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@ComputerGameAmbiencereminds me of an alcohol (can't remember where from or what it's called) made from chewed dough, the enzymes in spit help break it down and release sugars
When I'm feeling feisty, I'll drink what I call a "Neon Regenerator" Its Sake with an energy drink. Mt Dew used to make a purple energy drink that went surprisingly well with it. Its not good, but its better than it should be.
Greg I’m begging you-please do an episode where you look at the tasting notes from a previous episode, and then try to reverse engineer the drink from the notes alone
I see this going one of two ways, either Greg knows himself too well and he’ll remember what it was, or he’s going to create some horrifying creations. Either way I’m into it
For the balieys and soda, stick to the engineers code " Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
@@embroideredragdoll I worked as a bartender for a time. I had a regular. He always ordered a Boilermaker, made out of......Beck´s Pilsner and...Baileys. I kid you not. That´s halfway between Bailey´s Fizz and Negroni add Baileys. It´s creamy, fizzy and bitter. It´s Abomination. But he was adamant. The other guy always had "Schorle, groß, süß", which amounts to 0,4l of half- and - half White Wine and Sprite. I know, I know, super popular around here, but you can´t convince me it is not deeply wrong. Southern germany is weird, man.
I think he nailed it when mentioned an egg cream. Is a boozy milkshake a cocktail? Some sort of vanilla infused cream, maybe? Edit: not that an egg cream is milkshake, but I was thinking vanilla ice cream could work. Or an infused cream.
The M&M&P is what I imagine someone who knows that a Piña colada is creamy and tastes like coconut, pineapple, and rum, but has no idea how to actually make one, would do when they spot Malibu, Milk, and Pineapple Rum standing around in someone's kitchen.
I think this is my favorite series on How to Drink. Part of me wants to believe these are all someone's favorite drinks that they make for themself at home and have never thought these were weird until trying to order them. Since the drinks are made by eye they couldn't convey what they wanted properly ergo they ended up here.
@@canikostar99 that's fair enough. May sound cheesy but maybe next time if you want to try something different just practice saying it before going? Just a thought
There are milk flavoured soft drinks like Calpico/Calpis where you do mix a milky sirup with seltzer or water, so that Bailey's creation isn't unprecidented.
@@whysix3417Listen, it’s all terrible. American lagers, broadly, are truly awful beers. That said, I would happily order a bud light with the knowledge that the mere act might make a certain kind of person frothing mad. I find the idea of that kind of power delicious. Edited for punctuation.
@@crow-jane why would someone get mad for you drinking bud light? Here in America, we believe in freedom. You have the right to drink whatever you want.
My prediction for the Baroni was, "this is going to taste like The Worst cough medicine." Greg: this tastes like purple but it's actually cherry Cough medicine confirmed.
Im old school with my drinks and the number of younger bartenders who cant make a whiskey sour blows my mind. Im not old but have old fashioned whiskey tastes. Also has to be made with sour mash whiskey.
The Malibu and milk is not dissimilar to a Caribbean drink that is ice, coconut milk, nutmeg, evaporated milk and blended, is the virgin version, the adult version has a lot of rum. It’s served long as a sort of slushy. I also saw a variation that had single cream in it. The base was called coconut crush.
As a young man from southwest Ohio, I can assure you that inventing horrible cocktails is one of our 4 available passtimes. Right behind fighting, screwing, and sleeping.
Northern Kentucky here - can confirm. Also driving aimlessly with the music too loud until we a) hit something b) get pulled over c) fall asleep d) all of the above.
I’m pretty sure the “improved Bailey’s and soda” curdled was cause of the Mr. Black. If Mr. Black is made with actual coffee, coffee is slightly acidic. So it might have had just enough acid to curdle the Baileys
This happened to a lot of my attempts to Irish up Sunday coffees. Unfortunately, when you try it with higher-end ground coffees, a lot of them want the acidity present. Which, made those coffee drinks not a treat.
I've tried to use milk that's just started to go off but was still drinkable in my coffee a couple of times. I discovered that this is a big mistake, because the acidity of the coffee pushes it just over the edge and turns the whole thing into coffee-flavoured curds and whey.
@@cam4636that or farmers cheese. If you intentionally curdled it with lemon juice or vinegar, you can separate out the whey and you have a perfectly serviceable cottage cheese.
I don't have a recipt but my mom often orders a white russian with coconut rum instead of vodka. She calls this a "jamacian snow man". Her recipe is 2 parts Kailua 2 parts coconut rum 2/3 part whole milk Stir and Serve over ice Sometimes she subs whole milk for iced cream.
Malibu milk is a pretty common drink on the menu of the area I worked in (bar row near yokota air base). It's usually shaken to foam up a bit here, and is always a pain to make cuz you have to wash the shaker thoroughly afterwards to avoid stank
Yeah, I was confused as to why he thought that would be bad. It's alcoholic creamy coconut. It may not be the pinnacle of cocktail design, but how could it really be that bad?
