Worlds Most Underrated Cocktails? (Don't give up on these!)

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Today I thought it would be fun to focus on cocktails which I believe to be severely underrated. One of the many lessons I’ve learned over the years, and somewhat disappointingly, that which becomes popular on the internet isn’t always very good and that which is very good Is VERY VERY often ignored by the internet. So today let’s look at some very overlooked cocktails featuring an often overlooked spirit and see if we can’t give these drinks and this spirit their just desserts.
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00:00 That which is popular on the Internet...
01:48 Army & Navy
02:52 Tasty Poo
03:19 Recipe
03:29 Saturn
04:50 Taste it
05:10 Recipe
05:16 Self Starter
06:00 Tasting
06:34 Recipe
06:41 Quick & Dirty Stirred Gimlet
07:23 Tasting Notes
07:52 Recipe
08:05 Pro Tip
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Recipes
Army & Navy
2oz (60ml) Gin
3/4oz (22ml) Lemon
3/4oz (22ml) Orgeat
2 Ddashes Angostura Bitters
Saturn
1 1/4oz (37.5ml) Gin
1/2oz (15ml) Lemon Juice
1/2oz (15ml) Passionfruit Syrup
1/4oz (7.5ml) Falernum
1/4oz (7.5ml) Orgeat
Lime Peel and Cherry Garnish
Self Starter
1 1/2oz (45ml) London Dry Gin
1oz (30ml) Lillet Blanc
1/2oz (15ml) Apricot Liqueur
2 Dashes Absinthe
Lemon Twist
Quick & Dirty Stirred Gimlet
1 1/2oz (45ml) Gin
1/2oz (15ml) Cocchi Americano
1oz (30ml) Quick & Dirty Lime Cordial
Quick & Dirty Lime cordial: mix 50/50 by weight Lime Juice and caster sugar

Пікірлер: 122

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

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@anadrol9934 Жыл бұрын

I'm French, you don't read the C in Lillet Blanc ! Amazing video like always :)

@TheNotConnor Жыл бұрын

For anyone who likes the Army & Navy, I'd also highly recommend the similiar Hotel Georgia cocktail from here in Vancouver! 2 oz gin, 1 oz lemon juice, 1/2 oz orgeat, 8 drops orange blossom water (I usually sub this out for 2 dashes orange bitters) and egg white. Very refreshing and sour, the egg white is a great addition and some variations call for grated nutmeg on top which is great too

@BrandonTheBard Жыл бұрын

The Saturn has been the reigning champ of my tiki parties this year. Such a crowd pleaser.

@edwardreiff8786 Жыл бұрын

The fact that you have held multiple tiki parties this year makes you the reigning champ of this comment section.

@BrandonTheBard Жыл бұрын

@@edwardreiff8786 haha it’s only been 2. But still, been a good tiki season so far!

@smelfungus Жыл бұрын

The Army & Navy is one of my mainstays ever since I saw a recipe for it on my orgeat bottle. Checks all the boxes: simple to make, versatile ingredients that I can use for plenty of other things, and tastes incredible. Great choice.

@lewismaclean8849 Жыл бұрын

Instantly liked before even watching. Definitely going to add these to my summer drinking list.

@fr3d611 Жыл бұрын

it's lunchtime here in Portugal and was watching your video. After seeing the recipe for Army & Navy and noticing that i had all the ingredients, i decided to make me one. My god its a great cocktail! I never heard of it before but it is so tasty and with complex flavours. Thanks again Leandro for sharing your knowledge with us, i have learned a lot from you. Cheers

@PedroLeon-uh3pe Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I’ve bartended back in the day, so lately my home drinks have gone stale. This video changed that for me. Very different, but so good!

