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  • Опубліковано 26 січ 2021
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    Possibly Authentic Grog:
    2 oz or 60 ml Jamaican Appleton Estate Reserve
    8 oz or 240 ml of water
    or
    2 oz or 60 ml Smith and Cross
    8 oz or 240 ml of water
    Add lime half and 2 spoonfulls of sugar if you are curious about how that tastes
    The Wellerman:
    1 oz or 30 ml Lemon Juice
    .5 oz or 15 ml Simple Syrup
    2 oz or 60 ml Rum (El Dorado 8)
    Heaping spoonful of Matcha Powder
    1 egg white
    Dry Shake
    Add ice and shake again
    Strain into coup or sour glass
    Garnish with dots of Angostura Aromatic Bitters (skull and cross bones if you dare)
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  • @howtodrink
    @howtodrink  3 роки тому +393

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    • @jma00a1
      @jma00a1 3 роки тому +2

      that tiktok made it onto good morning america

    • @uria3679
      @uria3679 3 роки тому +4

      Please do one of the drinks from game Hades

    • @zeroreyortsed3624
      @zeroreyortsed3624 3 роки тому

      Sure you just misspoke, but a pint is half a quart. Love these videos though😁

    • @PartOfTheGame
      @PartOfTheGame 3 роки тому +1

      If you don't mind me putting in my two cents, not bashing you as it's mostly due to my own love of folk singing in general, @TheLongestJohns may have had a hand in bringing these sea shanties back to the foreground. I think you fancy folks should reach out to each other and do what fancy folks do! (I'm not fancy so I wouldn't know, haha)

    • @qwinn4911
      @qwinn4911 3 роки тому

      I got on a annual canoe trip and I make Grog for everyone. I use brown sugar and I’m a little more generous with the spiced rum. I got the recipe from the UA-cam channel”Outside Xbox”.

  • @thePastafarian88
    @thePastafarian88 2 роки тому +178

    I had a large group of Sea Shanties come into my bar a few months ago late at night on like a random Tuesday. There were at least 15 of them and they took up half the bar plus a high top near by and slugged down 5 pints each and sang shanties the entire time they were there. They tipped my 30% and sang on their way our of the bar. Honestly one of the highlights of my life

    • @Hawk7886
      @Hawk7886 10 місяців тому +7

      Dude that's rad as hell, what a bunch of legends

    • @willemthijssen1082
      @willemthijssen1082 7 місяців тому +7

      I love the resurgence of the sea shanties. I have adored shanties since playing AC IV: Black Flag, and love folk songs, so I absolutely searched more songs, and ended up with some goldies

    • @drae1836
      @drae1836 5 місяців тому

      ​@@willemthijssen1082I did the same thing 😅

  • @manalanvanki
    @manalanvanki 3 роки тому +1839

    The king came back when we needed him the most

  • @TheXXBLOODSHOTXx
    @TheXXBLOODSHOTXx 3 роки тому +509

    “I’m not on TikTok. Should I be?.....probably not”
    Respect.

    • @UltimateGamerCC
      @UltimateGamerCC 3 роки тому +4

      though with how terrible youtube can be sometimes, it's worth a consideration.

    • @andymorin9163
      @andymorin9163 3 роки тому +14

      @@UltimateGamerCC it's chinese spyware. no way in hell am I gonna install it on anything besides a vm

    • @vietdoan4517
      @vietdoan4517 3 роки тому +1

      Kids will be on tuk tak. Stupid ppl want to make money for china shit will be in tsk tul

    • @HMJ66
      @HMJ66 Місяць тому

      @@andymorin9163 As opposed to the other social networks which are American spyware

  • @juliet_whiskey6625
    @juliet_whiskey6625 3 роки тому +674

    Fun fact about Admiral Edward Vernon: Grog is not the only thing he is famous for. He once commanded an expedition involving several companies of the Virginia militia in the 1740s. Among those soldiers under his command was a Captain Lawrence Washington, who grew to admire the Admiral. When he returned home and inherited the Little Hunting Creek Plantation, he renamed it Mt. Vernon after his former commander. His half-brother George kept the name when he inherited the plantation and so it remains today.

    • @BetterCocktails
      @BetterCocktails 3 роки тому +33

      Good to know. So many random historical connections.

    • @samsowden
      @samsowden 3 роки тому +65

      He also led an attack against the port of Cartagena de Indias, with such overwhelming force that medals were struck to commemorate the event in advance, showing the Spanish Admiral Blas de Lezo kneeling before Admiral Vernon -- "the pride of Spain humbled before Ad, Vernon".
      He lost.

    • @angelwhispers2060
      @angelwhispers2060 2 роки тому +4

      @@samsowden Roflmao
      Kind of like various political figures in 2 politician races holding up the papers which had been printed in case of a victory by the other candidate.
      I'm sure the Spanish found those metals and acquired them quickly as a way to shame the British Admiral for being so boastful and overconfident.