I think the m&m&p could be done with coconut milk or coconut water to prevent curdling and push more tiki. Maybe reduce the malibu a half ounce and bring the pineapple up to 2 ounces
"Champagne cocktails but with Miller Lite" is actually really funny and I would watch a bunch of those. I probably wouldn't drink them, gonna be honest here, but I do find it funny.
The Malibu rum and milk could have been turned into a dessert ice. Start with 2 oz of your Malibu rum in a blender, add 2 oz of your favorite almond liqueur and 2 oz of your favorite chocolate liqueur. Fill with milk and blend with ice. Swirl the inside of a tall glass with a chocolate swirl and pour in almond joy cocktail 🍹
I've had Malibu and milk before (though waaay more milk to Malibu ratio) and it was a delicious Summer drink, basically an alcoholic milkshake. Could maybe be improved by going fully into the milkshake vibe and adding a scoop of ice cream before blending but only if you're feeling fancy.
I don't know, he often improvises something great in a few minutes given a prompt but for some reasons he can't get around "coconut milk" concept (see also pina colada from the previous customer is always wrong). I was like "yeah, makes sense. Malibu isn't the best choice but it's likely the only available/known one. Lightly boozy coconut milk"
I feel like with a lot of the flavors you ended up with you could do a whole episode of making candy bar cocktails. End up with all the candy from Halloween, what do you do? Make a cocktail for or that tastes like the candy!
He should retry the pineapple rum old fashioned with Plantation pineapple rum. It's a two barrel aged rum that is then mixed with good pineapples and strained. Very good sweeter rum.
@@nickmessner700 I've actually tried both! The actual malibu isn't really eldritch in the same way, it just kinda isn't good. Kinda just tastes like old, slightly off pineapple, whereas the parrot bay does genuinely turn into a horrible rotting hay taste. Also smells like diapers, genuinely, like baby-changin station chemical smell. I see why he found it so horrid.
I've had a beer by "Creature Comforts" in Georgia that is a wheat beer with lactobacillus in it, giving it a yogurt-like tartness. And just like they said, it legitimately tastes like champagne! Not in a million years would I guess wheat beer + yogurt cultures = champagne, but it does!
I think the M&M&P should be called a 'Malibu Parabola'. Possibly just because I like the mathematics reference for a booze-y drink, but also because it totally has that Cocktail name feel, where you say those words and someone immediately is intrigued, and knows it must be some sort of strange mixed drink.
23:29 So we have coconut rum, pineapple rum, milk, lime, angostura bitters, and mint. It kind of sounds like some weird painkiller variation. I wonder how malibu, pineapple rum, milk, and triple sec would go.
Malibu and milk was a thing in the 80s. Never tried it, but have definitely noticed the hint of suncream aroma as someone else has walked past with one.
The Bailey's + club soda drink didn't sound awful to me when you first mentioned it. Made me think of a French soda (club soda + flavor syrup + half-and-half)
For most of my younger life I thought Malibu was white (creamy) because my mother always had it with milk (and the bottle is white). So, yeah, when that Malibu one was read out I was thrown that it wasn't a known combination. (also, Coconut and Milk/Cream is a common combo)
“I know I have a reputation for putting Angostura bitters in everything…” Yeah, Greg, that happens when you put angostura bitters in literally everything. My wife always brings it up when you inevitably grab that dasher. Love the show, keep on adding angostura you crazy bastard.
ALRIGHT lets see what fresh hell you put us through now then! Edit: WELL it probably wasn't as painfull for me as it was for you but it was still pretty painful to watch! keep up the good work you glorious bastard, treading paths most men fear to tread.
im not really a big drinker but i LOVE your artistic, creative soul that gets inspired by these "starting points" and then iterating upon them. watching the ideas flow out of you is a joy to watch. i can also appreciate your dedication to the craft and making the drinks look beautiful
Greg, I just wanted to say I missed you. I sort of fell out of the habit of watching youtube videos last year because my mental health wasn't where I needed it to be. Things in my life just kind of compounded to where I needed a break from pretty much everything that wasn't vital to survival. I didnt have the capacity to really focus and be present. I've been feeling better and wanting to get back into my old life, and missing your videos especially. This one really just felt like coming home. It's hard to describe, I guess. But thank you.
I don't think he should try to improve every one of these but it's great when he finds one that is kind of ok and tries to actually make something with it
There’s a bar in Alexandria, VA Old Hat that has a High Life cocktail called Spaghett (Tim and Eric reference). It’s a High Life with 1.5 oz removed with an added oz of Aperol and .5 oz lime juice. It’s fantastic!
I refuse to believe that the wonky AI abominations that we occasionally run across are any worse than what humans will come up with themselves, and this series is my exhibit A
That may very well be because, at least with this stage of AI, it's based off of what humans have come up with. The AI we currently have can only extrapolate upon the creations of people.
