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How To Drink

How To Drink

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What do you drink when your taste buds have been destroyed by cigarettes, cocaine and led poisoning? We have the answers for you in this episode of HTD!
00:00 - Disco Cocktails
00:10 - Meet the real Greg
00:44 - The Godfather
01:41 - Tasting Notes
02:30 - Sponsor time
03:56 - Harvey Wallbanger
04:55 - Tasting Notes
06:42 - Midori Sour
08:05 - Tasting Notes
08:55 - Greg's origin story
09:48 - Tequila Sunrise
10:28 - Musical interlude
10:50 - Tasting Notes
12:00 - Pink Squirrel
12:54 - Tasting Notes
15:30 - Golden Cadillac
16:16 - Tasting Notes
17:24 - Recap and Sign Off
The Godfather:
Build in mixing glass
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Amaretto
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Blended Scotch (Johnnie Walker Black)
Add ice and stir
Strain into coup
Garnish with orange peel
Harvey Wallbanger:
Build in shaker
3 oz. or 90 ml. Orange Juice
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Galliano
1.25 oz or 37 ml. Vodka (Skyy)
Crack ice and shake
Strain into glass
Garnish with orange slice and cherry
Midori Sour:
Build in shaker
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Lemon Juice
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Lime Juice
1 oz. or 30 ml. Midori
1 oz. or 30 ml Vokda (skyy)
Crack ice and shake
Strain into a highball over ice
Top with seltzer
Add a straw
Tequila Sunrise:
Build in the glass
Add ice
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Rose's Grenadine
2 oz. or 60 ml. Tequila
4 oz. or 120 ml. (or just top it off) with Orange Juice
Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry
Add a straw
Pink Squirrel:
Build in shaker
.75 oz. or 20 ml. Creme De Noyaux
.75 oz. or 20 ml. White Creme De Cacao
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Heavy Cream
Add ice and shake
Strain into glass
Garnish with fresh nutmeg
Golden Cadillac:
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Galliano
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. White Creme De Cacao
1.5 oz. or 45 ml. Heavy Cream
Add ice and shake
Strain into glass
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@howtodrink
@howtodrink 2 жыл бұрын
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@densamme1752
@densamme1752 2 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or does Greg dance like a muppet (the show)? Seriously all the action is above the waist and rooted to the spot, they did have one named Grover who I belive was a disco character so mabe he nailed it 😁
@JonManProductions
@JonManProductions 2 жыл бұрын
I think abit of Greg Belly with that tucked in shirt... signed, chubby Floridaman™ :)
@CloudBorne
@CloudBorne 2 жыл бұрын
RELEASE THE PINK SQUIRREL MILKSHAKE RECIPE!!!
@TwistedMe13
@TwistedMe13 2 жыл бұрын
Calling it, the Galliano will be one of the featured bottles in Pt. III of "Worst Bottles I Own".
@Moondog66602
@Moondog66602 2 жыл бұрын
Nah screw those people who just want the cocktails, Greg.i love all the taste tests, torture sessions, history lessons, experiments, off topic rants, film studies, random memory wisps, not-so-subtle commentary on current events, and everything else. Cant stop dont stop!
@a.carolineott
@a.carolineott 2 жыл бұрын
Lol. I learned to bartend in a French Quarter jazz club in the mid 80's. The first thing I was told was " if you have to hit someone with a bottle to protect your self, reach for the Galliano bottle. It's thicker than any thing else and it has a longer reach." I have never forgotten that.
@agustinvenegas5238
@agustinvenegas5238 2 жыл бұрын
i mean yeah, by the looks of it you could play baseball with the damn thing
@77livelove
@77livelove Жыл бұрын
Moving to Nola next month and I’m a bartender. I’ll remember this lol.
@foffndy666
@foffndy666 Жыл бұрын
Hahah I was told the same thing at my first bartending job🤣
@a.carolineott
@a.carolineott Жыл бұрын
@@foffndy666 nice!😀
@ibec69
@ibec69 Жыл бұрын
Classic. Galliano bottle is the equivalent of a baseball bat for bartenders. At my first job my boss said always remember where the Galliano bottle is. Thankfully I never needed to use it.
@The5lacker
@The5lacker 2 жыл бұрын
“Between the lead poisoning, the cocaine, and the cigarettes, could they taste anything?” That really does put that entire era into perspective, doesn’t it? The past is a mysterious place with strange customs, like poisoning yourself in as many ways as you could imagine 24/7.
@epicgamer2571
@epicgamer2571 2 жыл бұрын
"Back in my day we used to walk 30 miles to school" You were also addicted to laudanum, grandma
@neagle27
@neagle27 2 жыл бұрын
Any% Cancer speed run
@russellzauner
@russellzauner 2 жыл бұрын
That could literally be the 1800's what you described and also explains some foods from that time also
@Hawkster52
@Hawkster52 2 жыл бұрын
It's probably 100% accurate. If you've grown up/been around heavy smokers, even after they've quit, it destroys their tastebuds and sense of smell. They can't pick up nuances or flavors the same as someone who hasn't done all that stuff to their body. So back then, they probably *wanted* their drinks to be super strong, super sour, super sweet, etc so they could actually taste the flavors at all. Edit: If they cook it's the inverse. They tend to cook bland tasting food because they think that's how food should taste. Because they can't taste flavors.
@WastelandBard
@WastelandBard 2 жыл бұрын
Having been raised by heavy smokers and people who drank these abominations, I can confirm that the food they cooked was horribly bland. Glad I learned what not to do!
@LVRugger
@LVRugger Жыл бұрын
I was a disco bartender in the 80s. A Harvey Wallbanger is a screwdriver with a float of Galliano, not mixed in. Very different vibe. Midori sours have sour mix - which has a sugar component you missed. Sunrises add the grenadine at the end and are served in a rocks glass. You don't drink with a straw. Only old ladies ordered godfathers (or godmothers) or pink squirrels. I completely agree with the cigarettes and cocaine vibe. Great video to remind me of my past and how to actually write cocktail recipes so the kids could make them correctly.
@raccoonking7566
@raccoonking7566 Жыл бұрын
Great! Now we can force Greg to suffer again with a revised Wallbanger!
@tomservo56954
@tomservo56954 Жыл бұрын
Either way, the story is that a Californian named Tom Harvey enjoyed the drink known as "the Italian screwdriver" so much, he would end up walking into walls--hence the name (on the episode of ALL IN THE FAMILY where Archie Bunker took over Kelsey's Bar, someone wanted a Harvey Wallbanger, but fill-in bartender Mike Stivic couldn't find it in the bartender's book of drinks. Archie told him "Use three kinds of whiskey, add orange juice and serve it in a dark glass")
@Poodleinacan
@Poodleinacan Жыл бұрын
Very interesting.
@LouSlade
@LouSlade Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your stories and sharing your experience! That's really nifty
@keithsterrett2592
@keithsterrett2592 Жыл бұрын
While not a bartender during that time when I started learning how to mix drinks I always made sure to know the classics. Watching the Harvey Wallbanger, Midori Sour, and Sunrise all hurt my soul as these can be amazing drinks if prepared correctly.
@newsienurse8870
@newsienurse8870 2 жыл бұрын
My Grandma put brussel sprouts in her jello salad, and was so proud of it, that she had it included in her church recipe book.
@howtodrink
@howtodrink 2 жыл бұрын
Hell yes!
@bryonyblues
@bryonyblues Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@AoBzealot0812
@AoBzealot0812 Жыл бұрын
@@howtodrink Don't you mean heaven yes for the church recipe? ;p
@Orinslayer
@Orinslayer Жыл бұрын
@@AoBzealot0812 more like good heavens. /s?
@darrensim295
@darrensim295 Жыл бұрын
@@AoBzealot0812 no, no... with that recipe it was hell probably
@temphlosion3950
@temphlosion3950 2 жыл бұрын
Greg, that outfit is a national treasure.