    • @samsowden
      @samsowden 2 роки тому +3

      @@angelwhispers2060 i do have a replica, yes xD

  • @MrSplic3r
    @MrSplic3r 3 роки тому +1891

    Greg: "..a pint is two quarts.."
    Me: "wut?"
    Greg: still gets the ratios right
    Me: "eh, close enough for naval work"

    • @leadfoot323
      @leadfoot323 3 роки тому +189

      Ah yes, a sailor from the 7th Fleet.
      I realize this could be a niche joke, but whatever.

    • @jjbfour
      @jjbfour 3 роки тому +5

      Addled-brain Greg

    • @SewHealthyWithDiane
      @SewHealthyWithDiane 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah I caught that too! 😂

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 3 роки тому +35

      Arr, that's why ye sailors be needing a metric system! 😂

    • @Cionaoith
      @Cionaoith 3 роки тому +33

      Glad I wasn't the only one who caught that. Now we know why the rum is gone.

  • @champo976
    @champo976 3 роки тому +754

    "Should I be on tiktok?.....
    Probably not"
    Is one of the great quotes of 2021 already

    • @neotheone5559
      @neotheone5559 3 роки тому +1

      Idk. There are some good parts of tiktok.
      But yea, all social media execept youtube is a toxic and lustful waste dump

    • @champo976
      @champo976 3 роки тому +9

      @@neotheone5559 every social media has its redeeming accounts, but I especially hate the culture around tiktok- the dancing celebrities and whatnot

    • @neotheone5559
      @neotheone5559 3 роки тому

      @@champo976 honestly, every social media platform has that problem

    • @sliver3703
      @sliver3703 3 роки тому

      @@champo976 if you're on tiktok for a bit, the FYP algorithm is pretty smart honestly, i think ive seen like 4 beauty gurus since i joined literally last year

    • @champo976
      @champo976 3 роки тому

      True, my gf send me a bunch bc she has it and lots are genuinely funny

  • @cryomancer20x68
    @cryomancer20x68 3 роки тому +83

    You missed a key unavoidable ingredient in authentic grog - salt. Salt got into all of the water, so while it wasn't salt water it was definitely salty,

    • @BetterCocktails
      @BetterCocktails 3 роки тому +16

      Interesting. The salt would impact the flavor for sure.

  • @verager2493
    @verager2493 3 роки тому +313

    Ok, I really have to give respect for those "way-HEY"s. Sea shanties are frequently work songs, and going hard during the parts that need effort is a good nod to where they came from. I could really feel you hauling while you sang.

  • @TheWdayton
    @TheWdayton 3 роки тому +962

    The U.S. Navy still had a “grog” ration when I was deployed in 1995. After 30 days at sea we were allotted 2 drinks per sailor every day past 30. We drinkers bought allotments off non-drinkers at exorbitant prices and got good and drunk. Well, as long as we didn’t have watch.

    • @Pg-ch5nb
      @Pg-ch5nb 3 роки тому +41

      Thanks for serving our country

    • @claynorwood9723
      @claynorwood9723 3 роки тому +70

      In a very technical sense we still do. If you're out to sea for more than 45 days with no port scheduled in 5 days, the CO can authorize a beer day. But it's never happened for me.

    • @BetterCocktails
      @BetterCocktails 3 роки тому +4

      Was it rum and water or some other base spirit?

    • @vietnamisapeninsula
      @vietnamisapeninsula 3 роки тому +66

      We went 67 days out to sea straight in 2017 and got a beer day. I never thought 2 Miller lites could hit so hard.

    • @BetterCocktails
      @BetterCocktails 3 роки тому +28

      @@vietnamisapeninsula Dang. I would have preferred rum and water.

  • @naterjacke
    @naterjacke 3 роки тому +885

    We need a whole video of Greg just singing shanties

    • @JG_Parker
      @JG_Parker 3 роки тому +9

      ... no

    • @edbangor9163
      @edbangor9163 3 роки тому +28

      @@JG_Parker we really do, though. And we need to edit in everybody joining in, too.

    • @anathemam8852
      @anathemam8852 3 роки тому +17

      Greg from HTD Guest star for @TheLongestJohns when?

    • @mod.ts76
      @mod.ts76 3 роки тому

      @@anathemam8852 HAHAHA

    • @dragonmaster613
      @dragonmaster613 3 роки тому +3

      With a matching cocktail to each

  • @RikoLime
    @RikoLime 3 роки тому +338

    Funny how sea shanties are "all the rage" now, but 5 or so years ago when Assassins creed black flag came out and literally had 20+ addictively lovely shanties ot went nowhere.

    • @cloaking111
      @cloaking111 2 роки тому +28

      Tik-Tok and UA-cam shorts are a better launching pad for it.
      If a good -and popular- remake of Black Flag would come out today you would have a good chance they would be popular as well. The same goes for the music in Red dead 2.

    • @starlight4649
      @starlight4649 Рік тому +18

      I thought I heard the old man say-
      *leave 'er Johnny leave 'er*
      For tomorrow ye will get yer pay
      *and its time for us to leave 'er"

    • @HHLucifer666
      @HHLucifer666 Рік тому +1

      @@starlight4649 😭it's too soon!

    • @qalbi_ibn_lari
      @qalbi_ibn_lari Рік тому +2

      It's the cancer of TikTok that made specifically Wellerman popular. A Fo'c'sle shanty.

