning for a weekend or two!
It takes a lot of copper to poison yourself. We're talking, like, ten mules a day for two entire weeks, each of which sits in the mug for half an hour before the first sip, assuming you have a preexisting condition that prevents your kidneys from flushing excess copper from your body. It's a bit like the paranoia about mercury from fish, but even sillier. The alcohol will kill you first.
On the topic of adding something to a gin and tonic, I've had great results just making a "martini" and serving it on the rocks with tonic water! Using blanc vermouth instead of dry works really well for this. Really nice and refreshing, and lets you sip and enjoy a little more slowly than a martini without worrying about it getting warm.
Strongly recommend watching The Prisoner, worth seeing people's concerns and viewpoints in 1967...and how much is the same today. Also just cool to see Patrick McGoohan handle an increasingly surreal environment.
I recommend "For Whom the Bell Tolls", which is about the Spanish Civil War. I think you'll appreciate it more than some of his older, more contemplative stuff.
not a spirit, but one of the only carbon neutral wines is Lubanzi. They have two reds, two whites, an orange wine, a pet nat, and a sparkling rose, so lots of variety. They're also a b-corp and social enterprise (50% of profits go to healthcare and early childhood education for migrant vineyard workers and their families). Really cool product and company!
Hemingway was a diabetic. According to some accounts, the original Hemingway Daiquiri contained rum, grapefruit, lime, and 6 drops of maraschino. That was damn near unpalatable for modern tastes, so the modern one includes more maraschino and simple syrup.
Would love a *"Pantry Raid"* episode (or multiple). Like when all you have is half a vodka bottle, cheap flavored rum/whiskey etc., your daily utility beer and the normal kitchen provisions/spices etc.
So, when you hear "You can be whatever you want".. I usually don't believe stuff like that. Feels like a shallow throwaway comfort line, from any mouth, feels "pre-made" right? But when Greg said that, it sounded so confident and simple. Just.. honest. No fluff, from the heart. I paused the video and cried. Thank you Greg.
That Evan Williams Bottled in Bond is one of my favorite bottles to reach for for anything mixed in a cocktail or drink. It is an awesome whiskey for the price and for how easy it is to come by.
Dark and Stormy, I've noticed that I really enjoy strong vanilla notes in mine, which is very fortunate, because one of the bottom shelf spiced rum here is Bacardi spiced, and that makes an excellent Dark and Stormy!
My favorite version of a Gin and Tonic for spring and summer is with Hendrick's Flora Adora gin, Q Mixers Elderflower Tonic water, and a dash of lavender bitters, lemon wedge as a garnish. I find it beautifully balanced and not too, too dry.
A form of mule I’ve been enjoying recently is a sort of sake-mule I found in a cookbook a while ago. Put some sake, cilantro, sliced cucumber and ginger in a sealed container, let it sit for a couple hours, strain into a glass and build like a mule/stormy. Really nice
I enjoy whatever shot you call that, when you lean in close to the camera and basically tell people something. Not sure what you call that, but it's a cool shot/segment.
One drink I've really been enjoying recent is a Salzburg 75, riff on the French 75 but with Grapefruit Radler instead of Champagne. 1.5 oz gin 0.25 oz simple syrup 0.5 oz lemon juice Shake over ice, strain into a coupe, top with ~3oz of the Grapefruit Radler. Very refreshing and summery.
I love the addition of the shots where you lean downwards to talk to us, it kind of gives off the same vibes as that one clip of Pedro Pascal turning around in his chair going, "You should know this too"
I *JUST* made a Dark n Stormy with Havana Club rum and FeverTree ginger beer last night--did you retroactively read my mind? And can confirm, it's very refreshing on a hot summer evening
So part of the reason the Elemakule bitters worked, is that they are allspice and clove foreword. And those are flavors commonly used in southern Mexican and Yucatecan cuisines: savory and salty with cinnamon/clove/nutmeg and citrus.
