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Love the episode! Thanks for the shoutout and for trying the slow mojito! Cheers Greg!

Greg: "I would never have guessed that lime and basil would have paired up so well. Me: *laughs in pho*

Greg, I’m gonna need you to make a Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme Mojito. Call it the Simon & Garfunky.

Greg makes a face at Meredith for referring to the wine as "sleepy," then proceeds to describe a mojito as "Rock-Em Sock-Em Robots." When is there gonna be a video of you guys tasting stuff then just saying random words??

I can definitely get behind the mojito being the drink of summer.

There’s a pizza place/bar where I went to college that made basically a cherry-basil mojito with a house basil sour mix, black cherry rum, and soda. They’d sell them for 2 bucks each on Tuesdays, plus the pizza was good too.

I was a beer guy my entire adult life and this channel has changed me. Thanks to Greg my drink of summer is the gin old fashioned.

Caipirinha is at the top of my "summer" drink list still. It's great the standard way but works with just about any fruit to match most people's favorite flavor.

I feel like using Thai basil would work even better in a mojito, since it's got more of a minty character

Greg, I agree with you about cocktails not really pairing with food. With one exception, and that's SNACKS. A wet martini with salty popcorn, or cheese crackers, or a dozen raw oysters is a very beautiful thing. A Julep and some salted pecans. A daiquiri and plantain chips and dip. Basically, I like drinking and I like snacking, so I do them at the same time.

It certainly makes sense that using granulated sugar would work well... we've only been using it to pull the mint out of the leaves in a Mint Julep for a couple hundred years now!

Lowe's (and probably other stores) sell a variety of mint called "Chocolate Mint" that literally smells and tastes like mint chocolate. I was skeptical until a bought some and crushed a leaf in my hands and it smelled exactly like an Andes mint. I haven't tried it in a mojito yet, but I'm curious to see if it would work.

I don't drink at all, so I'm fascinated by all the stuff on your channel. Living at a remove from any kind of liquor puts a really interesting spin for me on your content. So while I might not drink I do love How to Drink. Thanks for all you do on this channel Greg!

Hey Greg! Keep in mind that on Ander's version he doesn't use lime juice, he muddles the lime peaces with the mint and the sugar, that adds a lot of the Lime oils to the mix and it works amazing. Try that, great channel!

When I think "refreshing summer drink", the first that comes to mind is a margarita. The tequila, the lime, the salt. Yum.

The best mojito I have ever had was at a resort bar in Jamaica. The bartender used local wild mint he picked on his way to work. It was more herbal than the stuff we have in the US. They were ridiculously good and ridiculously strong.

I like to swap my simple with syrup from canned fruits, as well as one or two pieces of the fruit for looks. This allows for quick, easy, cheap variations. Lychee, peach, rambutan, so many options.

One of my favorite mojito variations is a sage-pineapple one, so I wasn't surprised that a lot of the herb variations came out so well.

For me the drink of summer or winter or whenever... its whatever drink is in your hand. Looking forward to this vid greggy boi Edit 13:31 “we’re gonna make a dill-dito!” Next sponsored video with lovehoney, calling it now lmao

We have been making a drink very close to the Slow Mojito for several years now. We use white sugar, and we don't measure the lime juice, just squeeze in half a lime with a citrus juicer. Our favourite rum for this is El Dorado 3 year old.

The serendipity of this. I literally just bought a nice bottle of rum for mojitos yesterday and was looking up neat specs last night. Greg you mad man, you've done it again.

Every now and then Greg’s off the cuff tasting notes are just so pleasantly poetic. “It’s like walking amongst a banana grove in a cool evening breeze” really just took me someplace. 👍

Making Anders' version but muddling the limes wedges in like a Caipirinha has completely changed the drink for me. It is now my go-to version

My Drink of Summer is typically the Corn n oil. So easy to whip up, and its hard to beat. Drink(s) of Autumn: Vieux Carre and Negroni or Boulvardier Drink(s) of winter: Penicillin, mulled things, straight punt e mes and port. Drink of Spring: Last Ward; Naked and Famous; Paper Plane, etc.

With the basil mojito being so interesting it makes me wonder about other classic mint cocktails with basil in. Like a basil julip. Future video maybe?

I lived in an apartment on the beach and we had mint that took over a portion of the yard. Needless to say one summer it was severely culled. We used load and loads of it! You can never have too much mint on a hot day. FYI it can be invasive if you plant it somewhere be careful. Granular raw sugar is the main trick to pull the mint flavor when muddling. I use a combo of raw sugar to muddle with a splash of simple for lube. A dash of rose water is nice too!