    • @Squirl513
      @Squirl513 11 місяців тому

      ​@@qalbi_ibn_lari disagree.

  • @frigginresulrum
    @frigginresulrum 3 роки тому +62

    The Secret of Monkey Island taught me that true grog is a caustic, green, nightmare drink that'll eat through your mug in a matter of minutes

    • @morgoth2425
      @morgoth2425 Рік тому +1

      *insert leo dicaprio meme* I know this reference!

  • @nathanstrydom3300
    @nathanstrydom3300 3 роки тому +394

    The song “wellerman” originated in New Zealand, where I’m from, so every time I hear it I get really patriotic.

    • @itznoxy7193
      @itznoxy7193 3 роки тому +34

      All you need for a sea voyage is some sugar, tea, rum, and the extended editions of the Lord of the Rings

    • @carbon4tedm1lk54
      @carbon4tedm1lk54 3 роки тому +5

      As a fellow Kiwi I second this statement

    • @carbon4tedm1lk54
      @carbon4tedm1lk54 3 роки тому

      @WOKEN'T I am 17 so can’t vote haha

    • @UnwittingSweater
      @UnwittingSweater 3 роки тому +1

      So should it be sung with a Kiwi accent instead of Scott's?

    • @matthewjackson5128
      @matthewjackson5128 3 роки тому +3

      @@UnwittingSweater I think it should just be sung in your own accent, the guy on Tik Tok was Scottish so he sang in a Scottish accent

  • @lissyemmy
    @lissyemmy 3 роки тому +557

    "The Wellerman" actually references an Australian shipping company, Weller Brothers, which was the main supplier of provisions to whaling stations in New Zealand and Australia.

    • @catharticgemini
      @catharticgemini 3 роки тому +14

      Was wondering if it was shanty or whaling! Thanks

    • @sharlharmakhis280
      @sharlharmakhis280 3 роки тому +51

      And they gave sugar, tea, and rum to the whalers in lieu of actually paying them a decent wage so they could afford to go home.

    • @jackattack8661
      @jackattack8661 3 роки тому +8

      She had not been two weeks from shore, when down on her, a right whale bore. The captain called all hands and swore, He’d take that whale and tow.-verse 2

    • @shinetilly
      @shinetilly 3 роки тому +22

      And “when the tonguin’ is done” refers to breaking down the whale carcass down to the tongue. So it could still be a work song just singing while cutting up a whale.

    • @railbaron1
      @railbaron1 3 роки тому +6

      @@shinetilly mean the Chorus of the song Represents a longing for the supply ship to come and for the days work to be done

  • @vampirelordx1
    @vampirelordx1 3 роки тому +12

    That OG animated Ricki Tikki Tavi clip gives me both the Nostalgia’s and fills my soul with happiness.

  • @RamenNoodle1985
    @RamenNoodle1985 3 роки тому +437

    Nathan, the young man who made the tik tok everyone duetted off, was signed to Polydor Records!

    • @RobertHeadley
      @RobertHeadley 3 роки тому +32

      I saw that he quit his day job. Good for him. He has a nice voice. It wouldn't have gone as viral if he had biffed it.

    • @bombshellblonde544
      @bombshellblonde544 3 роки тому +3

      OH HECK YES!!!!!! Good for him!

    • @chimpaflimp
      @chimpaflimp 3 роки тому +1

      @@RobertHeadley Yeah, he was a postie before - he still said he'd probably go back to being a postie if music didn't end up working out for him cos he enjoyed it, iirc.

    • @angelwhispers2060
      @angelwhispers2060 2 роки тому

      Good for him. He has a very pleasing voice

  • @cydranzer6027
    @cydranzer6027 3 роки тому +930

    Today I learned that the Spongebob theme song is a proper sea shantie.

    • @justynh1321
      @justynh1321 3 роки тому +76

      It is, though what do you do with a drunken sailor is a drinking song, not a work song

    • @railbaron1
      @railbaron1 3 роки тому +47

      @@justynh1321 Drunken Sailor was Mr. Crab's leitmotif, He means the intro song is a shanty
      Edit: I take that last part back, went crosseyed while reading your comment

    • @danhalliday8858
      @danhalliday8858 3 роки тому

      Oh yeah 😳

    • @joshzerbe6043
      @joshzerbe6043 3 роки тому +18

      Not just the theme but legit ALL of the music used in the show

    • @snowcie
      @snowcie 3 роки тому +3

      WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDA DA SEAAA

  • @eivind261093
    @eivind261093 3 роки тому +17

    The whole seaman thing reminded me about a fun fact about sea voyages and booze: The Norwegian aquavit called Linie, or Linje (which means Line), is traditionally sent on a long sea voyage across the equator. The people who started this tradition had noticed that the spirits tasted much better after returning from said voyage. So, they started sending barrels of the stuff on ships from Norway to Australia and back, thus crossing the equator (the 'line') twice. Apparently, something about the movement, humidity, and fluctuating temperatures added flavour and caused the maturing of the spirits to happen much faster. They've tried to replicate the process, but apparently nothing compares to the real deal, so to this day, barrels of Linie Aquavit are sent on this journey before being bottled up, ready to be sold!