Herllo @howtodrink ... I really curious how would you like this: Tropical Twist Sour: Lemon-lime juice (1 oz) Grenadine (3/4 oz) Pineapple juice (3 oz) Howler Head whiskey (2 oz) Absinthe (1/2 oz) Egg white
1:12 According to Alice Cooper (in character, admittedly) in a clip in the "Champagne" episode of a Norwegian rather light hearted documentary series about alcohol called "Edle dråper" (Lit. "Noble Drops", it's a common euphemism for alcohol in Norwegian), he can "drink whisky all day and be fine, but one sip of champagne and..." and then he over the top mimed getting a headache.
The Skull of Suffering is always fun, and not just because it's fun to see Greg's reactions to terrible drinks. It's interesting to see which drinks end up not being terrible, and which drinks that sound like they should be ok end up being especially awful.
I’d love to see an episode based on the completion of the sentence “I knew a guy in college who used to drink ________.” For me, I knew a guy who liked rum and cream soda, which is absurdly sweet.
My first thought for the malibu and milk was that it would taste how tropical sunscreens smell, so when Greg described his redone drink version like tanning butter I was laughing so hard
Nice episode, well balanced. In my opinion you can add milk or cream to any alcohol that is mostly bitter herbs, adjust the sweetness and end up with a fine drink.
as soon as you said peanuts and bitter i was like 'oh that needs creme de cacao' and then i started thinking of ways to improve it from there and settled on 'something fruity', and you basically made the drinkable cadbury's milk chocolate fruit & nut bar that i was imagining. kick ass.
So at a bar I used to work at, the management decided we'd do a summer special on pina coladas. The spec they gave us was 50ml malibu, 50ml semi-skimmed milk and 50ml pineapple juice, shaken and strained over ice.
Drink suggestion! Black Bean Margarita 3 OZ reposado Tequila 3/4 OZ black bean can juice 1 OZ Cointreau orange liqueur Half OZ agave syrup Half a tablespoon chopped cilantro Pinch cumin Pinch chili powder Pinch cayenne pepper 4 muddled lime wedges or juice of half a lime Shake in cocktail shaker with ice Pour over ice, sprinkle with salt (black salt if you have it) and enjoy!
Love those videos and the ideas you get from the weird orders but I cannot not think of these as like: "hm this person ordered "butter on white bread" oh wow they're onto something what if we add a slice of ham, a slice of cheese and a dash of hot sauce DAMN this is a great sandwich"
Having just tried it, I can categorically say that Campari and half & half does not taste like peanuts, it tastes like a bitter creamy hellscape and I can only assume that Greg was suffering some kind of neurological episode in that moment, and I'd encourage him to seek urgent medical attention.
Dear Greg, Here's a drink that may bring you some slight comfort after your recent foray. Enjoy! MIDORI VODKA SELTZER (as simple as it sounds) - 1 shot Midori - 1 shot vodka of choice - glass of Seltzer water Easy, simple, refreshing and delicious. Feel free to play around with different ingredients, like Midori sour and club soda, or tonic water.
I am waiting for you to make an episode called the best of the worst. Make the drinks you thought would be horrible that are great and maybe make them better.
The contrasting colors vs complimentary colors this I find interesting because I'd think that the end result would end up in the "brown" family of colors rather than one of the "parent" colors (red, yellow, biue). Of course, that depends on the intensity of the parent colors. Compari is about as red as red gets.
The Bailey’s and soda reminded me of something that Greg got close to with his attempt to “make it better”. The bartender who created it called it “Swamp Water”. It’s 50/50 Bailey’s and Kahlua finished with a splash of Diet Coke. It was sweet and curdled the fizz like a root beer float.
I wish I drank so I could actually go to bars and order this stuff. I mean, I would sound like a crazy person trying to say "no, no it's heavy cream angastora and KAMPARI. No, see--"
High life is delicious and reasonably priced. The only better buzz for your buck is keystone light. you could pay 10 dollars for a 6 pack of beer that's not any better or you could get 2 40s of high life for 5 bucks or better yet you can get 15 pack of keystone light for 7 bucks. People who spend ridiculous amounts of money on alcohol are not any better than your average cheap beer enjoyer they are just pretentious.
Love this series! 0:11 : Greg has the same approach to unpleasant things like I do: Just get on with it, don't drag it out, just rip it off like a band-aid. Hence he couldn't even wait for the intro music to finish playing first ;D ;D. I can respect that!
I quit drinking a while back but I love this channel and watch every video specifically for Greg's personality. Dude is hilarious and surprisingly erudite. Also I like that Meredith is becoming more of a character
Herb garden: crushed fresh mint, 2cl of jägermeister, 2cl of zwack unicum, 2cl of absinthe, 2cl of Fernet, 3 dashes of angostura bitters and tonic water
The Malibu and Milk was probably not someone messing with their friend, but someone trying to recreate a pina coloda without knowing what was actually in it and just kinda winging it. That's why I think your rum/lime addition make sense because you've just put it closer to the OG target.