@It-b-Blair
@It-b-Blair 2 жыл бұрын
Straight out of… oh, what was it… Meet The Falkers? The curly haired older guy! :edit: Jerry Stiller in Zoolander! Also like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 😸
@TheBigFormerlyPurpleT
@TheBigFormerlyPurpleT 2 жыл бұрын
@@It-b-Blair you mean meet the family, and meet the fockers, respectively
@Vtarngpb
@Vtarngpb 2 жыл бұрын
11/-10. I love it because it’s so terrible. I want to see you taking your wife out to a nice seafood dinner in it
@EpicEthra
@EpicEthra 2 жыл бұрын
Just when I thought I loved his previous outfit but this one is even better.
@_Hanover_
@_Hanover_ 2 жыл бұрын
70s porn director. That is all I can see
@andrewparker2077
@andrewparker2077 2 жыл бұрын
My mom was a bartender in the late 70s and early 80s, and whenever someone ordered a Harvey Wallbanger, she would just serve them a screwdriver instead. She said the truth of that drink would just be too much for some people to take. If they sent it back, she would remake it as it was supposed to be made (and just say "Oops, I forgot an ingredient."), but she said of the hundreds of orders she took for them, she only had to make it properly five or six times. I learned all of this when I was going through a bunch of her old stuff one day and she had some pins she had to wear at work that said Harvey Wallbanger, and I had to immediately know what the hell that was all about.
@judywright4241
@judywright4241 2 жыл бұрын
I had a bartender brag that I couldn’t tell the difference if she used cranberry juice in a Long Island Iced Tea, (they were out of coke). It was HORRID! ( PEOPLE CAN HEAR, BARTENDER!) I pushed it to the side, prompting the waitress ask ‘You don’t like your drink?’ I told her that I don’t know what the bartender made, but it wasn’t a Long Island. She apologized, took that drink away AND BROUGHT BACK THE SAME DAMN THING! Not wishing to be a ‘Karen’ over an $8 Buck drink, I just stuck to my water and she didn’t ask about the full drink sitting on the table. I’m sure she worried about her tip--which I kept at 30% FOR HER, but I also never went back to that particular Applebees either.
@tombryan1
@tombryan1 2 жыл бұрын
What a lousy bartender, just give the customer what they ordered.
@aargh93
@aargh93 2 жыл бұрын
I was under the impression that it's supposed to be a Galliano float on top of essentially a Screwdriver.
@iainbagnall4825
@iainbagnall4825 2 жыл бұрын
@@judywright4241 Well of course you could tell the difference, they were out of coke. Therefore, you could taste things.
@tombryan1
@tombryan1 2 жыл бұрын
@@aargh93 You are correct, this codfish is just trying to get views, bless his heart.
@ugandanknuckles3900
@ugandanknuckles3900 Жыл бұрын
I think the whole drugs and drinking thing actually makes more sense as to why these were popular. High calorie dense alcoholic drinks that tasted bad and smoking just seem to work together very well.
@draexian530
@draexian530 Жыл бұрын
Are you personally testing this theory?
@ugandanknuckles3900
@ugandanknuckles3900 Жыл бұрын
@@draexian530 I have in the past done personal studies on the effects of many substances. Cocaine however was never an agent I was able to procure sadly.
@draexian530
@draexian530 Жыл бұрын
@@ugandanknuckles3900 Cigarettes and Golden Cadillacs, though, ey? I did not expect that cogent a response from Ugandan Knuckles.
@AMPProf
@AMPProf 5 ай бұрын
if the tv and movies were Accurate Perfummy aged sweatty Ashtray was what a bar tasted like.. Which is eww cause The air should not have tasest
@chrisr251
@chrisr251 2 жыл бұрын
The Pink Squirrel was a 1950s Dinner Club drink. The Crème de Noyaux used to be made with an artificial red color added. That is what gave the drink it's name. And yes, they are a dessert drink.
@nickv1212
@nickv1212 Жыл бұрын
That's that $5 milkshake John Travolta was talking about in Pulp Fiction. It'd atleast be $15 now.
@bionicpope
@bionicpope 2 жыл бұрын
Alright look. I have a simple request, I just found out that Carnival cruise lines posts their cocktail recipes online. Like, they show their bartender making it, and it is super easy to figure out what they have in them. I would love for you to do a cruise lines cocktail video.
@squareoakystewart6870
@squareoakystewart6870 2 жыл бұрын
I second this
@ZayS2020
@ZayS2020 2 жыл бұрын
Same
@agustinvenegas5238
@agustinvenegas5238 2 жыл бұрын
yes, this would be great
@sweetmother2406
@sweetmother2406 2 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@thunderlighting2006
@thunderlighting2006 2 жыл бұрын
yes please
@LordOwenTheThird
@LordOwenTheThird 2 жыл бұрын
Love the idea that Henry DuBois destroyed himself over *these* kinds of drinks in Disco Elysium.
@13mungoman13
@13mungoman13 2 жыл бұрын
My thoughts EXACTLY, the fact that most of them taste awful really helps that mental image too
@ragingchaosgod
@ragingchaosgod 2 жыл бұрын
So happy to see this comment
@Tumer74
@Tumer74 2 жыл бұрын
Sipping TEQUILA SUNSETS until you have the idea to total your car in the local river is a VERY disco move. (grooves while listening to the Whirlings' ambient music)
@TheSound0fThunder
@TheSound0fThunder 2 жыл бұрын
Maximum Electrochemistry is required to enjoy these disasters.
@aidanfarnan4683
@aidanfarnan4683 2 жыл бұрын
Tasting notes: Hints of Dead body hanging in tree.
@Icarusj2124
@Icarusj2124 2 жыл бұрын
"JuSt MaKe The CoCkTaIlS" Said every person who has never attempted showmanship once in their lives ever. Your show is amazing greg, please keep doing what you do.
@Patriotloghomes
@Patriotloghomes Жыл бұрын
He’s NOT FUNNY
@shalaisjahcason2012
@shalaisjahcason2012 Жыл бұрын
For real!! Bartending is all about the ~performance~ funny or not, the antics plus a great drink is all I could ask for!!
@Horde334
@Horde334 Жыл бұрын
@@Patriotloghomes I TOO LIKE TO MAKE MY POINT BY TYPING IN ALL CAPS!!!!!!!!!
@highdrangea790
@highdrangea790 Жыл бұрын
@@Patriotloghomes then don't watch little one
@AceOfBlackjack
@AceOfBlackjack 7 ай бұрын
@@PatriotloghomesWith the username change, your E-Girll trick doesn't work you right swinging messy fella.
@stevenbaker8184
@stevenbaker8184 Жыл бұрын
One thing, tequila sunrise was actually supposed to be a hangover killer. Downing it to make sure you aren't feeling the after effects of the night at studio 54. An alcoholics breakfast if you will.
@colbert4win
@colbert4win 2 жыл бұрын
this episode is an instant classic. peak wardrobe, nasty drinks, cocaine references, and Greg gives a performance of a lifetime. he sang, danced, and has improved his pouring! Greg stepped out of a time machine and filmed this. Disco Greg, don't be a stranger.
@gnothisauton2116
@gnothisauton2116 Жыл бұрын
Best episode ever.
@CinHotlanta
@CinHotlanta 16 күн бұрын
I am back revisiting some classic episodes, and if 8:50 Greg gets negative feedback, those people need to go back to their day job running Robin WIlliams out of the school in Dead Poets Society
@erikharrison
@erikharrison 2 жыл бұрын
re: Midori sour, this is a case where a bad drink (made with sour mix) is converted to an awful drink by using fresh juice - it should be very sour but also very sweet.