  • @TheGriever2112
    @TheGriever2112 3 роки тому +23

    You watch for the drinks and leave with so much knowledge you never expected... this is why I love this channel.

  • @Cardigen
    @Cardigen 3 роки тому +224

    I can't be the only one who's been listening to The Longest John's since this damn thing began.

    • @critter8132
      @critter8132 3 роки тому +3

      My Sea Shanty craze was back in the early summer and Im so happy it got popular

    • @bjam8816
      @bjam8816 3 роки тому +2

      @@critter8132 same, its so cool that it became a thing

    • @apandaofphuket9349
      @apandaofphuket9349 3 роки тому +6

      You are not alone. I was confused why this video wasn't just related to them being great.

    • @YatriTrivedi
      @YatriTrivedi 3 роки тому +4

      Or a few years early...

    • @jackdidathing3716
      @jackdidathing3716 3 роки тому +11

      Exactly, I’m a tad pissed that he didn’t attribute the song to the longest John’s, or the New Zealanders who originally wrote it

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko 3 роки тому +38

    Today I found out that Greg's singing voice was apparently made for sea shanties. What a great show!

  • @slimethan6520
    @slimethan6520 3 роки тому +32

    When he started singing "blow the man down" I literally ascended to another plane of existence. Thank you Captain. ❤️😭❤️👑

  • @jordanpamer936
    @jordanpamer936 3 роки тому +14

    The second drink gets better with every sip. My goodness is it absolutely delicious. People that don’t even like rum love it. 100 percent recommend people

  • @lugialover09
    @lugialover09 3 роки тому +169

    For those interested in some cool history, The Longest Johns who originally recorded Wellerman which Nathan Evans covered made a song called Fire and Flame about the Halifax explosion in 1917. A French cargo ship named Mont-Blanc bringing munitions collided with a ship leaving the harbor of Halifax, Canada. The Mont-Blanc caught fire and eventually exploded, effectively leveling a large portion of the town and killing nearly 2000. The force was so great that Mont-Blanc was utterly destroyed, and its anchor was found launched 3.2 kilometers away.

    • @zpm29
      @zpm29 3 роки тому +5

      Thats one of my favorite songs from them but that whole album together is on another level

    • @lugialover09
      @lugialover09 3 роки тому +2

      @@zpm29 Moby Duck is really up there

    • @DarthFolo
      @DarthFolo 3 роки тому +3

      @@lugialover09 Ashes hit's pretty hard too.

    • @violentfrog_
      @violentfrog_ 3 роки тому +1

      A part of our heritage 🍁

    • @kerberos623
      @kerberos623 3 роки тому +3

      The morsecode operator saw what was happenning and rather the running to safety stayed at his post and sent message to an incoming train ,making it stop and saving many peoples lives.

  • @carloshenriquezimmer7543
    @carloshenriquezimmer7543 3 роки тому +36

    Rum was illegal in England, because it was produced almost entirelly in Spanish colonies.
    Back then England and Spain were mortal enemies, so, no imports from them.
    And the englishmen had a strong sense of national pride, so smuglled rum was very rare indeed.

    • @DH-xw6jp
      @DH-xw6jp 3 роки тому +3

      Leading to (or at least helping along) the popularity of Gin.

  • @Cionaoith
    @Cionaoith 3 роки тому +61

    Did "shantie" come from the French "chanter" or the English "chant"? Well, the English "chant" came from the French "chanter," so...
    Also, a lot of sailors' vocabulary borrowed French words and bastardized them a bit (ie. "parler" = "parlay" or "parlee"), so it's more likely it was directly from French rather than indirectly from French through English.

  • @brandonsides624
    @brandonsides624 3 роки тому +7

    Didn’t realize I was watching in 720p until the slow messy pouring started. Then I was ecstatic seeing 2160 in the video settings. Now I see with eyes unclouded by low res and it is glorious. 🥃🧊🥄😍

  • @tylerkees4074
    @tylerkees4074 3 роки тому +70

    A mug of this after a full day of stonks. Future viewers will remember the day.

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 3 роки тому +117

    It is made of "a secret mixture that contains one or more of the following: Kerosene, Propylene Glycol, Artificial Sweeteners, Sulfuric Acid, Rum, Acetone, Battery Acid, red dye#2, SCUMM, Axle grease and/or pepperoni". Mmmmm Grog

    • @MrSkrillaMaka
      @MrSkrillaMaka 3 роки тому +5

      Quality

    • @xdra7657
      @xdra7657 3 роки тому +9

      i prefer my grog with real sugar. artificial sweeteners can cause cancer ya know

    • @FISHYFILMPRODUCTIONS
      @FISHYFILMPRODUCTIONS 3 роки тому +14

      I see you, im not gonna spoil it, but know that I know, and now we we know together.