As someone whose go-to drink is a gin and tonic, here are some of my favorite twists on the classic. I Wouldn't reccommend doing all of these at the same time, just go with one or two that sound good to you. -Sweeten it with elderflower liqueur -Garnish it with a sprig of rosemary -Add a splash of Ouzo -Use fever-tree elderflower tonic -Use multiple gins in the same drink -A dash or two of Angostura orange bitters
hey i didnt know that he has temporal partial epilepsy, i have that too :0 i just changed meds and can barely get through the day because im in da seizure zone, and i was watching this ep to get some secondhand alcohol experience while im too fucked to drink. nice
I had a Hemingway daiquiri for the first time ever at a wedding in May, and I gotta tell ya, after walking around Central Park in a 3-piece suit all afternoon, it really hit the spot
Might've been too obvious since it's really popular, but imo a good lemon drop that's more tart than sweet is the PERFECT drink for a hot summer day. Most refreshing drink I've ever had, and they're SO cheap to make. You can get all of the ingredients to make them for like $30, and it's still perfect.
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On the topic of sustainable distilleries you might look at Frey Ranch, they’re 100% farm to bottle.
I'd love an episode on cocktails that utilize lesser used liquors. Stuff like Batavia Arrak, Aquavit, Xtabentun, Mastiha.
Ya know, weird stuff most bars don't even carry.
I drop a quarter ounce of st germain in my g&ts. adds some sweetness and some florals without using a botanical gin
Mezcal and San Pellegrino limonata e menta is a life changing highball
We need a whole episode on mezcal cocktails
Ah, the essence of HTD - "Here's some good drinks and how to make 'em." Pure and simple.
Also Greg chewing the furniture a little bit will always be timeless. 😆
Well...sometimes good lol. Customer is always wrong...yknow
Greg has given me the ultimate boon at partys. I get super anxious when talking to new people, but now I just bartend
It's one of the reasons I became a bartender. It forced me to be in a limited social environment that I couldn't escape from but I still had the "safety" of the counter separating me from the other people. I still don't like social situations but I've become pretty good at faking it.
Yep, parties were never my scene, but now I can just have fun at the bar and mix cool shit that makes everyone feel special. Definitely have to thank this channel for giving me something awesome to do rather than just always staying at home or being bored.
@@craigbryant9925 your bar probably empty then
@@ryanziolkowski6743just like your brain
@@ryanziolkowski6743 Typically in English-speaking countries patrons are not allowed behind the bar and can be forcibly removed if they insist on going back there. It has nothing to do with how busy they are. Hope this helped!
The little "gremlin" cam where the giant Greg has to talk to us in the little front camera is a great touch. I'm sure the focus on it is hard to maintain, but it adds a bit of frantic energy which I love.
It’s a canon with real fast autofocus, I was just shooting this in f2.1 which is dumb. Won’t do that again
I love it! Somehow it feels like breaking the 4th wall, even though he’s talking to us directly the whole time. A perfect little aside every time.
Team gremlin cam
The stage aside camera
Team Gremlin Cam!
Greg isn't drunk, he just puts on his holiday shirt and the inhibitions naturally fall away (it's a very good shirt btw, very jealous)
Disco Elysium
Do we care if he's drunk? (I don't.)
Seasonnally-accurate HTD Greg-screaming episode
Biblically accurate HTD.
Unhinged sober Greg is my personal favorite. When you roll up for a video and he starts out emanating chaos, you're in for a good time
this show is comfort food for me tbh. It's entertaining, aesthetically pleasing (those slo-mo pours...) and with Greg's down-to-earth charm that makes it a great show to watch after work.
well said!
Big agree, honestly. I don't even drink much, but it's a joy watching and listening and learning about the different drinks. Plus good for a chuckle here and there!
Same, I don’t even like alcohol, but this show got me interested in cocktails regardless.
Same - Greg's on my "Comfort UA-camrs" list.
As a fellow rum guy I'd love an episode where you take traditional whiskey cocktails and remake them with rum.
Let me tell you this right now, if you substitute an aged Appleton Estate Jamaican rum for the bourbon, you can make an amazing Lion's Tail.
1/2oz fresh lime juice
1/4oz simple
2 shakes of the angostura bitters
1/2oz St Elizabeth Allspice Dram
2oz Appleton Estates 12 year
shake, strain, bam.
Enjoy. Thank me later.
This whole episode felt like that ATHF meme of Carl saying, "It don't matter...None of this matters..."