@bryanhumphreys940
@bryanhumphreys940 2 жыл бұрын
I was confused by the lack of simple syrup, every from scratch sour I know of uses some simple syrup and sometimes powdered sugar to both sweeten the drink and make it hazy.
@beezany
@beezany 2 жыл бұрын
Came here to say this! The Midori sour is excellent with sour mix. It should be fruity, tart, and very sweet!
@lawnmower16
@lawnmower16 2 жыл бұрын
It's great with fresh juice! You just gotta add some simple! It's funny cuz he said "sour mix" but sour mix would have sugar in it, yet he added none lol
@knobgoblin
@knobgoblin 2 жыл бұрын
@@_NightoftheComet Same with the harvey wallbanger, I would say. With fresh orange juice it's a perfectly drinkable cocktail, and if you then add some grenadine it becomes seriously good!
@bearrett50kal17
@bearrett50kal17 Жыл бұрын
The last third of every episode is always the best because Greg get's progressively more unhinged and outlandish as he get's tipsy, which is perfect for viewer retention on a platform where that's important, and also just straight up hilarious and entertaining
@blightmare639
@blightmare639 Жыл бұрын
The description of "It's just sour and kind of aggressive and annoying about it" probably sold that harder than you meant it to for me. I like sour more than anyone probably reasonably should and the search for something that I find "sour enough" has been a long and hard fought battle with disappointing candy.
@Arcifer
@Arcifer Жыл бұрын
I love sour drinks and i asked the bartender for something and got a midori sour, sometimes i even ask them to make it even more sour... Delicious! Although my general choice is a G&T on hendricks with cucumber /rose pepper. :P
@katla_phc
@katla_phc Жыл бұрын
Oh I completely agree. If a cocktail has sweet and sour in it, 99% chance I love it
@juice6199
@juice6199 Жыл бұрын
Have you tried warheads?
@blightmare639
@blightmare639 Жыл бұрын
@@juice6199 I have, and they don't really do anything for me and I'm not a big fan of how they taste. I also looked up and tried Toxic Waste and they kiiinda do something for me but it's still more tart than actually sour, and several of those are enough to leave my mouth feeling burnt. At least they taste better than warheads. Years of sour has taken it's toll I guess
@juice6199
@juice6199 Жыл бұрын
@@blightmare639 what about just making something yourself? Lol like look up how to make sour gummies or something and then just add extra citric acid or whatever
@MrFurious176
@MrFurious176 2 жыл бұрын
I haven't drank alcohol in over a year trying to lose weight and be healthier in general, but I still love this show and watch every episode. You crack me up Greg. I hope you are able to continue making it for years to come.
@russellzauner
@russellzauner 2 жыл бұрын
well, technically it is solvent. in more ways than one lol
@johnston511
@johnston511 2 жыл бұрын
One of the few channels that you can watch drink and not want a drink in my xp as well.
@redblue3951
@redblue3951 2 жыл бұрын
Im under drinking age, and I've loved this show for years
@SimuLord
@SimuLord 2 жыл бұрын
I've been sober for over 25 years (Aug. 14, 1996) but still love seeing well-crafted, creative anything...including alcoholic drinks.
@chrismanuel9768
@chrismanuel9768 2 жыл бұрын
I haven't touched alcohol since this blasted pandemic started, and I still love this man's content
@fletcherbeauchamp2718
@fletcherbeauchamp2718 2 жыл бұрын
God damn I love it when Greg gets a little weird! This is the kind of energy I come to these videos for lol
@EpicEthra
@EpicEthra 2 жыл бұрын
just got to the tequila sunrise part and when I thought his energy couldn’t become more unhinged it just did. Kind of loving it as well.
@russellzauner
@russellzauner 2 жыл бұрын
honestly the harry potter drinks came off way better than the damn harry potter jelly beans for sure
@TheKitaroHouse
@TheKitaroHouse Жыл бұрын
Galliano comes in two versions, "L’Autentico" - which is a herbal liqueur - and "Smooth Vanilla", which is sweeter and has a much stronger vanilla taste. The taste of the Harvey Wallbanger can differ much depending on the version of Galliano you use.
@kbrock9146
@kbrock9146 Жыл бұрын
Oh man. Greg needs to see this comment. He needs to know this information.
@MsOkayAwesome
@MsOkayAwesome Жыл бұрын
Yeah I like a Harvey Wallbanger! But they taste like a Creamsicle to me. Must be the different Galliano
@MultiSuperMarion
@MultiSuperMarion Жыл бұрын
I was SO confused when Greg said it tasted of herbs! I didn't know there were two versions, during my short waitressing stint that included some very *very* basic bartending we only had the vanilla Galliano. You learn something new every day haha
@graememcpherson6980
@graememcpherson6980 4 күн бұрын
True the more I watch this guy’s channel the more it’s clear he actually knows very little about making cocktails and the proper recipes.
@christophershipman6937
@christophershipman6937 2 жыл бұрын
Who the heck is asking to "just go back to making the cocktails"? I freakin' love when you get quirky. Makes for awesome re-watch value.
@ukebec1178
@ukebec1178 2 жыл бұрын
As a human who was indeed alive during the 70s, albeit not quite old enough to drink, your analysis seems right on the money. Lead, coke, cigarettes and diet pills were very much driving forces for a fair amount of people. By the time i was legally in bars, barely into the "me" decade of the 80s, Galliano, Midori and Cointreau bottles were still always found on display behind the classiest of bars. Harvey Wallbangers and Tequila Sunrises were still very much a thing, although I never heard the others ordered. Cheers.
@tomifost
@tomifost 2 жыл бұрын
That and people bathing in cologne/perfume. I went to a casino in Vegas and theres a particular air "freshener" scent that they pump into the space to try to battle against the smell of chain smoking. It smells "retro" and I've never smelled it anywhere else. You could eat soap and black licorice and not know it.
@orlock20
@orlock20 2 жыл бұрын
Some of it was probably Christmas drinks, especially the nutmeg one.
@SimuLord
@SimuLord 2 жыл бұрын
Diet pills were so much better before dextroamphetamine ended up on the Controlled Substances Act list. Everyone from dieters to Major League Baseball players to a certain high school kid in the suburbs of Boston who would've dropped out if it weren't for a steady stream of uppers just lived better back then. Kids, don't do drugs. Unless they're really fun drugs. Then go nuts.
@iainbagnall4825
@iainbagnall4825 2 жыл бұрын
@@SimuLord As Bill Hicks said, "Not all drugs are good. Some of them are great. You just have to know your way around them"
@nevadanate4957
@nevadanate4957 Жыл бұрын
Still? Midori and Cointreau are probably at most bars today. Drinks got even sweeter and more liqueur based as things went into the 90s and 2000s, before the hipster renaissance.
@MasonMCashman
@MasonMCashman 2 жыл бұрын
Midori Sour! I'm a cocktail waiter at a gay nightclub and the old timers order them surprisingly often. We make them as 1:1:1 Midori, Sweet&Sour Mix, and Absolut Citron - a regular in his 80s says it tastes exactly like the ones he'd get at a disco on Fire Island back in the late 70s
@BenJohnson0531
@BenJohnson0531 2 жыл бұрын
If I ever order a Midori sour it’s because I’m 40+ and it reminds me of Hi-C ecto cooler in both color and taste. 🤣
@TheMcgreary
@TheMcgreary 2 жыл бұрын
ngl i love a tall midori sour with sprite 🙈
@BenJohnson0531
@BenJohnson0531 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheMcgreary it’s flippin’ delicious
@iainbagnall4825
@iainbagnall4825 2 жыл бұрын
I've put nastier things in my mouth in a gay bar
@mcfarofinha134
@mcfarofinha134 2 жыл бұрын
@@iainbagnall4825 You free sometime this weekend?