    • @spooky6703
      @spooky6703 3 роки тому +5

      @@FISHYFILMPRODUCTIONS Make that three

    • @mr.mungus7462
      @mr.mungus7462 3 роки тому +3

      Don’t forget Kroil... gotta have Kroil in it. Tradesmen will know what I’m talking about

  • @wickerbotterthewizard707
    @wickerbotterthewizard707 3 роки тому +23

    If Greg is looking for suggestions in the comments I would love to see him mix his own Mountain Dew! Not the soft drink, but the moonshine distilled in the mountains from which the original name of mountain dew comes from. Extra points for making a moonshine that mixes well with the green hell juice that gamers enjoy with doritos.

  • @poppybranton458
    @poppybranton458 3 роки тому +10

    Stan Rogers..."Rolling Down To Old Maui"...you're welcome.

  • @Gonzo100ish
    @Gonzo100ish 3 роки тому +48

    And when the world needed him most... He appeared.

    • @babyvee7615
      @babyvee7615 3 роки тому

      The Grog Man, Greg, appears.

  • @Linkiscool115
    @Linkiscool115 3 роки тому +77

    He's back!

  • @MrWhangdoodles
    @MrWhangdoodles 3 роки тому +10

    Smith and Cross is amazing. It's also 57 ABV, because it's navy strength. That's rum speak for barrel strength. It has these wonderful coconut, banana, caramel notes on the nose and is surprisingly smooth for a 57% alcohol spitit.
    It's also less than 30 bucks.

  • @dalkra99
    @dalkra99 3 роки тому +2

    Are we ignoring how good his singing at the beginning was?

  • @genericwehraboo3131
    @genericwehraboo3131 3 роки тому +100

    I'm so glad The Longest Johns and the shanty community is getting the love they deserve

    • @JackSilver1410
      @JackSilver1410 3 роки тому +13

      One more for The Longest Johns! I've been a fan of shanties and other seafaring songs since before Black Flag was released.
      Funny story, when I worked overnights at walmart, I taught my coworkers several short haul shanties and lead them as we down stacked pallets to keep everyone moving and generally in the same time. Eventually Assistant Manager Short, Squat, and Stupid told me to cut it out as it was "disruptive," but made the mistake of saying "no more shanties" after I tried explaining. So I complied, no more shanties. I taught them fo'c'sle songs instead and got away with it for another three months until said assistant manager decided to actually show up and do her job again.

    • @genericwehraboo3131
      @genericwehraboo3131 3 роки тому +2

      @@JackSilver1410 Not to quote an overused meme but modern issues require (not really) modern solutions. Badass story!

    • @drfye
      @drfye 3 роки тому +4

      The dreadnoughts

    • @genericwehraboo3131
      @genericwehraboo3131 3 роки тому +3

      @@drfye Ah, a fellow man of culture I see.

    • @drfye
      @drfye 3 роки тому +1

      @@genericwehraboo3131
      ya, started listening to them when I was crossing the Atlantic 🤣.

  • @ThroteCHOP
    @ThroteCHOP 3 роки тому +44

    Greg. As a US Navy sailor, I have to inform you that we pronounce fo'c'sle with a long O sounding more like "foe''.

    • @nathanieltokich9883
      @nathanieltokich9883 3 роки тому +15

      As another USN vet, I verify the above statement as accurate. Also the constant mispronouncing of fo'c'sle wrong was driving me bananas in the video.

    • @FALLENMarine
      @FALLENMarine 3 роки тому +2

      @@nathanieltokich9883 SFMF

    • @bond_3239
      @bond_3239 3 роки тому +6

      As a Leatherneck that has spent a whole lot of time at sea, I can also verify the pronunciation. It was giving me a twitch. 😄

    • @dougmoore6612
      @dougmoore6612 3 роки тому +4

      I love this channel, and every Sailor should watch it to drink better! 😂 But yes, his forecastle pronunciation was killing me. For everyone’s help:
      Forecastle: foke-sel
      Gunwale: gunnel
      Starboard: starbrd
      Can any other Sailors recall other mispronunciations that drive them nuts?

    • @taylordimartino2946
      @taylordimartino2946 3 роки тому

      Active duty Sailor here too. Was specifically looking for this comment! I cringed at every mention of the “fox-sel” 😖😅

  • @KevinKos
    @KevinKos 3 роки тому +49

    Hi Grog...sorry, Greg. I guess that's because of a lot of grogs in the episode. Do you have the FLAVOR MATRIX book? Since you already mentioned how certain foods need other things to shine. Great book to find inspirations for cocktail pairing as well. I enjoyed this episode a lot. The singing too! Cheers!

  • @darkerSolstice
    @darkerSolstice 3 роки тому +6

    What you're talking about with sugar bringing out other flavors is a huge thing in the tea tasting communities. Fruit flavors, especially, sing when sugar's in the mix.

  • @Captain_Jubaku
    @Captain_Jubaku 3 роки тому +14

    I was just thinking the other day, "Hey Greg hasn't put out a video in a while. Weird, but hope he's just on vacation." Glad to have you back.

    • @ringlhach
      @ringlhach 3 роки тому +1

      Oh, hey, that wasn't just me.

  • @j.j.h.atemycereal
    @j.j.h.atemycereal 3 роки тому +101

    “I can’t say, ‘hold fast, me hearties...’ without slipping into a pirate voice”
    I can’t say “mango” without immediately saying “MADNESS!” in a Macho Man Randy Savage voice.