Large glass beer mug Ice, 1 small shot of simple syrup, 2 small shots of spiced kraken rum or more, fill the rest with robinsons squash (without adding water), lemon/limeade and rosso vermouth to your liking and strength. This is a drink for people who are really sensitive to ethanol taste wise and want something they can still get drunk on and it can all be made in the glass so little washup needed. Its cursed but its delicious.
I have no idea if people like a drink that I make or not: "Smokey Mountain Iced Tea" 2 oz Unflavored moonshine 1.5 oz Bourbon Juice from 1 lemon and garnish with a lemon wedge 3 dashes of Agnostura bitters. Stir and serve with iced in a mason jar.
Greg, you really got me thinking about what I could do with cocktails here! Love these crazy episodes, cause I'm laughing my ass off at your reaction to the bad drinks, but this is the first one where the possibilities got me excited! Please do more of these!!
As long as people keep ordering this stuff, I'll keep drinking it.
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@ComputerGameAmbiencereminds me of an alcohol (can't remember where from or what it's called) made from chewed dough, the enzymes in spit help break it down and release sugars
Please make a video of the drinks you thought would be horrible and came out great. Maybe even make them better.
When I'm feeling feisty, I'll drink what I call a "Neon Regenerator" Its Sake with an energy drink. Mt Dew used to make a purple energy drink that went surprisingly well with it. Its not good, but its better than it should be.
The Malibu & Milk & Pineapple Rum with Mint shoulda been a "Mali-Moo"! X3
Greg I’m begging you-please do an episode where you look at the tasting notes from a previous episode, and then try to reverse engineer the drink from the notes alone
This sounds like an amazing idea!
Whoa…
yesss! that’s be so fun to watch!
That's an amazing idea, the tasting notes are one of the best parts and make almost no sense out of context.
I see this going one of two ways, either Greg knows himself too well and he’ll remember what it was, or he’s going to create some horrifying creations. Either way I’m into it
For the balieys and soda, stick to the engineers code " Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
I feel like the term he was looking for there was not "perfection" but rather "local maximum"
Who puts baileys and fizzies together?
@@embroideredragdoll I worked as a bartender for a time. I had a regular. He always ordered a Boilermaker, made out of......Beck´s Pilsner and...Baileys. I kid you not. That´s halfway between Bailey´s Fizz and Negroni add Baileys. It´s creamy, fizzy and bitter. It´s Abomination. But he was adamant.
The other guy always had "Schorle, groß, süß", which amounts to 0,4l of half- and - half White Wine and Sprite. I know, I know, super popular around here, but you can´t convince me it is not deeply wrong. Southern germany is weird, man.
@@paavobergmann4920 ooo no for second one sounds good actually
I think he nailed it when mentioned an egg cream. Is a boozy milkshake a cocktail? Some sort of vanilla infused cream, maybe? Edit: not that an egg cream is milkshake, but I was thinking vanilla ice cream could work. Or an infused cream.
The M&M&P is what I imagine someone who knows that a Piña colada is creamy and tastes like coconut, pineapple, and rum, but has no idea how to actually make one, would do when they spot Malibu, Milk, and Pineapple Rum standing around in someone's kitchen.
Not calling it the Mali-Moo is a huge missed opportunity 😂 🐄
My fiancé was screaming this at the TV.
Moo-libu?
Maliboob
I've absolutely heard it called malimoo before
And likewise for the bourbon half-and-half with Campari? Moo-levardier.
I think this is my favorite series on How to Drink. Part of me wants to believe these are all someone's favorite drinks that they make for themself at home and have never thought these were weird until trying to order them. Since the drinks are made by eye they couldn't convey what they wanted properly ergo they ended up here.
bar drinks I've gotten were never as good as homemade. I just resort to a white russian as a safe choice.
@@canikostar99I mean, you can always specify exactly how it should be made. That's what bartenders are for.
@@johnr797 True. I just struggle with explaining an idea
@@canikostar99 that's fair enough. May sound cheesy but maybe next time if you want to try something different just practice saying it before going? Just a thought
There are milk flavoured soft drinks like Calpico/Calpis where you do mix a milky sirup with seltzer or water, so that Bailey's creation isn't unprecidented.
Melon milkis is so delicious
@@InspectahReese I tried calpis in Japan. It's not bad!
Soju + Lemon/Lime Soda + Yakult
There's also the Caribbean (and maybe other places in latin america?) tradition of combining a malt soda with milk.
I've you've ever drank cream soda, it's milk flavoured, that's why it's called "cream". Just after years of cheap flavorings, it's hard to recognize.
I love it when Greg does these "bad drinks" videos and accidentally discovers something he likes.