@StarsMadeOfGlass
@StarsMadeOfGlass 2 жыл бұрын
We bought this house that was built in the 70s, and I found a little booklet from a magazine in it listing a bunch of cocktails made with Southern Comfort. There's one called the Hot Buttered Comfort, which is hot Southern Comfort and a pat of butter. Shit was WILD in the 70s
@JauntyAdventures
@JauntyAdventures Жыл бұрын
Why do I want to try this?
@patriciamorgan6545
@patriciamorgan6545 Жыл бұрын
It's a take off of hot buttered rum, which goes waaayyyy back, probably to colonial times.
@patriciamorgan6545
@patriciamorgan6545 Жыл бұрын
And yes, shit WAS wild in the '70s.😉
@gastonbell108
@gastonbell108 Жыл бұрын
That's just a hot buttered rum made with SoCo. I.e - a hot toddy with butter. That's existed since forever, and is only drunk by people actively trying not to freeze to death. Hot toddies aren't popular anymore because the nannies at the AMA warned everybody alcohol doesn't actually make you warm, you just feel that way.
@AmyEugene
@AmyEugene Жыл бұрын
My mom had a similar booklet for Kahlua that I inherited and one hidden gem is Kahlua candied yams. I have the recipe right here: In a pan melt 1/4 C butter and 1/3 C brown sugar. Add 1/4 C Kahlua and cook 1 min. Add 1 can or 1lb peeled and boiled yams and brown on all sides. Cover and cook on low 15 min. The booklet has recipes for a whole Thanksgiving dinner, Kahlua glazed turkey, Kahlua stuffing, Kahlua pecan pie, Kahlua pumpkin pie and Kahlua eggnog. Essentially, you're just adding between 1/4 to 1/2 C of Kahlua to everything. I haven't tried anything but the yams.
@gnothisauton2116
@gnothisauton2116 Жыл бұрын
I giggled so hard I snorted several times in the Harvey segment. “I’m going to blow a cravat” is one of your best lines ever. You’ll never lose this audience with your antics.
@ZoraZoldier
@ZoraZoldier 2 жыл бұрын
For the Harvey Wallbanger, I was always under the impression that it's to be made with the Vanilla Galliano. Where I'm from, "Galliano" means the vanilla version in 95% of the cases - most people have never even heard of the original "Authentico". As a result, I've made the Vanilla version of the Wallbanger a few times and while it is certainly desserty, it's actually quite decent :) EDIT: Sounds like the vanilla version would make for a better Golden Caddilac as well!
@nicbrownable
@nicbrownable 2 жыл бұрын
This is exactly the issue. ‘Vanilla’ was the mainstream export version at 30% alcohol, with a much sweeter vanilla taste. The 43% L’Authentico is the original liqueur formulated to Italian tastes.
@DackxJaniels
@DackxJaniels 2 жыл бұрын
Harvey wallbanger is indeed meant to use vanilla galliano. And that makes it delicious. Vanilla and orange is a great combo.
@Tilion462
@Tilion462 2 жыл бұрын
@@annoyanceking Errrr... yes!
@imstupid880
@imstupid880 2 жыл бұрын
It is always unfortunate when the comments know more than the video, it means the viewers got the wrong impression and not enough of them will see the correction in the comments.
@jegger2143
@jegger2143 2 жыл бұрын
@@imstupid880 true, but speaking as someone who has seen other people try and get into cocktails, Most aren't going to do that research, if any. Most recipes I've seen call for Galliano, never specifying for the vanilla liqueur. And because most drinks from the 70s do kind of suck they just assume it does too. Plus, in some places you outright can't get the vanilla liqueur. And the two spirits look very similar (even owning them both they look very similar at first glance), so I feel it's a very justifiable mistake.
@thomasnelson8254
@thomasnelson8254 2 жыл бұрын
Please don't just go back to making the cocktails!! There are plenty of channels on youtube that are doing that.... You have a very unique approach to doing things that sets you apart!!! Keep it going!
@lefterismplanas4977
@lefterismplanas4977 2 жыл бұрын
Yes! I agree
@gweebara
@gweebara 2 жыл бұрын
Harumph harrumph
@SimuLord
@SimuLord 2 жыл бұрын
Any fool can make sarsaparilla. It takes a special talent to make sarsaparilla while pulling off a flawless Festus impression.
@missmarthafawker
@missmarthafawker 2 жыл бұрын
Also remember at that time of the seventies boomers were growing up and they needed stronger drinks with more alcohol to deal with war and awfulness and disco. Then the eighties happened and drinking became even more excessive.
@nevadanate4957
@nevadanate4957 Жыл бұрын
I actually highly doubt that drinks got stronger in the 70s compared to the 60s... notice Greg even joked that there's a theme of lacking base spirits and being all sweet liqueurs.
@thelemasathanas
@thelemasathanas Жыл бұрын
"The only way to make people like this drink is to gaslight them." Favorite quote on this channel, will shamelessly be using this phrasing.
@carolinebender61
@carolinebender61 Жыл бұрын
I don’t want liquorice in my orange juice!
@eventingirl001
@eventingirl001 2 жыл бұрын
As someone from Wisconsin, I have seen ALL of these drinks unironically on a drink menu. I went to bartending school and I learned how to make a pink squirrel, grasshopper, golden Cadillac, brandy Alexander, etc.
@MikeB3542
@MikeB3542 2 жыл бұрын
The Pink Squirrel was invented at Bryant's Cocktail Lounge in Milwaukee
@shadowstalker130666
@shadowstalker130666 2 жыл бұрын
Can confirm. And i love creme de noyaux. Wisconsin is one of the few places you can even find the stuff.
@chesterwillger7017
@chesterwillger7017 2 жыл бұрын
My area of Wisconsin this would be an ice cream drink at a super club and it is so big you have to share same as a grasshopper
@brandonmiller4868
@brandonmiller4868 2 жыл бұрын
Having just fiinished bartending school myself, take comfort in the fact that they're still teaching all of those drinks.
@ViktoriousDead
@ViktoriousDead 2 жыл бұрын
Greg is the only kind of hipster I’d want to hang out with, seems like he comes by it honestly, not trying so hard to be into obscure content and strange attire. If this was “whose line is it anyway” I’d give your content 10/10 stars and six thousand points
@Goliath5100
@Goliath5100 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah his personality is a synthesis of a ton of disparate, genuine interests rather than a desperate attempt to be an expert in one thing for show
@spectorial
@spectorial 2 жыл бұрын
greg the kinda hipster that doesnt like IPA''s exclusivly
@ViktoriousDead
@ViktoriousDead 2 жыл бұрын
@@spectorial and doesn’t talk shit to the Busch lite drinkers for liking what they like
@SimuLord
@SimuLord 2 жыл бұрын
@@Goliath5100 Greg lives in the same universe as avid gamers who wouldn't be caught dead at a con and would get bugged if you defined them narrowly as "gamers" or "nerds". He's culture-adjacent but way too deep for that.
@phranerphamily
@phranerphamily 2 жыл бұрын
Having actually lived during the Disco era I can guarantee you no one I knew ever ordered a Midori Sour that was not a drink that existed in my part of the world
@charliedawson6318
@charliedawson6318 Жыл бұрын
Midori was only released in 1978 so the Midori Sour is more an early 80s drink.
@lokisgodhi
@lokisgodhi 2 жыл бұрын
Pink Squirrel. That takes me back. My mother's best friend used to order these when we went to holiday parties at the Waldorf or Top of the Sixes. (also Grasshoppers) I remember it being much more pink. So either missing an ingredient, or they used to spike it with red food coloring.
@rav3style
@rav3style 6 ай бұрын
The original creme was red
@j.s.3753
@j.s.3753 2 жыл бұрын
I sometimes order a drink called a "creamy godfather" at the bar where my girlfriend works. It consists of Scotch, Amaretto, chocolate ice cream and chocolate syrup. Basically a boozy milkshake. It tastes AMAZING
@minuteman4199
@minuteman4199 2 жыл бұрын
When I was younger we put rum in milkshakes. We figured we'd invented it.