Badasss… like R.E.O. Speedwagon or sumptin.
Bruichladdich distilery is pretty environmentally minded, they've reduced the glass in their bottles and dispensed with presentation boxes, source their grain and water locally and state they aim to decarbonise their distilling by nest year. Their Botanist gin is one of my favs and the Classic Laddie makes a mean Rob Roy.
Shoutout to Nc'Nean distillery as well, sustainable whisky that tastes great
Word!
idea for a future challenge video! take "tasting notes" from past videos out of context, and Greg has to try and make what drink he thinks it describes, will be especially difficult if the ones used barely have any helpful notes and more explitives and exclamations, theyre my favourite part of these videos and i think they should be utilised more :)
Greg (AND hidden Meredith!), this was a fantastic episode as always! I really appreciate that the last video or two HASN'T been a BetterHelp sponsorship -- I think that's finally pushed me to join the patreon tbh, I appreciate the integrity even with a slip-up, and I'd rather toss in a few bucks than see you have to reach for sketchy sponsors like them. As for the carbon-neutral stuff, I don't have anything to add, but I'm a HUGE fan of boiling the planet a little slower! and a huge fan of the show! so an episode about things that boil the planet slower sounds like a GREAT win to me!!
Keep up the great work, guys :)
"I"M A FREE MAN" can't hear that without thinking of those words followed by a killer Maiden song.
you seem more:
-knowledgeable
-confident
-innovative/creative
all while making things come across effortlessly. It's been a pleasure watching you grow over the years.
Oh my god the whiskey smash was a mess, and I appreciate the honesty of keeping it in the video instead of re-shooting. It's delightful how little you take yourself seriously
I am not a shirt; I am a free man!
I will not be pressed, hung, starched, ironed, folded, unfolded, or laundered. My life is my own.
Has the same energy as Proudhon's "to be governed" speech
I’ll be seeing you. 👁️👌
always loved the fact that the "tasting notes" on screen are in reality literally whatever he says / Meredith's comments on it
Her twist on the commentary completely make these videos for me LOL
I kinda just wish her spelling was better sometimes :|
Always love you, love you revisiting simple recipes and being the least snobby yet sophisticated taster around.
I HATE your new camera. Makes your editing feel jarring and amateur, sound levels jump around, focus jumps around. Really think the wide combined with the slow close is a winning combo.
Thank you for making great content that makes me continually inspired to mix.
oooh speaking of Fever tree, they make what they call a "distiller's cola", which is meant to be a mixer for top shelf spirits. It would be fun to see you do a wide cola review, because I've always thought the pepsi/coke duopoly is holding the cocktail world back.
I've never seen that, sounds cool!
He did a great Ginger Beer roundup a couple of months ago. The thing that threw me, though, was he said Fentimans wasn't very hot. Last time I had Fentimans it was knock you off your seat hot, with chunks of ginger floating in it.
Teacher, here. Been drinking ritas and mai tais all summer, with a few others thrown in - the occasional mule or whiskey sour. The key is having the drinks at lunch so a large portion of the afternoon is a nap. Haven't made a whiskey smash yet, but - I will today. Cheers.
I do love that after everyone got mad about the better help sponsor he just throws 2 episodes in a row for patreon. Hope the community shows up for that.
No.
Don’t know if you’ll see this, but all the same, I need to offer thanks. I fell in love with tiki bars about a year ago, and thanks to the channel (and some other research), I hosted a tiki/record party, and managed to put some decent drinks. Doing it again tomorrow, having messed around with some new recipes I’ve put together over the last couple of weeks, largely thanks to the inspiration of workshopping cocktails via watching HTD. Hope the world is smiling on you and yours.
Copperworks in Seattle does sustainably sourced wheat for their Whiskey. They have a whole thing about signing with farmers who are making sure salmon populations aren't affected by their wheat farming. Was a really cool part of our conversation whilst tasting.
At least that's the part I recall XD
I feel like more of a connosieur of Greg than of alcoholic drinks at this point. He starts so bitter but there's an incredible evolution toward the end of the epilepsy-medication-fuelled path to inspiration... He wakes up to genuine, qualified creativity, curiosity, his passion returns. I am inspired and left at-ease. 8.8/10, would watch again.