I enjoy how unnecessarily classy and dignified Miller's bottles are. Bud would serve beer in garbage bags if they could
I don't know a single person who still drinks bud light. Everyone switched to Miller after that fiasco.
@@whysix3417”that fiasco”
Yeah their sales numbers are doing just fine buddy.
@@whysix3417Listen, it’s all terrible. American lagers, broadly, are truly awful beers. That said, I would happily order a bud light with the knowledge that the mere act might make a certain kind of person frothing mad. I find the idea of that kind of power delicious.
Edited for punctuation.
@@crow-jane why would someone get mad for you drinking bud light? Here in America, we believe in freedom. You have the right to drink whatever you want.
@crowjane2168 same. I don't drink the big American lagers, but would totally do this.
I REALLY wish Meredith had been there for this episode. Her extra commentary on these drinks is the perfect extra touch
My prediction for the Baroni was, "this is going to taste like The Worst cough medicine."
Greg: this tastes like purple but it's actually cherry
Cough medicine confirmed.
Alcoholic Pepto Bismol.
Im old school with my drinks and the number of younger bartenders who cant make a whiskey sour blows my mind. Im not old but have old fashioned whiskey tastes. Also has to be made with sour mash whiskey.
"Barkeep, make me a virgin purple drank!"
Taste like purple..
You mean Dimetapp haha
The Malibu and milk is not dissimilar to a Caribbean drink that is ice, coconut milk, nutmeg, evaporated milk and blended, is the virgin version, the adult version has a lot of rum. It’s served long as a sort of slushy. I also saw a variation that had single cream in it. The base was called coconut crush.
As a young man from southwest Ohio, I can assure you that inventing horrible cocktails is one of our 4 available passtimes. Right behind fighting, screwing, and sleeping.
You forgot finding new ways to make fun of Cleveland
How could you forget yelling at the weather? It's my favorite. Sometimes we get all four seasons in a single day!
Northern Kentucky here - can confirm. Also driving aimlessly with the music too loud until we a) hit something b) get pulled over c) fall asleep d) all of the above.
Hey now, we also have the beautiful hobby of believing in sports teams that always find ways of disappointing us!
@@SHMPhotography97 that’s the whole state, with the exception of the Monsters.
I *Love* when these episodes result in like genuine 10/10 drinks, it's such a "diamond in the rough" feeling
I’m pretty sure the “improved Bailey’s and soda” curdled was cause of the Mr. Black.
If Mr. Black is made with actual coffee, coffee is slightly acidic. So it might have had just enough acid to curdle the Baileys
This happened to a lot of my attempts to Irish up Sunday coffees. Unfortunately, when you try it with higher-end ground coffees, a lot of them want the acidity present. Which, made those coffee drinks not a treat.
I've tried to use milk that's just started to go off but was still drinkable in my coffee a couple of times.
I discovered that this is a big mistake, because the acidity of the coffee pushes it just over the edge and turns the whole thing into coffee-flavoured curds and whey.
@@nathangamble125 Yeah once it's started down that long dark death spiral, the only thing for it is baking. Sour milk works the same as buttermilk
@@cam4636that or farmers cheese. If you intentionally curdled it with lemon juice or vinegar, you can separate out the whey and you have a perfectly serviceable cottage cheese.
try adding liquor 43 and creamer in your coffee instead @@imightbebiased9311
I don't have a recipt but my mom often orders a white russian with coconut rum instead of vodka. She calls this a "jamacian snow man".
Her recipe is
2 parts Kailua
2 parts coconut rum
2/3 part whole milk
Stir and Serve over ice
Sometimes she subs whole milk for iced cream.
Malibu milk is a pretty common drink on the menu of the area I worked in (bar row near yokota air base). It's usually shaken to foam up a bit here, and is always a pain to make cuz you have to wash the shaker thoroughly afterwards to avoid stank
I drank malibu and milk about 15 -20 years ago.
It's not unheard of around me in Ireland, I've one friend who swears by it
Creams and liquors definitely arent an unusual thing. Bourbon and cream is a good combo too, if you're into those sorts of cocktails.
Yeah, I was confused as to why he thought that would be bad. It's alcoholic creamy coconut. It may not be the pinnacle of cocktail design, but how could it really be that bad?
I love when they turn out to be good enough for Greg to experiment with, you just see a passion and curiosity appear that seems very genuine
I think the m&m&p could be done with coconut milk or coconut water to prevent curdling and push more tiki. Maybe reduce the malibu a half ounce and bring the pineapple up to 2 ounces
"Champagne cocktails but with Miller Lite" is actually really funny and I would watch a bunch of those. I probably wouldn't drink them, gonna be honest here, but I do find it funny.
Always fun to watch Greg go full mad scientist mode, taking throwaways and making something new and improved.
Dr. Frankenstein would be proud.