@nehcrow
@nehcrow 2 жыл бұрын
sounds like it would taste amazing but put you in a diabetic coma instantly
@j.s.3753
@j.s.3753 2 жыл бұрын
@@nehcrow I mean it's nothing more than a boozy dessert
@trevordobrinska681
@trevordobrinska681 2 жыл бұрын
In the culture that is the Wisconsin Supper Club, a pink squirrel ice cream drink (along with a grasshopper) is an absolute favorite
@MsNooneinparticular
@MsNooneinparticular Жыл бұрын
Between the pure Colombian flake, the Quaaludes, angel dust, Placidyl, Dexamyl, biker crank, windowpane acid, Black Beauties, disco biscuits, MDA, poppers & Maui Wowie, I don't think many people of the disco era were focusing on the drink flavors. As you noted. 😆
@M1tjakaramazov
@M1tjakaramazov Жыл бұрын
Exactly. Plus people drank more back then, and you had to be able to actually dance to impress a chick in the disco, and unless you were tall and handsome with good hair the clothes made you look like a clown. And everything was about raw sex appeal; people could pretty much see your cock (or lack thereof) through your trousers. It was tough scene to be cool in. 😂
@terriatca1
@terriatca1 Жыл бұрын
Don't forget Purple Dots and Green Frogs, those may have been a Canadian thing though, the ways we took acid was unbelievable.
@mikeg2306
@mikeg2306 7 ай бұрын
As Robin Williams used to say “If you can remember the 60’s you weren’t really there.”
@DavidWoodruff1972
@DavidWoodruff1972 Жыл бұрын
Yes, as "a child of the 70s", Pink Squirrel is a term referring to when a woman's the pubic hair (had lots of that back then) was trimmed and "bushy" would resemble a squirrel's tail.
@akinoffury2332
@akinoffury2332 2 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact, cause cars are my life and my job: The American Dream limo still exists! It was originally built in 1986 by one Jay Ohrberg from its original chassis of a 1976 Cadillac Eldorado, and was at the time, about 60 feet long (As you see in the video here.) Later on at some point it was extended to a full *100 feet* in length. It has a pair of Cadillac big block V8s front and rear, is hinged in the middle like a bendy bus for corners sake and can be piloted from either end. You can find more info from the Guinness Book of World Records, as the "American Dream" still holds the record for world's longest car.
@stephengrambsch4232
@stephengrambsch4232 2 жыл бұрын
It's being restored now isn't it? I seem to remember seeing dilapidated pictures of it sitting in New Jersey.
@akinoffury2332
@akinoffury2332 2 жыл бұрын
@@stephengrambsch4232 the restoration was finished in March
@astrophobiiia
@astrophobiiia 2 жыл бұрын
It would be really interesting if you did a video where you made drinks based off of tasting notes from old videos!!
@courtneyhoward2370
@courtneyhoward2370 2 жыл бұрын
Wait like just have Meridith read off tasting notes with zero context? Cause that sounds magical and hilarious
@astrophobiiia
@astrophobiiia 2 жыл бұрын
@@courtneyhoward2370 Exactly
@craigbryant9925
@craigbryant9925 2 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@ketra1504
@ketra1504 2 жыл бұрын
@@astrophobiiia HOLY SHIT YES
@aidanboyle7374
@aidanboyle7374 2 жыл бұрын
A "what the fuck did I mean by that?" episode sounds incredible
@jensonkozar520
@jensonkozar520 7 ай бұрын
This is the most cursed and off-the-wall episode of HTD I have watched and I am so here for it. You got me laughing at literally every other second this episode is S tier
@Jumpton
@Jumpton Жыл бұрын
I remember hearing that my grandmother and her friends loved drinking pink squirrels, so I was pleased to hear that it tasted good.
@stephkent2736
@stephkent2736 Жыл бұрын
Let’s not forget about the Brandy Alexanders and the grasshoppers, which were staples of getting smashed at a supper club in Wisconsin
@dylanholt9906
@dylanholt9906 2 жыл бұрын
Your point about cigs is spot on. I had never considered that either. Imagine trying to actually taste a cocktail after blasting half a pack lmao
@charlestoncooper5265
@charlestoncooper5265 2 жыл бұрын
me and my stepdad will sit and taste bourbon and i can pull out all these tasting notes and when he tastes it he just always tastes bourbon and we attribute that to the fact that from 12-42 he smoked like a freight train
@carlcrossgrove9009
@carlcrossgrove9009 Жыл бұрын
You know what goes with ciggies, especially in the 70s and 80s? COLOGNE!!! It's still a thing in European cities where smoking is everywhere. Cigs every few minutes, cologne and perfume on everyone in excess, to mask or distract from the ciggy cloud. It's a wonder anyone could taste anything. No wonder banana, coconut, anise and mint were the hot liqueurs.
@redfoxthe3rd
@redfoxthe3rd 2 жыл бұрын
I drink Wallbangers somewhat often and that one is made ALL wrong. It’s a built drink, no shaking. And the galliano is floated on top. …it isn’t better if you don’t like it but it’s not shaken.
@overtone55
@overtone55 2 жыл бұрын
I drink them too. The float on top just lets you drink like 10 of them without even noticing you're drinking alcohol
@ThomasMauger
@ThomasMauger 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I only have had one once, with the last of a bottle of Galliano that was probably purchased in the 70s. I liked it, it reminded me a bit of an orange creamsicle. Not a sophisticated drink but tasty enough.
@joshwells3247
@joshwells3247 2 жыл бұрын
We make them in Australia with vanilla Galliano
@ThreeLeggedJane
@ThreeLeggedJane 2 жыл бұрын
Came here to say this. I’ve grew up over a restaurant/night club. I was taught to make them when I was a kid because my grandfather drank them in the morning as a hangover cure.
@kentfarago9764
@kentfarago9764 2 жыл бұрын
@@joshwells3247 I’ve only ever seen vanilla Galliano in Canada, so I was surprised by the fennel comments.
@prpl_ketchup
@prpl_ketchup 2 жыл бұрын
Midori sour benefits a lot from some simple syrup (0.5 oz). Garnish with a maraschino cherry. It's a fun, decent tasting party drink!
@maritamariel6767
@maritamariel6767 Жыл бұрын
I have a feeling you didn't mean to make the Midori Sour sound good, but to me who loves sour stuff, it sounded amazing🤣
@errantthane5784
@errantthane5784 2 жыл бұрын
I've never heard of a 1/1 Godfather. I've always heard it at 3 parts Scotch to 1 part Amaretto. Doing 1/1 is gonna make the amaretto overwhelming, and Di Amore has always tasted super sweet.
@Ripcookiethief
@Ripcookiethief 2 жыл бұрын
I was going to say 1:1 with the mix seems odd for anybody. Except for maybe your 70 year old grandma.
@BR4IN1N4J4R
@BR4IN1N4J4R 2 жыл бұрын
As someone who enjoys the amaretto stone sour, I agree. Amaretto is basically liquid sugar, so a 3:1 or even 4:1 could let the Amaretto play second fiddle to a decent scotch
@travisbrewer1641
@travisbrewer1641 2 жыл бұрын
I got 1/2, amaretto to the peatiest, smokiest Islay scotch I can find. Very enjoyable drink. Not overwhelmingly sweet, nice balance between the smoke bomb and candy booze.
@travisbrewer1641
@travisbrewer1641 2 жыл бұрын
Oh! And add a shot or splash of amaretto to pancakes or baked goods. Adds some flavor
@Vote4Drizzt
@Vote4Drizzt 2 жыл бұрын
I learned the Godfather as a 1:1 but after tasting it the first time I'm in the 3:1 or even 5:1 camp for sure. It's great for peaty Islay stuff and I find it's a nice way to make a blended scotch a little more fun to sip if I'm not looking to give it my undivided attention.