  • @Cornoriian
    @Cornoriian 3 роки тому +6

    Luring us in with a cocktail and foisting upon us a history lesson... as usual... I love it.

  • @70ny74
    @70ny74 3 роки тому +29

    My favorite shanty type song is and forever will be “Randy Dandy Oh” from Assassins Creed Black Flag 🏴‍☠️

    • @Lestatv0ndrac
      @Lestatv0ndrac 3 роки тому +1

      The Dreadnaughts have a great version of it. Check them out.

    • @UltimateGamerCC
      @UltimateGamerCC 3 роки тому +3

      Black Flag, such an underrated beauty of a game, best Pirate experience since Sid Meier's Pirates: Gold Edition.

    • @cxfxcdude
      @cxfxcdude 2 роки тому +1

      LOOOOOWLAAAAAAANDS~! LOWLAANDS AWAAAAY ME JOHNN! My personal fave

  • @bensdecoy7871
    @bensdecoy7871 3 роки тому +11

    Have too many wellerman cocktails and the boys'll be singing What Do We Do With a Drunken Sailor?

    • @thor498
      @thor498 3 роки тому

      Thats y short row by the way

  • @CaffienatedMothman
    @CaffienatedMothman 3 роки тому +146

    I genuinely love how dude talks about what goes on behind the scenes.
    ”We'll fake it in the close up."
    Of course, you wouldn't have to fake it if you spilled less...

    • @IanRosevear
      @IanRosevear 3 роки тому +5

      At this point I feel like he has to be doing it on purpose because its what we all expect.

    • @zeyface6366
      @zeyface6366 3 роки тому +2

      @@IanRosevear I mean it looks really nice when he spills

  • @PhoenixMichaelis
    @PhoenixMichaelis 3 роки тому +15

    Holy crap, Greg, you've got a great voice for sea shanties! I'm a lover of Ye Banished Privateers and their shanties myself - they stay very true to form as far as the trademark bawdy lyrics go. Keep on, ye hogeye landlubbing shanteyman, and may yer rum rations never run dry!

  • @riverroth3688
    @riverroth3688 2 роки тому +1

    during your discussion of the navy's use of Grog, I remembered a lyric from a song called Charley Mops, supposedly about the man who invented beer
    "If its good enough for the navy well its bloody well good enough for me."

  • @MeatGuyJ
    @MeatGuyJ 3 роки тому +77

    Oh, the year was 1778/
    How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now/
    A letter of marque came down from the king/ to the scummiest vessel I ever seen/ God damn them all! I was told we'd cruise the seas for american gold/ we'd fired no guns/ shed no tears/ now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier/ the last of Barrett's Privateers.

    • @howtodrink
      @howtodrink  3 роки тому +41

      A folk song from the 1970’s that sounds a lot like an old shanty

    • @MacBurlTheSecond
      @MacBurlTheSecond 3 роки тому

      The perfect song for cheap beers and a Wednesday night

    • @thatcanuck5670
      @thatcanuck5670 3 роки тому +4

      @@howtodrink stan rogers is a national treasure

    • @HalWhite659597
      @HalWhite659597 3 роки тому +1

      I’ma real short man on a Halifax wharf, the last of Barrett’s private dwarfs.....

    • @jessicakavin4178
      @jessicakavin4178 3 роки тому

      Ah my favorite Stan Rogers

  • @mountainhun
    @mountainhun 3 роки тому +33

    While there's nothing wrong with that particular song... There are so many different shanties to explore! I even wrote a shanty for my D&D game. :P

  • @EvolvedSungod
    @EvolvedSungod 2 роки тому +1

    Fun info - A billy/bully of tea is actually an old tea pot sailors would use. A lot of those songs are like tired workers wanting a tea break or beer

  • @BriWhoSaysNi
    @BriWhoSaysNi 3 роки тому +2

    Green tea would in fact be more period appropriate! I was actually just researching this for a project of my own the other day. Apparently black tea as we know it most likely wasn't actually developed until the early 1800s. Any references to "black tea" from before then would actually be referring to something like an oolong - partially oxidized green tea, with a flavor somewhere between green tea and what we would call a black tea.

  • @egirlSkeletor
    @egirlSkeletor 3 роки тому +74

    And here I thought grog was named after Grog Strongjaw

    • @critter8132
      @critter8132 3 роки тому +9

      Perhaps in the world of Exandria ;)

    • @TheMento98
      @TheMento98 3 роки тому +9

      and it would be invented by Pike when she was sailing on The Broken Howl to remind her of her best pal.

    • @greifstricken
      @greifstricken 3 роки тому

      The one, the only!

    • @Hericus434
      @Hericus434 3 роки тому +1

      canon.

    • @pinhead3427
      @pinhead3427 3 роки тому +1

      I would like to rage/drink

  • @ToastyFire
    @ToastyFire 3 роки тому +11

    "You need certain things to taste other things"
    I believe it is the contrast!
    In painting/visual art if you want to make a colour feel cold, you contrast it with a warm colour. Having something else to juxtapose the initial thing you want to focus on helps draw more attention to it.