The Malibu rum and milk could have been turned into a dessert ice. Start with 2 oz of your Malibu rum in a blender, add 2 oz of your favorite almond liqueur and 2 oz of your favorite chocolate liqueur. Fill with milk and blend with ice. Swirl the inside of a tall glass with a chocolate swirl and pour in almond joy cocktail 🍹
This series needs a modified title card with “How (NOT) to Drink”
But it's sometimes not, he sometimes gets a drinkable mixture and then workshops it
I've had Malibu and milk before (though waaay more milk to Malibu ratio) and it was a delicious Summer drink, basically an alcoholic milkshake. Could maybe be improved by going fully into the milkshake vibe and adding a scoop of ice cream before blending but only if you're feeling fancy.
I dunno why Greg was expecting the base M&M to be terrible, coconut and dairy is a fine combo, no?
I was literally thinking of coconut milk…
He hates Malibu (as I gather, from all previous recorded encounters).
Generally throwing alcohol into milk leads to curdle town
It'd work if the Malibu was real coconut, but it's artificially flavored sweetened awfulness. You steep some shredded coconut in vodka, now...
I don't know, he often improvises something great in a few minutes given a prompt but for some reasons he can't get around "coconut milk" concept (see also pina colada from the previous customer is always wrong). I was like "yeah, makes sense. Malibu isn't the best choice but it's likely the only available/known one. Lightly boozy coconut milk"
I feel like with a lot of the flavors you ended up with you could do a whole episode of making candy bar cocktails. End up with all the candy from Halloween, what do you do? Make a cocktail for or that tastes like the candy!
He should retry the pineapple rum old fashioned with Plantation pineapple rum. It's a two barrel aged rum that is then mixed with good pineapples and strained. Very good sweeter rum.
I still want to see him make it with the pineapple Malibu it called for. I'm curious if it's better or worse.
@@nickmessner700 I've actually tried both! The actual malibu isn't really eldritch in the same way, it just kinda isn't good. Kinda just tastes like old, slightly off pineapple, whereas the parrot bay does genuinely turn into a horrible rotting hay taste. Also smells like diapers, genuinely, like baby-changin station chemical smell. I see why he found it so horrid.
15:35, perhaps sub the milk and malibu for Coconut Milk? Prevents the curdling and has the flavor without the sunscreen aftertaste
I think cream cocktails are really popular on tiktok right now so could be why more people are orderig them.
I've had a beer by "Creature Comforts" in Georgia that is a wheat beer with lactobacillus in it, giving it a yogurt-like tartness. And just like they said, it legitimately tastes like champagne! Not in a million years would I guess wheat beer + yogurt cultures = champagne, but it does!
Every time someone subs out vermouth in a Negroni, it has always ended disastrously.
Negroni sub vermouth for water and just cry.
Amaro Montenegro begs to differ
Gonna sub port ;)
I think the M&M&P should be called a 'Malibu Parabola'. Possibly just because I like the mathematics reference for a booze-y drink, but also because it totally has that Cocktail name feel, where you say those words and someone immediately is intrigued, and knows it must be some sort of strange mixed drink.
Also hard to say when drunk, which is helpful.
I have never, in my life Had such an Instinctual Fight or flight response when i heard BAILEY'S AND SODA.
At least it's not bailey's and tonic...
23:29 So we have coconut rum, pineapple rum, milk, lime, angostura bitters, and mint. It kind of sounds like some weird painkiller variation. I wonder how malibu, pineapple rum, milk, and triple sec would go.
The best part of this channel is always when Greg starts freestyling new drink creations. It's impressive every single time
Malibu and milk was a thing in the 80s. Never tried it, but have definitely noticed the hint of suncream aroma as someone else has walked past with one.
That Malibu and milk made me think of going full almond joy and making a Grasshopper with creme de cocoa and malibu
That sounds pretty gpod actually
16:24 You should have added dark cacao instead of the fernet. Stick with that sort of Bounty/Mounds bar flavour.
The Bailey's + club soda drink didn't sound awful to me when you first mentioned it. Made me think of a French soda (club soda + flavor syrup + half-and-half)
12:12 - Absolutely loved your little ditty, "Malibu & Milk". A timeless classic for the ages, just like the drink!
This is my favorite episode type, bringing something decent out of chaotic nonsense.
The Baroni reaction was like he literally drank the Mr. Hyde potion in an old cartoon adaptation XD
For most of my younger life I thought Malibu was white (creamy) because my mother always had it with milk (and the bottle is white).
So, yeah, when that Malibu one was read out I was thrown that it wasn't a known combination. (also, Coconut and Milk/Cream is a common combo)
“I know I have a reputation for putting Angostura bitters in everything…”
Yeah, Greg, that happens when you put angostura bitters in literally everything. My wife always brings it up when you inevitably grab that dasher.
Love the show, keep on adding angostura you crazy bastard.
ALRIGHT lets see what fresh hell you put us through now then!