@Decadentotter
@Decadentotter 2 жыл бұрын
I almost choked on my drinking laughing at the Audio peaks and angry cat noises for the Midori Sour. Also I think everything is better when viewed through the lens of cigarettes and cocaine lol
@shaughnsimpson441
@shaughnsimpson441 Жыл бұрын
Went to an engagement party at a bar here in Sydney, Australia, and they served the Harvey Wallbanger with original Galliano substituted with vanilla Galliano and I found it quite drinkable.
@Myrdin90
@Myrdin90 2 жыл бұрын
He certainly brought that 70s DISCO ENERGY this episode.Disco never dies baby!
@tassadarc8069
@tassadarc8069 2 жыл бұрын
You're supposed to add the grenadine to a tequila sunrise last, tilting the cup and spinning it as you pour the grenadine in small amounts down the interior side of the glass so as to make the gradient effect happen, and not just have a tequila-oj drink with nasty sugar syrup on the bottom. The other way to improve it is to just make a tequila sunset, same technique, but instead of grenadine you use dark rum or blackberry brandy.
@slimpunk
@slimpunk 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I’m a little surprised Greg got the method wrong. The sunrise effect is the entire point of the drink lol.
@elliotm7833
@elliotm7833 2 жыл бұрын
as a vintage fashion enthusiast I am extremely happy with both the theme and the outfit
@braydenyonts3758
@braydenyonts3758 2 жыл бұрын
Same! Goodwill is a killer place to find those long collared shirts.
@ZiddersRooFurry
@ZiddersRooFurry 2 жыл бұрын
That is seriously a killer outfit.
@TheTardis157
@TheTardis157 2 жыл бұрын
Back in the day most Creme de noyaux had cochineal in it which gave it a really red color making that drink super pink. The most authentic one we can get now is made by Tempus Fugit as it does contain cochineal. Shockingly enough that pigment comes from ground up bugs lol.
@HeyNonyNonymous
@HeyNonyNonymous Жыл бұрын
Orange juice and anise is actually a classic combo - in the kitchen as well as the bar. But for a cocktail you'd want to add some lemon for extra acidity - and don't overdo the anise.
@nicbrownable
@nicbrownable 2 жыл бұрын
Galliano L’Authentico is a traditional liqueur formulated to Italian tastes, with a much more pronounced aniseed (and other herbal) flavours. This version was rare in the 1970s. What is now sold as ‘vanilla’ is the toned down sweeter export version that mixes much better.
@bangaloremusic
@bangaloremusic Жыл бұрын
L;Authentico is very much still available
@nicbrownable
@nicbrownable Жыл бұрын
@@bangaloremusic That is what I am saying. He has the wrong one. L’Authentico was rare in the 70s when these drinks were popular (outside of stores catering to discerning gentlemen of Mediterranean descent). Now it is more widely available, and he got it thinking that it is the real deal. What he needs is the dumbed down 1970s lolly water.
@grossmeistero
@grossmeistero Жыл бұрын
@@nicbrownable You are right. He got the wrong Galliano. The other one has a vanilla-like aroma. He judged the drink based on wrong ingredients. :-))))
@blueishgreen76
@blueishgreen76 Жыл бұрын
The L'Authentico actually works perfectly well in a Harvey Wallbanger. Orange juice tends to deaden the flavor enough that the vanilla is the main flavor to come through. The issue is that very few modern Americans have developed a taste for herbal liquors. The drink is pretty unlovable today; It's too lowbrow to be respected by the hipster "cocktologist" that will put Chartreuse or falernum in everything, but too off putting to people that haven't developed a pallet for herbals. (BTW its actually better with gin. If that makes you queasy you'll probably never like it.)
@fantasyfanperson
@fantasyfanperson Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I don't like anise very much, but I do like Galliano Vanilla and have mixed it with orange juice a lot.
@Takinbaksunday33
@Takinbaksunday33 2 жыл бұрын
I love how this channel has gone from “here’s some really good cocktails” to “let’s find the worst drinks we can make”
@timwilliams4073
@timwilliams4073 2 жыл бұрын
That is actually why I'm unsubscribing
@cam4636
@cam4636 2 жыл бұрын
@@timwilliams4073 Cool. Bye
@draexian530
@draexian530 2 жыл бұрын
@@timwilliams4073 nerd
@DackxJaniels
@DackxJaniels 2 жыл бұрын
It gets more clicks.
@Isopherus
@Isopherus 2 жыл бұрын
@@timwilliams4073 I agree
@ianmorelock4912
@ianmorelock4912 2 жыл бұрын
This is my first video of yours that I’m watching and I am loving your channel! For one, watching you get more and more drunk throughout the video is hilarious, and exactly how it goes when I get bored and start mixing new drinks to try 😂 and for two your personality is just amazing, and I can tell you’re a genuine person, which is a little hard to find on KZfaq. I just finished up my home bar setup, so i imagine I’ll spend a lot more time watching your videos 😂
@brostenen
@brostenen Жыл бұрын
For some reason, I do miss bars with a heavy blanket of cigarette smoke. Sitting and talking over cold beer's. They are kind of history now. But there was something special about it.
@nobody4248
@nobody4248 Жыл бұрын
Not where I live. I have a pretty recent memory of drinking shots in a tabacco smelling basement, while my friends drunk Guiness
@DimT670
@DimT670 Жыл бұрын
Ah yes. Cancer Stockholm syndrome
@gruggerduggerhoose
@gruggerduggerhoose 2 жыл бұрын
I don’t think anyone expected our fav moustachioed, plaid clad dad, drink slinging bartender to actually be Austin powers american uncle underneath. Superb work as always Greg. Only thing missing was some set dressing by way of overflowing ashtray and a mountain of coke lmao
@eric3027
@eric3027 2 жыл бұрын
I think he's more of a Charles Nelson Riley.
@stevesamplingmusic
@stevesamplingmusic 2 жыл бұрын
I have fond memories of Tequila Sunrise, as it was the first cocktail I ordered at a bar when I was 16. It was a tiki themed bar, but situated in the basement of an office building, had no windows, and also no customers, so they ended up serving us very visibly under aged kids, so we became regulars there for the few months before it inevitably went tits up . Good times :)
@jademoon7938
@jademoon7938 2 жыл бұрын
When I was a bartender an ancient dude taught me all these old drinks. If you didn't notice, all the drinks with Galliano have a G in them, good way to remember the recipes. I still remember all of them. No one ever ordered one lol.
@benjaminpierce911
@benjaminpierce911 2 жыл бұрын
To add onto the want for something like a pink squirrel; I one time I did take part of a leftover caramel cinnamon milkshake from Arby's that I left in the freezer for too long, I melted it down and pouted it in a mug with Jim Beam..... that was surprisingly freakin good!
@xorinoa
@xorinoa 2 жыл бұрын
Through a Lens of Cocaine and Cigarettes sounds like the perfect name for a recipe book for cocktails like these. I deeply want to do a cut of all of your painfully specific descriptions of what cocktails taste or smell like because they're almost literary at times.
@EvanC881
@EvanC881 2 жыл бұрын
apparently my grandma's favorite drink was the Harvey Wallbanger to the point where my grandfather would have to bring a bottle of Galliano out with them because like the wedding bartender isn't going to have that sh*t 😆 She was a wild woman.
@RollinH
@RollinH 2 жыл бұрын
I am so glad this channel exploded. I have been following from the start and always wondered why it wasn't growing faster. The production quality and personality has always been top notch since the start
@amcconnell6730
@amcconnell6730 2 жыл бұрын
5:05 Orange and fennel salad is a thing, you know. I always thought a Harvey Wallbanger tasted a bit like a jellybean (the candy, not the cocktail).