@christinecamley Жыл бұрын

Leandro I would very happily make and enjoy all of these cocktails! Thank you for making me aware of a couple that I have never had! I have never had an Army and Navy and I don't know why I haven't! The same goes for the Saturn! I do like dry bitter cocktails but this one looks like I would enjoy it! I am so excited to make The Self Starter!! I know I will love it!! I adore gin as a spirit and these cocktails all sound fabulous! Exciting! You rock!! Have a wonderful day! Cheers! 🙂

@jmelleens Жыл бұрын

One thing I love about cocktails is that I have been swapping out ingredients for a while, and never knew what the new creation was called. There was a time when I was so lazy to make simple syrup, but had plenty of orgeat in hand, that I just started subbing it into any sour I made - today I learned that the gin version is called the Army&Navy. The more you know, I guess.I really appreciate this channel also giving some new recipes for me almost every time!

@gordianstimm Жыл бұрын

the joy and love that you feel for making cocktails and sharing your knowledge comes across so clearly in this episode :))

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

Thanks! ❤️

@RolfReibach Жыл бұрын

True words! I went to the bar Baton Rouge in Madrid and had a "Mindless Soul" there. A sherry, amaro, mezcal + bitters drink. It was crazy good but I could not find it anywhere on the internet.

@wineguy9017 Жыл бұрын

Some of my favorites from earlier shows. All terrific. Thanks for the reminders. I just picked up an Old Tom Gin. Any suggestions with these vs London Dry?

@bob___ Жыл бұрын

After watching this video, I made the Self Starter, and I agree that it's a very nice drink. My new favorite cocktail has recently been a 2:1 Martini made with Lillet Blanc instead of vermouth. In that drink, I find that a less juniper forward gin (I've settled on Aviation) works best. But for this drink, I followed the recipe and used a London dry gin, and that was the right move. You need a London dry gin to stand up to the apricot liqueur and absinthe in this drink. Thanks for this. As for whether the self starter is a before- or after-dinner drink, I think it's an after-dinner drink, because it's noticeably sweet.

@TheSpiritoftheCocktail Жыл бұрын

LEANDRO!!! Great video!! All of these look awesome!!! One drink that I think everyone in the world should try is the "Exit Strategy". So underrated!!! CHEERS!!!!

@cobylyons4439 Жыл бұрын

What. No recipe?!😆

@markusrichert5441 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff. The Army and navy is also one of my favorites. The orgeat really tames the citrus down and the spice from the bitters......i would call it my favorite sour.

@tularjaggs334 Жыл бұрын

I'll make it with chocolate bitters, great drink.

@psychonautilus8075 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your work here. The Army and Navy and the Saturn are really gorgeous. Greetings from overseas

@c.s.660 Жыл бұрын

Long Time Follower and your Videos are always Great. Do you have a Passion Fruit syrup recipe ?

@deanarmstrong8185 Жыл бұрын

Great video and tempting cocktails! Will try! Regarding citrus, have you had any experience with limes or lemons sprayed with the Apeel (tm) coating? It is a synthetic attempt to extend the shelf life of some produce and cannot be washed off. It is designed to be permanent. Regardless of the health concerns I’m curious if the peeling will express oils in a natural way. Is it safe for flaming? Just now hitting the major markets I’m curious if consumers will see a difference in the performance of their fruit? Citrus is more than just what’s inside it. Food for thought 😊

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

Nah I don’t. I go out of my way to get local produce and organic or pesticide free

@UlyssesEverettMcGill Жыл бұрын

My local bar here in Chicago makes an excellent Army & Navy, so I would've never considered it underrated. Glad to see it get some recognition!

@DavePruett Жыл бұрын

Can you share the name of the bar with a fellow Chicagoan?

@UlyssesEverettMcGill Жыл бұрын

@@DavePruett Bucktown Pub located in (shocker) Bucktown.

@DavePruett Жыл бұрын

@@UlyssesEverettMcGill Thanks!

@brock2thelee Жыл бұрын

Army & Navy is fantastic. I introduced this to my wife recently and it’s one of her new favorites.