Edit: WELL it probably wasn't as painfull for me as it was for you but it was still pretty painful to watch! keep up the good work you glorious bastard, treading paths most men fear to tread.
He's putting himself through this, you are just here to observe
Waiting for the edited comment with a WTF reaction
im not really a big drinker but i LOVE your artistic, creative soul that gets inspired by these "starting points" and then iterating upon them. watching the ideas flow out of you is a joy to watch. i can also appreciate your dedication to the craft and making the drinks look beautiful
Bailey's and soda is my grandma's favorite sipper! :) Her other favorite is Scrumpy and black currant though so I think she might just be mad...
Greg, I just wanted to say I missed you.
I sort of fell out of the habit of watching youtube videos last year because my mental health wasn't where I needed it to be. Things in my life just kind of compounded to where I needed a break from pretty much everything that wasn't vital to survival. I didnt have the capacity to really focus and be present.
I've been feeling better and wanting to get back into my old life, and missing your videos especially. This one really just felt like coming home. It's hard to describe, I guess. But thank you.
I don't think he should try to improve every one of these but it's great when he finds one that is kind of ok and tries to actually make something with it
Miller High Life either comes in 7 ounce bottles or 32 ounce cans. Nothing in-between.
Bailey's website and some flavored bottles tell you to drink it with half soda water. It's too sweet to sip otherwise
There’s a bar in Alexandria, VA Old Hat that has a High Life cocktail called Spaghett (Tim and Eric reference). It’s a High Life with 1.5 oz removed with an added oz of Aperol and .5 oz lime juice. It’s fantastic!
I refuse to believe that the wonky AI abominations that we occasionally run across are any worse than what humans will come up with themselves, and this series is my exhibit A
That may very well be because, at least with this stage of AI, it's based off of what humans have come up with. The AI we currently have can only extrapolate upon the creations of people.
Herllo @howtodrink ... I really curious how would you like this: Tropical Twist Sour: Lemon-lime juice (1 oz)
Grenadine (3/4 oz)
Pineapple juice (3 oz)
Howler Head whiskey (2 oz)
Absinthe (1/2 oz)
Egg white
Always loved seeing the spray from squeezing the lemon
1:12 According to Alice Cooper (in character, admittedly) in a clip in the "Champagne" episode of a Norwegian rather light hearted documentary series about alcohol called "Edle dråper" (Lit. "Noble Drops", it's a common euphemism for alcohol in Norwegian), he can "drink whisky all day and be fine, but one sip of champagne and..." and then he over the top mimed getting a headache.
The Skull of Suffering is always fun, and not just because it's fun to see Greg's reactions to terrible drinks. It's interesting to see which drinks end up not being terrible, and which drinks that sound like they should be ok end up being especially awful.
The 2-hit combo at 1:45 of "give this the ol' smashery-dashery-doooooo" followed with "give that a shakey-achey" took me OUT
I’d love to see an episode based on the completion of the sentence “I knew a guy in college who used to drink ________.” For me, I knew a guy who liked rum and cream soda, which is absurdly sweet.
some of my favorite parts of this show is just grey trying out new things and being creative it's experimental and fun discovery and design
My first thought for the malibu and milk was that it would taste how tropical sunscreens smell, so when Greg described his redone drink version like tanning butter I was laughing so hard
Nice episode, well balanced.
In my opinion you can add milk or cream to any alcohol that is mostly bitter herbs, adjust the sweetness and end up with a fine drink.
I absolutely adore this series. Love your stuff, but these are my favorites.
as soon as you said peanuts and bitter i was like 'oh that needs creme de cacao' and then i started thinking of ways to improve it from there and settled on 'something fruity', and you basically made the drinkable cadbury's milk chocolate fruit & nut bar that i was imagining. kick ass.
I mixed irish cream and coke once. It curdled but it was tasty
I love the joy you have when you expect meh or bad and suddently have a nugget of a good drink
So at a bar I used to work at, the management decided we'd do a summer special on pina coladas.
The spec they gave us was 50ml malibu, 50ml semi-skimmed milk and 50ml pineapple juice, shaken and strained over ice.
Drink suggestion!
Black Bean Margarita
3 OZ reposado Tequila
3/4 OZ black bean can juice
1 OZ Cointreau orange liqueur
Half OZ agave syrup
Half a tablespoon chopped cilantro
Pinch cumin
Pinch chili powder
Pinch cayenne pepper
4 muddled lime wedges or juice of half a lime
Shake in cocktail shaker with ice
Pour over ice, sprinkle with salt (black salt if you have it) and enjoy!
I had the Campari tasting like peanuts thing having an Old Pal with Dickel rye and Dolin vermouth. It was surreal but worked.
8:30 is a Halloween sound effect and I’m here for it.