@zippygasgas7347
@zippygasgas7347 2 жыл бұрын
Greg, you need to continue to just be you. You have a wide range of episodes, from kooky fun, to horrible drinks, to "here's a cocktail", to how to improve a cocktail, to here is a history lesson on this liquor, and so on. each one is entertaining in it's own way. Don't stop and don't get stuck in a specific format.
@Thegothemperex2
@Thegothemperex2 2 жыл бұрын
This video definitely cements my understanding that Greg and I have very different tastes in drinks lol. He said "It's like drinking a bag of Halloween candy" as a bad thing, and questioned why anyone would want alcohol in a milkshake. It's me. I want the alcohol milkshake and the Halloween candy lol.
@Zevox144
@Zevox144 2 жыл бұрын
A kinda poor way of phrasing it for me is that I want my drinks to taste good, not taste like alcohol, basically.
@sweetlorikeet
@sweetlorikeet 2 жыл бұрын
YUP. I can go for something with more bitter complex stuff happening sometimes but there's definitely days I want alcoholic candy. I want a sweet treat that will get me tipsy, please and thank you.
@ChristopherNeeme
@ChristopherNeeme 2 жыл бұрын
@@sweetlorikeet That's how I got hooked on those dessert flavored vodkas years ago. Hell yeah I want glazed donuts or key lime pie in a glass! Actually a video on just on alcoholic milkshakes would be appreciated.
@cbecht
@cbecht 2 жыл бұрын
@@ChristopherNeeme For the record, Guinness and vanilla ice cream is fantastic.
@lw3764
@lw3764 2 жыл бұрын
yeah when he said "melted almond joy" my ears perked up, I'm like, is that a bad thing?? I get that it's not sophisticated but an almond joy drink sounds like something I'd try.
@AreUmygrandson
@AreUmygrandson Жыл бұрын
One time I was in my grandma’s house in about 1998. I look in her pantry and see a box of celery jello from the 70s. I was revolted
@gabrielflores7332
@gabrielflores7332 2 жыл бұрын
I have never seen someone look so stiff in something so "stretchy" thank you for your service to the community 🙏
@thomaswallas3489
@thomaswallas3489 2 жыл бұрын
I worked the cocktail bar in a nightclub in early 1980’s London. The club was too tight-fisted to pay for a proper cocktail barman, so I found myself manning the bar with a list of cocktails which I had to commit to memory. Tequila Sunrise was top of the list. As I was rushed off my feet from opening to closing times I would just mentally go into autopilot - and as the majority of the cocktails started with vodka - I would just go for the vodka optic and slam in a shot. This went on for at least a couple of months before I realised there should be tequila in a Tequila Sunrise! In all that time no one noticed. Not a one. So I subscribe to your theory of cigarettes and cocaine killing peoples ability to taste. As there was sooooo much more cocaine around in the 80’s.
@blueishgreen76
@blueishgreen76 Жыл бұрын
Probably less them not being able to taste, but rather you giving the customers actually wanted not what they ordered. The modern equivalent in the U.S. is ordering a beach or tiki drink not on the menu at a working bar. The bartender will just throw in rum and orange juice together with a splash of anything easy at hand, and no-one ever notices. (Orange juice overpowers almost anything in a drink. Few beach/tiki recipes actually have OJ in their recipe, and most that do only call for a splash)
@jamisonjamisonx
@jamisonjamisonx 2 жыл бұрын
I like when you said "I've got to tone it down some..." then soon after you were singing and dancing surrounded by disco light graphics. I want to say that good choices were made...I want to say that.
@Doophenschmirtz
@Doophenschmirtz Жыл бұрын
Your grandma sounds like my mom. She’d make a years worth of fruitcake then freeze it. The only time it was eaten was Christmas and that’s because we were to chicken to tell her how nasty it was.
@TheMerryMagpie
@TheMerryMagpie 2 жыл бұрын
I've always been curious about the pink squirrel so I was tickled when it came up, thanks for covering it in your fun video! XD
@enigmaoftheechidna6279
@enigmaoftheechidna6279 2 жыл бұрын
I love Midori Sour, it's my favorite drink. It tastes better with sour mix than fresh lemon. It's my go to, and the ladies love it too! Edit: I just realized how 70s that sounded, I swear I was born in 95..
@Ripcookiethief
@Ripcookiethief 2 жыл бұрын
It's my wife's favorite drink because it's semi fancy and tastes like candy.
@praetorfenix69
@praetorfenix69 2 жыл бұрын
it's worth noting that Midori was reformulated in the 2010s to be less sweet and artificial tasting. So the drink probably tastes a lot better now than it did in the 70's
@Azorthefirst
@Azorthefirst 2 жыл бұрын
@@praetorfenix69 You're right it does taste better now with the updated formula. Though it really was still good even before that. Just can't try to fancy it up too much. If you accept what the drink is and make it with Sour mix and sprite instead of real juice and club soda it tastes amazing.
@nataliegath395
@nataliegath395 2 жыл бұрын
I was just gonna say, this was my first ever cocktail and it was SPECIFICALLY recommended to me for the sweetness, so I'm not sure how the ones I've drank differ from his, cause "battery acid" is not really what I've ever got. More like liquid jolly rancher. Must be the sugar in sour mix.
@ThomasMauger
@ThomasMauger 2 жыл бұрын
@@praetorfenix69 I recently happened upon 2 unopened bottles from the 70s and tried it back to back with modern Midori. I'll say that the modern Midori is slightly cleaner tasting, less sweet definitely and less syrupy maybe, maybe a little more apple-y with the melon, and a longer flavor profile, while the original is a bit more flavor forward, but overall they are very similar. Both are much better than Mr. Boston Melon Liqueur in my opinion. The old bottles look much cooler though for sure.
@MikeMGTV
@MikeMGTV 2 жыл бұрын
The look is 🔥
@ghu83
@ghu83 2 жыл бұрын
hahaha mike
@howtodrink
@howtodrink 2 жыл бұрын
Ya damn right
@mikehunt3436
@mikehunt3436 Жыл бұрын
I have enjoyed many harvey wallbangers and my understanding it is a a screwdriver with a floater of galliano. It should taste like an orange sherbert.
@the_great_chetsby
@the_great_chetsby Жыл бұрын
Haven't been back to watch these in a while. So glad to literally just be back on this page tbh
@KendraSinclair
@KendraSinclair 2 жыл бұрын
I'll be honest, on my twenty first ending my bar crawl with a pink squirrel was a highlight that was only topped by discovering a death in the afternoon. Great way to top the night.
@jarydflores8171
@jarydflores8171 2 жыл бұрын
What a sentence LMAO
@SimuLord
@SimuLord 2 жыл бұрын
Weird Al Yankovic once casually dropped into an interview "so I'm out bowling with Ben Folds and John McCrea from CAKE..." Your comment now ranks second on my list of "wait a minute, I REALLY need to know the context of this" sentences I've read.
@dave011679
@dave011679 2 жыл бұрын
If only I had known about these cocktails growing up. The ingredients list reads like my parent's liquor cabinet in the 1980's
@cam4636
@cam4636 2 жыл бұрын
Lol I was thinking that in the opposite direction--"these are 1970's cocktails? I'm pretty sure my parents were drinking Schlitz and Jack Daniel's, possibly at the same time"
@JanusKastin
@JanusKastin 2 жыл бұрын
The shape of that tall, skinny Galliano bottle and the knobbly square of Di Amore is burned into my brain from every one of my relatives' cabinets growing up in the 90s. Heck, I bet the exact same bottles are still there.
@dave011679
@dave011679 2 жыл бұрын
@@cam4636 lol. Pretty sure my dad was just drinking cheap beer but they had the liquor cabinet full of crap to impress friends at house parties.