Was NOT expecting a The Prisoner reference, but I’m here for it!
Drinks To Help You Escape The Village
I wonder if Greg would make a drink called the No. 6! 🙏
Drinks inspired by “The prisoner” is a HTD episode I’d watch in a heartbeat
"I'm a free man!" he says, but then the Algorithm bubble rises out of the ocean and drags him back.
"Who are you?"
"The new Number Two."
"Who is Number One?"
"You are Number Six."
"I am not a number, I am a free man!"
So glad we are going back to the old formula of "I like to dink this; here's how I make it"
'The internet punishes Greg' was fun for a SHORT while but I've missed GOOD drinks 🍸
I'm digging the dynamic low camera angles. Not overused but spices things up just a little. Almost akin to Alton Brown, in that Greg always seems excited to talk about what he's doing, but to a closer shot so it feels like he's talking to you, not AT you.
I like that you spent a little time to talk in detail about the G&T. It was helpful!
26:31 I keep a dasher bottle of creme de violette on the bar just for this purpose. A couple of dashes of that really do add something to a G&T
This feels like classic HTD in the best way
Greg is entering his Marco Pierre White Knorr stock cube era
"Over it" as Adam Ragusea so brilliantly put it
Angels Envy has sustainable initiatives with plantings trees due to the environmental costs of oak barrels.
I’d love an episode on environmental costs of cocktails/distilling!
Whiskey smash is an excellent template for muddling whatever fruit is in season into the drink. Peaches, blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and cherries all work incredibly well in this.
Greg!!! I’m loving your energy today in this video. These are quick, simple, unrestrictive and fun recipes that are easy to remember. Well done!
I'm really enjoying the "lean in asides", keeping the camera framing moving and works great with your delivery
Loving this deconstructive Greg that'll tell you the traditional of way of doing a drink, but also the dispelling misconceptions/rumours surrounding it
Literally just quit my job and clicked out for the last time so this was an appropriate first thumbnail to see when I opened youtube.
I got to say, im loving the vibes. Makes me reminisce on old H2D when i started watching. I had kind of slowed my viewings, but im back now. Hahahaha
I love the old school throw back style of this video. Greg, jokes, drinks and closeups! All you need.
Lime juice is an amazing tenderizer for pork, it will actually dissolve it, a couple bottles of it in an aluminum pan with a rack of ribs, they are done in a hour or so on a charcoal grill .
I'm sure you know your stuff. But don't put sour/acid stuff in aluminum. The aluminum dissolves and you might get aluminum poisoning.
@@Tridust98 the same with cast iron, although iron is less of a concern because we can utilize it
@@Sangreezy Yes, while there no amount of aluminum that is good for you 😅.
There should be a tag in every aluminum kitchenware that says not to have prolonged contact with acid food. That goes for foil, Tupperware, knives etc.
Also, pineapple juice works very well if you want a little sweeter taste
Can't agree more. Of all the widely-available ginger beers, I find Fever Tree to be the best.
I had the stuff for Dark & Stormies and Painkillers and found myself a little tipsy and put a Painkiller amount of cream of coconut into a Dark & Stormy and discovered that the lime and ginger with the coconut knocked my socks off. I have been calling it a Silver Lining Dark & Stormy or a Silver Lining Storm, it's such a minor modification but I like them even better than regular degular ones now.
Greg getting in shape!!! Noticably leaner, keep up the good work
I don't drink much at all these days but I still love your videos. I think watching cocktails and drinks be made still tickles the same part of the brain cooking videos do. Thanks to your last video though, I am having a ginger beer tasting festival for myself this weekend
Hey Greg, the frame rate is a bit choppy on the main camera. The slow motion camera is normal, but shots from the main camera are showing a really low frame rate
Edit: the main camera frame rate normalizes around 3 minutes in
I thought it was my phone glitching! (it's an issue I've had in the past)
If you want a non-Hemingway, Hemingway book, then I suggest A Movable Feast. It’s more of him documenting his time around 1920’s Paris
And it's full of biting critiques of his peers from his point of view. It felt like reading his diary, in a good way
@@nevadanate4957 oh. He made fun of Fitzgerald so damn much
11:24 the primary flavor component in both cherries and almonds is Benzeldahyde, so that makes perfect sense
Yup!