As someone who doesn't drink, the Mojito looks so good. Like drinking alcoholic, minty lemonade on a hot summer day.

Greg, here me out. Go for the granulated sugar instead of simple. Go with two teaspoons and instead of club soda, use ginger ale. It is my go to Mojito!

The variations with different herbs was interesting. I wonder how the basil version would compare with thai basil as opposed to the standard italian kind. Not gonna lie, when I clicked on this, I was expecting another Will It [insert drink here] episode lol. Maybe that would be a fun one to do down the line?

You should try 'cilliantrito' with tequila instead of rum. I found that cilantro and tequila complement each other surprisingly well.

I like to make myself a "dirty mojito". I use demerara sugar, 1 oz Plantation Stiggins' Fancy Pineapple, 0.5 oz Plantation OFTD. It's delicious!

You and Anders are my two favorite cocktail channels, love to see the shoutout

For me the drink of summer is the Mai Tai…but that was helped when I found a bottle of Smith and Cross at my liquor store. Always great content Greg!

I'm happy to see your channel doing so well. Cheers!

The drink of summer is the Gimlet. And I have experience with this. Last year I went down to D.C. to pick up some wine from my (former) favorite wine shop. It was high summer and the temperature was near 95F with high humidity. Dinner was at a place in Georgetown having its opening night; the place is very close to the stairs featured prominently in "The Exorcist". I walked down the hill to the place from my hotel room, over a mile away; I was pretty overheated by the time I got there. First drink I ordered was a Gimlet. And it was pure bliss; it was a perfect refresher in the summer heat. Since then I have found out about the Morgenthaler lime cordial (through this channel) and made my own Gimlets, and I love them with a passion. They are the drink of summer.

I'm not sure if maybe cilantro just doesn't go well with rum, but I've had a cilantro pisco smash that I'm a big fan of. Cilantro muddled with lemon juice, lime juice, simple syrup, and pisco. I drink it just like that but I could also see it being good topped off with club soda if you want to make it more similar to a mojito. I've also made a version of the basil mojito with some strawberries muddled in and they go great together.

I can't imagine how intimidating it is for the "Toes in the sand beach spot" bartender to make you a drink.

looking forward to this great video keep making this video will delight me every day and so will your customers 😁✌️

I'd vote for both the Plantation 3 Star and the Hamilton over Bacardi, every time. One of the reasons to use the quartered limes, is that you get the oils from the rind in the drink when you muddle them. If I were going to use Sage or Rosemary, I think I'd add a leaf or two to the normal load of mint. Lime and Thyme go together great, imho, so I would go with that Thyme syrup.

Now THIS should be the official drink of summer

Friends of ours pretty much always make mojitos during summer parties. Always with a lot of brown sugar, like a lot. Makes it very sweet and even more dangerously easy to drink even for me.

So before I watch this video, every bar/ restaurant I run I add Dave's Ultimate Mojito (Ultimojito) to the menu. Its sacreligious from a "mixologist" point of view. I contains a homemade caramel and peppermint tea syrup. Nice and simple. Weigh 500g of sugar and heat on a low heat occasionally stiring until it melts and caramelized allow to cool, then weigh 500gram of tea temperature (Not boiling) water and add 3 decent quality peppermint teabags and allow to cool with the teabags in, mix the two together and stir until incorporated. You now have nearly a litre of caramel/mint syrup. Ultimojito: Its 35ml gold rum. 25ml of home made Caramel and peppermint tea syrup. Half a fresh squeezed Lime Extra dry Prosecco to top. Fresh mint and lime wheels to garnish It's a builder no muddling. Just whack it in a glass filled with crushed ice minus the prosecco. Give it a quick stir to incorporate then add the prosecco. Garnish with lime wheel and mint sprig Understated but still present mint, slight dryness from the prosecco, tart from the lime, smoke from the gold rum and sweetness from the caramel and you can just speed them off the bar all evening with perfect consistency each time.

As someone who lives in Miami where it's pretty much always summer and there are Mojitos everywhere. An episode on Mojito variations would be cool. Mango Mojito, Cherry Mojito, passionfruit mojito, etc.

I found a ‘Mojito’ mint variety so I’ve really been trying out different variations of mojito, but I’ve been wondering how different the mojito would taste using various mint varieties like chocolate mint, spearmint, peppermint, orange mint, etc

I came into possession of a jar of mint jelly and I have no other use for it so I decided to try my hand at making a mojito with it. I left out any additional sweetening since the jelly has that included, and I'm fairly impressed. It's not nearly as nuanced as a mojito made with fresh mint, but there is something to be said about a well crafted, neon green, "basic bitch" mojito.