  • @waberoid
    @waberoid 3 роки тому +2

    I don't think I will ever get tired of this song. Not until everyone and their grandmother sing it XD

  • @DanielMartinez-lz3ot
    @DanielMartinez-lz3ot 3 роки тому +4

    David Coffin - "Roll the Old Chariot" the best of the best.

  • @Cxste11xn
    @Cxste11xn 3 роки тому +34

    Last time i was this early the rum wasn't empty

    • @_theShank
      @_theShank 3 роки тому +3

      One of the eternal questions of life - Why is the rum always gone?

  • @felonyx5123
    @felonyx5123 3 роки тому +12

    Is this the first time music theory youtube beat cocktail youtube to the punch on a rum-related trend?

  • @sagepeterson7558
    @sagepeterson7558 3 роки тому +4

    I actually have my own version of The Wellerman. It's essentially an Old Fashioned but sub rum for whiskey and I use this Earl Gray syrup I have. It's surprisingly good for what's literally sugar and tea and rum!

  • @Werewolf_Korra
    @Werewolf_Korra 2 роки тому +1

    Oblivion had an inn for Sailors called the Fo'c'sle. The joke was that the inn keeper slept with all her patrons, but apparently, it also has a pun in the name of the inn since its literally a boarding house specifically for sailors.

  • @sethlancaster9761
    @sethlancaster9761 3 роки тому +10

    If anyone really wants to get into shanties, go watch The Longest Johns. They do fantastic covers!

  • @HiramMata
    @HiramMata 3 роки тому +8

    Talking about Grog, Please make Strongjaw Ale.

  • @Swordandsteel
    @Swordandsteel 3 роки тому +3

    As someone who’s on his way to the Navy, this appealed to me. I missed you Greg

  • @juliet_whiskey6625
    @juliet_whiskey6625 3 роки тому +1

    My desire for a grog episode has finally been fulfilled. After so many years...

  • @ChrisWCorp
    @ChrisWCorp 3 роки тому +8

    LOVE the history lessons for these kind of episodes! It's great to get a back story about how these drinks would have come about and be able to see the historical influence within each drink. Great episode!

  • @briankemery459
    @briankemery459 3 роки тому +20

    Because of mercantilism, by which no trade between colonies and nations other than their colonisers was legal, the only rum available to England prior to securing a rum producing colony would have to have been smuggled by rum runners and thus unviable to the utterly massive british navy.

  • @williams091479
    @williams091479 3 роки тому +2

    After watching this a few times, I went to UA-cam to find cool sea shanties. Didn't find one that had that authentic grunt of effort like Greg's. :)

  • @lhfkowalsky
    @lhfkowalsky 2 роки тому +3

    best rendition of the wellerman i have heard is by the "longest johns"

  • @Vackret
    @Vackret 3 роки тому +10

    If you’re a fan of the channel, you knew for sure there would be singing in the beginning of this one

  • @toasty751
    @toasty751 3 роки тому +15

    Greog. Groggy Greg. Greg’s grog.

    • @s_t_r_a_y_e_d
      @s_t_r_a_y_e_d 3 роки тому +8

      riiiiight...
      the grog...
      the grog for greg...
      the grog chosen specifically to make greg groggy...
      *greg's grog...*

    • @rutilusovis
      @rutilusovis 3 роки тому +6

      @@s_t_r_a_y_e_d That grog?

  • @mesterorange8181
    @mesterorange8181 3 роки тому

    Greg singing is Just pure gold

  • @trevorminton6084
    @trevorminton6084 3 роки тому +3

    Ive loved sea shanties for years and might I say as a true shanty purist, I love that everyone else is liking them too! I cant wait to see the cool music people make while its popular

  • @the1ucidone
    @the1ucidone 3 роки тому +3

    lol somehow everyone has been singing Sea Shanties lately and it's awesome. This is gonna be a great episode.

  • @philloliver9966
    @philloliver9966 3 роки тому +10

    Greg, brother, it's pronounced "FOHK-səl". Trust me, I spend years on the Foc'sle of Navy ships as a Bosn's Mate.

  • @ethanpowell1028
    @ethanpowell1028 3 роки тому +1

    With love and respect, in general, forecastle is pronounced fokesle. Rather than foxhole. Also, Pussers Naval rum makes excellent grog. As a reader of Patrick O’Brian it’s definitely something Captain Jack would recognize. For additional research or for those of interest, the Mystic Seaport museum has some excellent information on shanties and the real lives of sailors in the 18th century. Keep doing what you do, your channel is amazing!

  • @TheReaper10123
    @TheReaper10123 3 роки тому +6

    Welcome back, Cap'n

  • @stormie5887
    @stormie5887 3 роки тому +8

    We need a “The Thing” Cocktail. Something around J&B Scotch. Make it happen!

  • @Greyhawk4x4
    @Greyhawk4x4 3 роки тому +6

    Quick question; Do I HAVE to spill my liquor all over the place when making cocktails for the end result to be considered authentic? Or, can I pour it carefully and achieve the same finished product?