I can't thank you enough for starting this video with the dark n stormy. These have been my passion for the last few weeks.
Diageo's new Bulleit distillery is carbon neutral. They use an electric steam boiler to provide all necessary heat inputs (most others use gas/diesel-fired boilers) and partnered with the local utility to have all the required sources to support that increased grid load be wind or solar.
Please do an episode about carbonated cocktails!!! Even if not accessible for most, it could certainly be aspirational
When I first started my "making fun cocktails" kick, I got a mule mug because it was fun, it was the thing you were supposed to do! Turns out I bought one WITHOUT the food-safe insert and was giving myself heavy metal poisoning for a weekend or two!
It takes a lot of copper to poison yourself. We're talking, like, ten mules a day for two entire weeks, each of which sits in the mug for half an hour before the first sip, assuming you have a preexisting condition that prevents your kidneys from flushing excess copper from your body. It's a bit like the paranoia about mercury from fish, but even sillier.
The alcohol will kill you first.
On the topic of adding something to a gin and tonic, I've had great results just making a "martini" and serving it on the rocks with tonic water! Using blanc vermouth instead of dry works really well for this. Really nice and refreshing, and lets you sip and enjoy a little more slowly than a martini without worrying about it getting warm.
I'm not big on merch stuff but I was instantly intrigued by a "I'M NOT A SHIRT I'M A FREE MAN" tshirt
Thank you Greg. I need freedom in my summer and just your jovial nature to make 104 tolerable.
Strongly recommend watching The Prisoner, worth seeing people's concerns and viewpoints in 1967...and how much is the same today. Also just cool to see Patrick McGoohan handle an increasingly surreal environment.
I recommend "For Whom the Bell Tolls", which is about the Spanish Civil War. I think you'll appreciate it more than some of his older, more contemplative stuff.
Flor de Caña is both outstanding rum and an excellent company. Kudos to them and anyone else out there trying to do good.
Energy on this episode is downright haywire and I am digging it. I AM A FREE MAN!
not a spirit, but one of the only carbon neutral wines is Lubanzi. They have two reds, two whites, an orange wine, a pet nat, and a sparkling rose, so lots of variety. They're also a b-corp and social enterprise (50% of profits go to healthcare and early childhood education for migrant vineyard workers and their families). Really cool product and company!
Hemingway was a diabetic. According to some accounts, the original Hemingway Daiquiri contained rum, grapefruit, lime, and 6 drops of maraschino. That was damn near unpalatable for modern tastes, so the modern one includes more maraschino and simple syrup.
The new angle is great! I love that you keep evolving your channel!
A Farewell to Arms has deceptively simple prose - because, even so, it broke my heart.
exploring variations on the G&T would be pretty cool actually :]
I am glad to know people can be as fun while stone-cold sober as Greg is. Gives me faith in humanity
Maine Root Ginger Beer has got to be my favorite for any cocktail that calls for ginger beer.
the "free man" bit kills me XD
Would love a *"Pantry Raid"* episode (or multiple).
Like when all you have is half a vodka bottle, cheap flavored rum/whiskey etc., your daily utility beer and the normal kitchen provisions/spices etc.
Yesss Greg, the Rum Gang welcomes you with open arms.
And with the context of recent podcast before, I really getting excited with today's episode! Make it up, Greg!
So, when you hear "You can be whatever you want".. I usually don't believe stuff like that. Feels like a shallow throwaway comfort line, from any mouth, feels "pre-made" right?
But when Greg said that, it sounded so confident and simple. Just.. honest. No fluff, from the heart. I paused the video and cried.
Thank you Greg.
That Evan Williams Bottled in Bond is one of my favorite bottles to reach for for anything mixed in a cocktail or drink. It is an awesome whiskey for the price and for how easy it is to come by.
Dark and Stormy, I've noticed that I really enjoy strong vanilla notes in mine, which is very fortunate, because one of the bottom shelf spiced rum here is Bacardi spiced, and that makes an excellent Dark and Stormy!