The gin mintcha It's gin with mint and simple, add a bar spoon of matcha and a drop or two of almond extract. Build in the shaker to incorporate the matcha. Open pour.

this is my fave drink, so excited you did a video on it

Tried a variant that's been living in my brain ever since about 6 months ago with spiced rum and ginger beer instead of club soda

I love mojitos, they're one of my all time favorites. I was excited to see what type of fun fruity variations you would do...but HERBS?? What a surprise and holy hell those were so cool looking. I loved the line up. I'd definitely try basil, I think that would be amazing. Sage seems so pungent idk if I'd like it. I love rosemary, gin, and lemonade, so I'd give it a shot as a mojito too.

Your insight is so appreciated. Nice work Greg.

Thanks for shouting out Anders Erickson! That dude is awesome!

Ever since I watched this episode I’ve been going mojito crazy. 😆🤪 I’ve also been dying to try a Lavender Mojito (may not not souly lavender maybe more lavender mint) I’m just hesitant because I can see it tasting like soap. 🤷‍♀️ If anyone has tried a lavender mojito please let me know how it turned out!

I would be curious to know how the various herbs taste as an addition to a traditional mojito rather than just standing alone. So basil and mint, thyme and mint, etc. maybe like half the normal amount of mint and supplementing the rest with your other herb?

Hey Greg, since you seemed to like the basil version: Try a Gin basil smash!

Very excited to try some of these variants!

I make a mojito at least once a week, just so damn refreshing and simple! Love this drink to death.

Recently I’m fascinated by the idea of whiskey and herb cocktails. Do you know of anything that exists, or would you have any interest in experimenting? I’m particularly interested in sage, rosemary, and thyme - I feel like they would have the ‘strength’ to stand up to a good whiskey.

thank you Meredith!!! I love this idea.

Ok... another candidate for the drink of summer: Paloma. Compare a classic grapefruit soda version with a Paloma Fresca made with fresh fruit. We have a grapefruit tree that's heavy with fruit right now, and nothing beats going out, picking a fruit off the tree, squeezing it, shaking it with some tequila and a little sugar or syrup, and serving with club soda. Simple and very refreshing. Sometimes we like to mix it up a little riffing off a margarita and sweetening it with a nice curacao or triple sec instead.

Meredith's assist on the ad-read is legendary

I have a hard time finding fruits that *aren’t* good in a mojito, peaches, raspberries, cucumbers, lychee, strawberries, melons, plums, all lovely muddled in there

i love the idea of switching herbs. I just tried two versions with a mix of mint and basil/sage. and the basil version with a split base of white rum & strawberry-infused white rum. they definately need a lot of fresh basil/sage to keep up with the mint but actually i love both of them….that said I enjoy them on a hot night in the city after some slices of awesome pizza!!😎😍

Love the show and you inspired me to make mojitos to relax in the summer heat and I have access to 3 year so I’m excited! Even planted some mint just in case I become hooked 🤪

So... if Burrito is basically "Little burro", and Mojito is basically "Little mojo" does that make the Dildito... You know what imma just go.

Shout out to Anders! Absolutely love all of his content. HtD will always be bae, but Anders offers great insight and perspective from the professional bartender's point of view. (Much more approachable and entertaining than most other professional bartender content creators, who shall remain nameless.)

I literally had a hour long rant about the mojito yesterday omg, so happy to see this. Also didn't notice any mojitos in the last few days but damn we all got it on the brain.

I’m one of those who’s asked Gregg about food and cocktail combos, awkward 😆 I’m surprised by your take here though. Food and drink pairings I’ve always found to be hugely important. There are many drinks and foods that I love separately that don’t work together at all. This is the case for beer and wine especially. Cocktails are all about bringing together individual elements to make them more than the some of its parts, food and drink pairings do the exact same thing. Not throwing shade, big fan. Just would have bet a lot of money that you’d be someone who’d appreciate the impact of what your drinking on the meal your eating.

I'm just going to put this out, but in the Southwest at least, the drink of summer should be ... WATER! We're running out of the stuff AND we're in a heat wave/super drought! Shouldn't be drinking alcohol when the temps hit 120 Deg F. (That translates to HOT for those of you using C's instead of F's. like 48 to 50 of those C's.)

aw yes, I was watching your earlier videos and subscribed because I was hoping you would head toward the mojito for the summer drink. I really like drinking them and was hoping to learn how to make my own!

