Something terrible happened in this drink...

Something terrible happened in this drink... | How to Drink

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5 жыл бұрын

Was very excited to make this drink and hated it, can it be saved?
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The Ward 8 is a classic drink from way back in 1908, named for the 8th Ward of Boston and created in honor of Ward Boss Martin "the Mahatma" Lomasney. I made this drink and immediately hated it. I had other people in the room try it, reviews were mixed. Frankly, I think it tasted like an old dirty foot. So I remade it and created a drink I call a Ward 8 and A Half. Here's both
Ward 8
.25 oz. or 8 ml. Grenadine
.25 oz. or 8 ml. Orange Juice
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Lemon Juice
2 oz. or 60 ml. Rye
Shake and Pour over big Cube
Top with Seltzer
Garnish with Cherries
Ward 8 and 1/2
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Grenadine
.5 oz. or 15 ml. Lemon Juice
.25 oz. or 8 ml. blood orange
2 oz. or 60 ml. rye
one egg white
dry shake
shake with ice and strain into a coupe
garnish with a line of Angostura Bitters
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@howtodrink 5 жыл бұрын

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@cheze9733 5 жыл бұрын

The dark turn in the middle is one of my favorite moments in your show. I like the bad drink revised premise, like how babish does high concept food fixes to absurd dishes.

@markog1999 5 жыл бұрын

The slow mo of spilled spirits going into the shaker is both beautiful and painful to watch

@rhvette 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the Ward 8 failure was a case of “too much of a good thing” with a dash of too many cooks? That seems like an awful lot of citrus for just the few ounces of rye, so I imagine the citrus notes would be a bit over present. But then the 100 proof, high strength hooch that is Rittenhouse fights back, bringing in spicy, grassy notes that don’t normally play with vast quantities of citrus. Coupled with the acidic, almost bitter bite of the CO2 in the seltzer, and I can see it just being a lot of flavors all fighting each other.

@AliasUndercover 5 жыл бұрын

Oh. Rye and seltzer. I bet I found your problem right there.

@boneboy711 5 жыл бұрын

The drink was so weird it changed the music.

@alexkaplan6581 5 жыл бұрын

"If it's gonna be a whisky sour, let's make this"

@lvcsslacker 5 жыл бұрын

I added a touch of grenadine to a godfather, and I swear to god I created red nyquil.

@MasterDarkenRahl 5 жыл бұрын

I love how Greg is chipper up until the tasting, then the ominous music starts and it becomes a gritty mystery video.

@chriskarate 5 жыл бұрын

As far as I know, the purpose of the orange juice would be: old-timey orange juice was more sour and less sweet than it is today. So it would be in a recipe to imbue a tartness.

@chanvalentine8283 5 жыл бұрын

I hate it when drinks don't work out....

@Rabbachino 5 жыл бұрын

Tasting notes: mmm feet

@stephenperry779 5 жыл бұрын

The cocktail that tastes like corruption...

@senandolan4720 5 жыл бұрын

"Do you have to... do you have to let it linger?"

@eronth 5 жыл бұрын

Dude about a year ago I made a Ward 8 for the first time closely following the recipes I could find online.

@ObiTrev 5 жыл бұрын

I want more bad drinks turned good!

@tazmon122 4 жыл бұрын

hey Greg: i finally talked to my pals at Ward 8, the bar of the 4th iteration of the 8th WARD building (like a precinct for several districts clumped into 1. Boston has like 22 Wards), the drink was totally created in the Locke-ober (4th oldest American bar, French high-class style). it was created for MM Lomasney who owned the 8th WARD building in the north end.