Having just watched the latest midnight local, im so happy for you greg.
My favorite version of a Gin and Tonic for spring and summer is with Hendrick's Flora Adora gin, Q Mixers Elderflower Tonic water, and a dash of lavender bitters, lemon wedge as a garnish. I find it beautifully balanced and not too, too dry.
I’ve found that throwing a splash of maraschino into my G&T gives the sweetness you’re looking for and a little extra. Quite lovely!
A form of mule I’ve been enjoying recently is a sort of sake-mule I found in a cookbook a while ago. Put some sake, cilantro, sliced cucumber and ginger in a sealed container, let it sit for a couple hours, strain into a glass and build like a mule/stormy. Really nice
You had me at sake mule... Lost me at soap, er, cilantro
@@brandongreene3213 Hey but think about it, maybe this time the soap tastes good with all of the other stuff with it.
I like the format/camera angle of the asides!
Part of the fun is layering a dark & stormy, but sure.
All of these are great summer drinks. Can’t wait to make a few
I like how much of the set you can see from the low angel, that's fun
The new camera angle makes it so we're the goblin sorcerer and just asked the bard if he knew how to make a few drinks.
I had a Dark and Stormy in Thailand that had Angostora bitters in it. Actually ordered it specifically because of this show. Was absolutely amazing.
I enjoy whatever shot you call that, when you lean in close to the camera and basically tell people something. Not sure what you call that, but it's a cool shot/segment.
Thanks Patrons! Great episode-i-o!!
Holy smokes I watched a ton of your content like a year ago and you just came back to my feed, you are looking great man!
One drink I've really been enjoying recent is a Salzburg 75, riff on the French 75 but with Grapefruit Radler instead of Champagne.
1.5 oz gin
0.25 oz simple syrup
0.5 oz lemon juice
Shake over ice, strain into a coupe, top with ~3oz of the Grapefruit Radler.
Very refreshing and summery.
I love the addition of the shots where you lean downwards to talk to us, it kind of gives off the same vibes as that one clip of Pedro Pascal turning around in his chair going, "You should know this too"
I *JUST* made a Dark n Stormy with Havana Club rum and FeverTree ginger beer last night--did you retroactively read my mind? And can confirm, it's very refreshing on a hot summer evening
So part of the reason the Elemakule bitters worked, is that they are allspice and clove foreword. And those are flavors commonly used in southern Mexican and Yucatecan cuisines: savory and salty with cinnamon/clove/nutmeg and citrus.
As someone whose go-to drink is a gin and tonic, here are some of my favorite twists on the classic. I Wouldn't reccommend doing all of these at the same time, just go with one or two that sound good to you.
-Sweeten it with elderflower liqueur
-Garnish it with a sprig of rosemary
-Add a splash of Ouzo
-Use fever-tree elderflower tonic
-Use multiple gins in the same drink
-A dash or two of Angostura orange bitters
Elderflower is so goood
Was gonna say, my go-to is a 1/4 oz of St Germain.
@@bvd8861 It's such a fantastic addition
I feel like Greg is more relatable now that I know he is on medication for a chronic condition, thanks for being awesome and making kickass cocktails!
hey i didnt know that he has temporal partial epilepsy, i have that too :0 i just changed meds and can barely get through the day because im in da seizure zone, and i was watching this ep to get some secondhand alcohol experience while im too fucked to drink. nice
I love the idea of an environmentally friendly episode.
+1 Comment for the Weird Science reference. Great episode!
The last place I expected a Prisoner reference let alone several times. 😂
This dude is awesome.
Gregs moving up in the world, show keeps getting better greg. new camera angle is amazing. that whiskey smash looking mighty fine, keen to try it.
I had a Hemingway daiquiri for the first time ever at a wedding in May, and I gotta tell ya, after walking around Central Park in a 3-piece suit all afternoon, it really hit the spot
Might've been too obvious since it's really popular, but imo a good lemon drop that's more tart than sweet is the PERFECT drink for a hot summer day. Most refreshing drink I've ever had, and they're SO cheap to make. You can get all of the ingredients to make them for like $30, and it's still perfect.
Drop some bitters in your G&T it's amazing.