Another great episode, thanks Greg! I think the mojito is a great drink of summer, I would enjoy seeing your take on a pineapple mojito.

love how she sprung the herbs on you some interesting tasting notes with the herbs

I grow mint in my yard. It grows like crazy and comes back every year. I get fresh mint all summer long. I love it!

Love the shout out to Anders. It was one of his videos that helped me start my home bar.

I just finally decided to start making cocktails after watching yours and other cocktail videos for a nearly a year and holy moly the Mojito is so tasty. Fun to make too

According to the man who taught me waitering you should keep the leaves on the stem as this adds a bit more to the mint taste, apparently at least, never really noticed the difference personally

I've been into mojitos lately. Excited to see this.

The mojito is my favorite drink. As a Cuban American it hits home and tastes so good. Thank you for this episode!

What I’ve been making at home for the occasional drink of summer has been a vodka cran with a splash of OJ and orange bitters. Very refreshing.

So does this mean a Mojito matrix is coming soon? Stems vs. no stems, slapping the mint leaves or not, different rums, and different sugars. I love those episodes and their slow descent into madness.

Yeah, you definitely don't want to overwork the mint. My instructor told me that, along with getting plant pieces in the drink which can be unpleasant, that the plant fibers can also bring out some bitter, kinda off flavors you don't want in a cocktail. I've been to a bar once that over-muddled the mint, and I could definitely tell there was something wrong with the flavor profile when I took a sip. Along with crunching bits of mint leaves lmao.

Love to see my boy Anders getting some attention!

I love the fact that you mentioned Anders, you two are in the top 5 of my favorite KZfaqrs!

I know this is a very simple drink, but I would say a daquiri is the drink of summer. It's refreshing, it's sweet, it's got poolside energy, you can put it in a thermos or a cooler and bring it to the beach, you can flavor it just about anything you want and it works wonderfully, it's one of those magical disappearing cocktails where you want to keep drinking it, it's good virgin or with any kind of booze (I know usually it's rum, but when you're using so much flavorings, I don't think it'd really matter) in it, you can mix and match flavors, it's simple but you can make it as complex as you want it, it's a good party-drink, it's a good beginner drink if you're not accustomed to alcohol, and it's arguably one of the pioneers for drive-through liquor stores (there's a loophole for open-container laws, at least in Louisiana; once you put the cover on a plastic cup, it now becomes a sealed container, once you poke the straw through it is now an open-container, if I learned anything from the Travel Channel before it became exclusively ghosts and paranormal, that would be one of those things).

I agree! you said it the other day on stream! my favorite drink for sure !

There’s something about a mojito……my absolute favourite drink and I’ve never quite got to the bottom of how to make a really good one. This inspires me to make and drink many this summer.

A few years back I had a kumquat tree with more fruit than I knew what to do with, so I made Mojitos with the lime swapped out for kumquat. 3 or 4 of them, halved, and muddled along with the mint. The Kumqujito cannot be denied!

I don't even like alcohol for the most part - it usually ends up just burning and tasting like the smell of an isopropyl wipe - but I love watching these videos. Greg's energy is contagious.

Best mojito video out there, ...because it's the anders video plus more. I've been rocking the mojito since like 05 playing with it, and these recipes are spot on. Glad people are catching on. I can order decent ones outside the carribean most of the time now. Gonna have to try the basil and sage. Thanks and cheers!

Glad to hear Greg watches or at least acknowledges Anders since I watch them both all the time!

Yes, mojitos have been the drink of summer here! The Anders Erickson method is my favorite. I do jump a bit off the beaten path as I love my mojitos with rhum agricole, specifically Clairin if possible!

-What if you did a basil mojito with some muddled fresh tomatoes -Rosemary thyme lemonade is yummy! -would sage and lavender move it further away from Christmas?

Awesome video! Its Winter in Australia, but now I really want a Mojito

This is good stuff man, I love a nice Mojito. Gonna try basil for sure, but the fresh mint smell/taste is just SO perfect its hard to beat.

my go to is a mojito🤤 and i have been sampling them every bar i go to // this video made my day, i thank you💚

Finally. My favorite drink. Lots of mint in my garden for just this reason.

changing the herbs is a great idea!

A good Mojito on a hot day is perfection.

Looking forward to this!

Literally a week ago i used your old video on mojitos to learn how to make them for my sister's pool party