Love those videos and the ideas you get from the weird orders but I cannot not think of these as like:
"hm this person ordered "butter on white bread" oh wow they're onto something what if we add a slice of ham, a slice of cheese and a dash of hot sauce DAMN this is a great sandwich"
Having just tried it, I can categorically say that Campari and half & half does not taste like peanuts, it tastes like a bitter creamy hellscape and I can only assume that Greg was suffering some kind of neurological episode in that moment, and I'd encourage him to seek urgent medical attention.
Somehow I knew the Malibu and milk was gonna be 1/2 decent before you even made it.
Coconut, sweet and dairy are friendly to each other
Dear Greg,
Here's a drink that may bring you some slight comfort after your recent foray. Enjoy!
MIDORI VODKA SELTZER (as simple as it sounds)
- 1 shot Midori
- 1 shot vodka of choice
- glass of Seltzer water
Easy, simple, refreshing and delicious. Feel free to play around with different ingredients, like Midori sour and club soda, or tonic water.
I am waiting for you to make an episode called the best of the worst. Make the drinks you thought would be horrible that are great and maybe make them better.
The contrasting colors vs complimentary colors this I find interesting because I'd think that the end result would end up in the "brown" family of colors rather than one of the "parent" colors (red, yellow, biue). Of course, that depends on the intensity of the parent colors. Compari is about as red as red gets.
Drink's that are; The Creation of there, and (now) Greg's demise.
At least, there's no "Mass Sprite Addition's" this time 👍 :D .
The Bailey’s and soda reminded me of something that Greg got close to with his attempt to “make it better”. The bartender who created it called it “Swamp Water”. It’s 50/50 Bailey’s and Kahlua finished with a splash of Diet Coke. It was sweet and curdled the fizz like a root beer float.
you should make a drink book based on all the found drink you make.
Billys and sodas sounds like with Bailey's. It would be sweet, so it be like a Serup and then cream that's an Italian soda just alcoholic.
I wish I drank so I could actually go to bars and order this stuff. I mean, I would sound like a crazy person trying to say "no, no it's heavy cream angastora and KAMPARI. No, see--"
Missed your chance to name the Campari Cordial the Twin Bing
I hope you didn't suffer quite as much as the last video. That being said, these are always wild.
the first two drinks had me a little worried that we won't get to see greg suffer this episode; so nice of count baroni to disabuse me of that notion.
I was expecting you to add a salted rim to that Campari and Half & Half. Salted peanuts XD
High life is delicious and reasonably priced. The only better buzz for your buck is keystone light. you could pay 10 dollars for a 6 pack of beer that's not any better or you could get 2 40s of high life for 5 bucks or better yet you can get 15 pack of keystone light for 7 bucks. People who spend ridiculous amounts of money on alcohol are not any better than your average cheap beer enjoyer they are just pretentious.
This a damn entertaining format, and I gotta say I’m happy to see how well it’s doing.
Love this series!
0:11 : Greg has the same approach to unpleasant things like I do: Just get on with it, don't drag it out, just rip it off like a band-aid. Hence he couldn't even wait for the intro music to finish playing first ;D ;D. I can respect that!
Malibu and milk with pineapple rum is basically a funny Pina colada
As someone from Idaho i feel called out for no good reason. XD
I quit drinking a while back but I love this channel and watch every video specifically for Greg's personality. Dude is hilarious and surprisingly erudite. Also I like that Meredith is becoming more of a character
Greg is a master mixologist - the way he workshopped new drinks from weird suggestions was very watchable
Herb garden: crushed fresh mint, 2cl of jägermeister, 2cl of zwack unicum, 2cl of absinthe, 2cl of Fernet, 3 dashes of angostura bitters and tonic water
The Malibu and Milk was probably not someone messing with their friend, but someone trying to recreate a pina coloda without knowing what was actually in it and just kinda winging it. That's why I think your rum/lime addition make sense because you've just put it closer to the OG target.
Why would they do that to the French 75
That’s one of my favorite cocktails
Baileys and Soda must taste like Calpis
Large glass beer mug
Ice, 1 small shot of simple syrup, 2 small shots of spiced kraken rum or more, fill the rest with robinsons squash (without adding water), lemon/limeade and rosso vermouth to your liking and strength. This is a drink for people who are really sensitive to ethanol taste wise and want something they can still get drunk on and it can all be made in the glass so little washup needed.
Its cursed but its delicious.
I bet some all-spice dram would be a nice addition to the M&M&P. 🤙🏽
I have no idea if people like a drink that I make or not:
"Smokey Mountain Iced Tea"
2 oz Unflavored moonshine
1.5 oz Bourbon
Juice from 1 lemon and garnish with a lemon wedge
3 dashes of Agnostura bitters.
Stir and serve with iced in a mason jar.
Greg, you really got me thinking about what I could do with cocktails here! Love these crazy episodes, cause I'm laughing my ass off at your reaction to the bad drinks, but this is the first one where the possibilities got me excited! Please do more of these!!