@dave011679
@dave011679 2 жыл бұрын
@@JanusKastin my mom used that Galliano bottle as a decorative accent for decades
@tac6894
@tac6894 2 жыл бұрын
The lumber jack clothes and apron is Greg's work uniform. I think Greg after hours is a floral shirt wearing, sunglasses wearing, fedora wearing, sipping on some cocktail in a coconut or hollowed pineapple, relaxed vibe spending time with the family 😂
@AddictedToTheThrift
@AddictedToTheThrift Жыл бұрын
Whoever does the descriptions for the drinks as you're describing them is amazing 😂
@sarahg2665
@sarahg2665 2 жыл бұрын
I always do tequila and OJ in a rocks glass over ice first, then I do the grenadine, not very much just a half oz. The grenadine sinks to the bottom & you get a perfect gradient every time.
@Deathmastertx
@Deathmastertx 2 жыл бұрын
It helps if the grenadine is thick enough. Idk about other places but here in Australia the most common commercial grenadine is too thin and also quite shit. I get by with a 1:1 mixture of sugar and pomegranate juice with a few dashes of orange essence and a small dash of rose water.
@jakesmith2341
@jakesmith2341 Жыл бұрын
@@Deathmastertx You... YOU... YOU! you're the bartender I want when I go to a bar. Funny enough, nobody's heard of a cocktail bar in my neck of the woods. When I want an aviation, I either have to decide between staying in and making it myself, or driving all the way to Chicago and risking getting carjacked (not an exaggeration, I've been to Chicago exactly 9 times and had a gun held to my head twice- not a great track record 😬)
@13thMaiden
@13thMaiden 2 жыл бұрын
Oooo era drinks, this could be a fun idea, doing drinks specifically from certain eras.
@EpicEthra
@EpicEthra 2 жыл бұрын
Roman Empire era cocktails when?
@loke6664
@loke6664 2 жыл бұрын
@@EpicEthra Actually, wrong channel. You need to watch Max Miller's "Eating history" for that. The idea to have an episode for each period is not bad though, I would like that.
@hydrastuff8029
@hydrastuff8029 2 жыл бұрын
I like the funny antics. Feels like I'm just sitting at the bar, taking a class on: How to Drink
@melissaperez9826
@melissaperez9826 2 жыл бұрын
This has been my favorite episode 😍💅🙌🙌🙌🙌 I love your channel
@Sammie1053
@Sammie1053 2 жыл бұрын
I’m sure many comments have already mentioned this, but Greg making a pink squirrel and then saying “I want a milkshake that tastes like this” had my midwestern self screaming internally. Highly recommend checking out the Gastro Obscura article(s) on Wisconsin cocktail culture, particularly their penchant for ice cream cocktails. A Pink Squirrel milkshake is *_very_* common in Wisconsin.
@davidbrown2666
@davidbrown2666 2 жыл бұрын
Cocktails of different eras is a great idea!
@Moonsteal
@Moonsteal Жыл бұрын
Please keep this look dude. You are SLAYING
@tomahzo
@tomahzo Жыл бұрын
That musical interlude is what keeps me coming back time and time again ;D.
@KakavashaForever
@KakavashaForever 2 жыл бұрын
Greg I gotta say man I just love everything you do. You're a treasure, keep on keepin on.
@Vexation4632
@Vexation4632 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Greg. My mom loved pink squirrels. Brought back memories of her. Though our minds put up a mental block, I lived though the disco age. Some possible cocaine "erasure", but I think we're just embarrassed we spent part of our youth trying to be the stars of "Saturday Night Fever".
@SuburbanBeard
@SuburbanBeard 2 жыл бұрын
thee videos always make me happy
@greenmtnmellie
@greenmtnmellie Жыл бұрын
When a Midori Sour is made with sour mix, it tastes a lot like drinking perfume. When I first started bartending, I had a regular whose "lady of negotiable affection" drank Midori sours exclusively. She wouldn't partake of the very expensive champagne he tended to order...it sort of colored my impression of people who drink Midori. I was always told that the "frou frou" drinks were to encourage women to drink during ladies nites at clubs. Which is kinda horrifying.
@owlivdejong5086
@owlivdejong5086 Жыл бұрын
When I first turned 21 in the 90s a country music dance hall served Midori sours on their ladies drink free night. To me the cocktail reminds me of drunk women in plaid, demin and boots line dancing with plastic cups in hand. I can't drink it now without being reminded of the body odor and other club smells coming to mind.
@bryonyblues
@bryonyblues Жыл бұрын
'The Froufrou' should be the name of a cocktail!
@popkornking
@popkornking 2 жыл бұрын
I literally paused this video to make a Harvey Wallbanger when I realized I had the ingredients and I enjoyed it! it tastes like an Orange Julius! Then I came back to the video to see Greg roast the hell out of it lmao.
@ahmusj
@ahmusj 2 жыл бұрын
quick question, does your gilliano tast like licarisch or vanilla ?? Becourse suspecting its the wrong bottle that Greg got.
@popkornking
@popkornking 2 жыл бұрын
@@ahmusjVanilla, didn't know there were different kinds.
@goatcheezius2399
@goatcheezius2399 2 жыл бұрын
Speaking of that I think the lliquor is supposed to float on top rather than get shaken into the drink. And it's supposed to be just a tiny splash of it.
@judywright4241
@judywright4241 2 жыл бұрын
Funny, I still stuck with an Old Fashioned using Four Roses (when I prefer Jim Beam Black Label) while listening to this video.🥃
@WilliamPeterson-WLP
@WilliamPeterson-WLP 2 жыл бұрын
yeah i like those too. maybe too much lead in my diet.
@jayceperlmutter4317
@jayceperlmutter4317 2 жыл бұрын
Possibly the episode I've laughed at the most. Did Greg mean to imply that cocaine and cigarettes is what caused his grandma to make green beans in Jello? hahahaha
@hazama762
@hazama762 2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the lead poisoning as well!
@gnothisauton2116
@gnothisauton2116 2 жыл бұрын
I agree with many others; don’t let the haters get you down. I Love all the crazy, soul destroying episodes you are doing now. Your old shows were enjoyably informative, but the past months have been entertainingly informative. Keep it up!
@thatwiseoldbitchchannel
@thatwiseoldbitchchannel Жыл бұрын
Great show! More disco cocktails! But seriously ridiculous ones! Lol
@SadCelosia
@SadCelosia 2 жыл бұрын
Greg, I cackled WAY too hard over this episode! You also dogged literally every 70s disco dive bar drink I’ve made for parties and actually liked, so that made me laugh even harder! That said, there’s a lesser known Galliano cocktail I’ve made multiple times for friends called the Galliano Fizz and it’s been a huge success at cookouts down here! I changed the club soda to the La Croix Lemoncello flavor and the end result tastes like lemon chess squares with a hint of rosemary! You might like that one, or at least be able to use up your Galliano. Awesome video! Long time fan!
@jpking0
@jpking0 2 жыл бұрын
That is such an awesome suggestion. My inlaws have a giant tower of 50 year old Galliano that just sits and never consumed. My wife loves lemon seltzer, so I'm going to try this cocktail with the ancient now brownish orange-ish liquor. May not taste as good, but at least we may finally have a use for it now!
@devinbuettgenbach2941
@devinbuettgenbach2941 2 жыл бұрын
Results from the experiment?
@SadCelosia
@SadCelosia 2 жыл бұрын
@@devinbuettgenbach2941 I want to know how this turned out for them too! I've made this with old Galliano before as well, but at least that bottle was still yellow--not brown!
@BLoman25
@BLoman25 2 жыл бұрын
Don't ever stop being you. PLEASE! It's part of the charm of this channel. Anyone can make a drink, but we come to you for the fun you provide! Never losing anyone with any schtick or gimmick. Keep it up Greg!
@brookestone9744
@brookestone9744 2 жыл бұрын
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