    • @greifstricken
      @greifstricken 3 роки тому +3

      You spill some for the mates' that went down in the sea.

  • @TheLordOfTheLegos
    @TheLordOfTheLegos 3 роки тому +1

    Well this was my first time ever actually getting a sponsorship deal from a video...and I spend way too much time on YT. Congrats. You win

  • @markk8982
    @markk8982 3 роки тому +5

    May the Wellerman bring you all the Full Proof and Antique 107 you may want

  • @jma00a1
    @jma00a1 3 роки тому +70

    you missed explaining the term “Limey”.

    • @insertname3977
      @insertname3977 3 роки тому +13

      They did that in their gimlet episode.

    • @edwardjoscelyne8135
      @edwardjoscelyne8135 3 роки тому +4

      Limes were cheaper than lemons, so the royal navy bought limes.

    • @psycholupus5697
      @psycholupus5697 3 роки тому +1

      British sailors would often get scurvy, so they sucked on limes while they were out at sea to prevent it

  • @LOVEMUFFIN_official
    @LOVEMUFFIN_official 3 роки тому +17

    “Binging with Babish” did a gin advertisement at the beginning of his video today: so here I am, begging for a crossover between two of my favorite UA-cam channels.

    • @marccampbell3851
      @marccampbell3851 3 роки тому

      You're two years late, they did a video together called "Holiday Cocktails ft. How to Drink | Basics with Babish".

    • @LOVEMUFFIN_official
      @LOVEMUFFIN_official 3 роки тому

      @@marccampbell3851 Thank you! I shall find this immediately.

  • @Annodomini1993
    @Annodomini1993 3 роки тому

    What a great episode! It has it all! Thank you Greg!

  • @dcc105
    @dcc105 3 роки тому +6

    Alcohol and Sea Shanties? This is perfect.

  • @maltphilistine923
    @maltphilistine923 3 роки тому +5

    Greg, where have you been? We missed ya!

  • @TheBrotherSyne
    @TheBrotherSyne 3 роки тому +2

    I love the episodes with extra history peppered in! Good stuff!

  • @steveharrison76
    @steveharrison76 3 роки тому +1

    Still loving this channel. Makes the old lockdown here in the UK that bit more bearable. Cheers, Matie!

  • @jonathanmccarrick7150
    @jonathanmccarrick7150 3 роки тому +3

    Greg, This was actually one of your best videos. It was timely, had some very good info, several drinks and perfectly committed bits. Good Job.

  • @MegaGun2000
    @MegaGun2000 3 роки тому +6

    I've noticed you've done a ton of topics, and you read the comments, so, a lot of Indian New year's are coming up in February / March, maybe in honor of that you could do something India themed?
    For instance the Toit Pub in Bengaluru has Ragi millet beer.
    Awesome video looking forward to your next one 🥃

  • @erinhowett3630
    @erinhowett3630 3 роки тому

    My Grandpa was a survival instructor for the US Navy, doing cross-training with the RCAF in Labrador. He still sometimes talks about catching rabbits and trading the meat with the RCAF guys for their rum rations. The rum was called Red Heart, and I've been looking for it for years. Not sure it's even still around.

  • @joeb4294
    @joeb4294 3 роки тому

    I had forgotten how much I enjoy watching your videos. You are amazing! Thank you for all of the effort that you put into this channel!!

  • @donaldgenenavarro
    @donaldgenenavarro 3 роки тому +3

    he's alive!!

  • @bldomingo
    @bldomingo 3 роки тому +5

    If you're ever hard up, you'd make an *excellent* pirate, just based on shanty-singing alone.

  • @agushf9591
    @agushf9591 3 роки тому

    My lad Greg, some time ago I saw a recipe of grog which is:
    1 spoon of molasses
    20 cloves
    3sticks of cinnamon
    200 gr. Of sugar
    Juice from 3 limes
    700 ml. Of water
    200 ml. Of Dark rum
    The thing is that you boil everything except for the rum, then when the mixture is “cold” you put the rum, and then drink it hot.
    ¡Saludos desde Veracruz (a mexican port)!

  • @IanLehr
    @IanLehr 3 роки тому

    Appreciate all the work you do man. Keep up the great work!

  • @kylecarey7229
    @kylecarey7229 3 роки тому +4

    Video request: please make a few drinks with Irish cream! I recently tried a concoction named the Irish cactus: 1 part anejo, 2 parts Irish cream. Definitely opened my eyes to the versatility of Irish cream and I think it’d make a fun video.

  • @tylerbeadle-follis3338
    @tylerbeadle-follis3338 3 роки тому +41

    I figured shanties would end up here

  • @joshuaknudsen1166
    @joshuaknudsen1166 3 роки тому +1

    I really enjoy how historical your videos can be. It makes the drinks so much more enticing.

  • @bartendingwithbrielle5267
    @bartendingwithbrielle5267 3 роки тому

    "Spirits up!" Definitely going to try this one out at home!

  • @justinvanengelen3807
    @justinvanengelen3807 3 роки тому +3

    You should make a drink thats based off of “the egg” from the mandalorian. Could be some sort of a sour as well.