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

One of my favorites of all time

@jef3hi Жыл бұрын

The Saturn is one of my favorites, so good

@jgb0017 Жыл бұрын

Never tried any of these. I’ll check them out!

@brads4668 Жыл бұрын

I love the Army & Navy, sub 0.5 oz of the gin for Disaronno sometimes

@billbrydon3725 Жыл бұрын

I don't know why, but when you said you might have a Self Starter for dinner, it made me wonder about batching drinks. Do you have any opinions and advice for when make a pitcher of something works and doesn't work?

@AngryCocktails Жыл бұрын

Nice selection of drinks

@nicholaschau9127 Жыл бұрын

Yes!!!! Never enough gin content!

@dariorosales4123 Жыл бұрын

Bro your videos help led me land a bartender gig at a premier fine dining restaurant 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🦾 you the man bro 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

@subcomandantetroncos6914 Жыл бұрын

In Europe at the moment gin is like THE spirit! I don't like gin but it's funny to hear you say that it's an overlooked spirit, here it is EVERYWHERE! and anyone who wants to get into the business of either mixing or brewing is going with gin. Nice drinks, thanks for your channel I love it.

@mr-vet Жыл бұрын

I love gin in cocktails…but don’t use it often…my go-to spirit is rum. That being said, I make a gin cocktail with 2 oz of a good gin, 2 oz of pineapple juice, 1 oz of fresh lime juice, 1/2 oz of grenadine, shake with ice for 10-15 seconds and strain into your choice of glassware (that holds 6-8 oz-small coupe and martini glasses are a bit too small for this cocktail).

@jeffreybrewster4345 Жыл бұрын

The Army Navy sounds great. I'll try that when I get home

@Default78334 Жыл бұрын

Scrubbing with some coarse salt also helps get the wax coating off of citrus.

@victorgavrilenko4132 Жыл бұрын

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@trissst474 Жыл бұрын

Wish to taste Saturn, but velvet falernum is really a rear thing, and of course Army and Navy remember me so nice cocktail Royal Hawaiian recommend it to try such tiki gin cocktail

@butopiatoo Жыл бұрын

i've wondered about wax or some protective coating, but if you scrub it, don't you lose the oil in the rind? I'm confused how to properly do this.

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

Not if you scrub it gently with a veggie brush. Or buy organic with no wax coating but ALWAYS was your fruit!

@timhayes8509 Жыл бұрын

where did the Quick and dirty lime cordial recipe originate from? I can't find anything online about it other than on your website

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

I made up the quick and dirty lime cordial based on a recipe given to me by another bartender who I worked with

@jonathanthomas8736 Жыл бұрын

Harry Craddock would have been using the original Lillet Blanc in the Self Starter, which had quinine in it. Cocchi Americano would be a closer approximation (unless you were going to do a quinine tincture to add to your Lillet).

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

I know a lot of people say this. I’ve heard it a lot over the years but my question is that if the old Lillet was discontinued then how would anyone know if Cocchi Americano is a closer approximation??? Wouldn’t you have had to try both to make a statement like that or is everyone just imagining that’s the truth based on how they both taste today?

@jonathanthomas8736 Жыл бұрын

@TheEducatedBarfly fair question. Because the formula changed in 1982, and there are living people who've had both, most of whom agree Cocchi is the replacement.

@seanammon6993 11 ай бұрын

Self Starter sounds like something I would love. Gonna have to try it at my bar

@MrDanielEarle Жыл бұрын

My parents are members of the Army Navy Country Club. I need to see if it's still on the menu!!

@paulc1173 Жыл бұрын

No questions…. Just great material (vid)

@mr-vet Жыл бұрын

Great cocktails!

@LunchBreakAngler Жыл бұрын

Love a good Saturn!

@urbanmyth169 Жыл бұрын

Try adding an egg white to a Saturn and serve it in a coupe.

@yoavoren2 Жыл бұрын

Army and navy is one of my favorite. I also make a mexican versiin with tequila and mezcal instead of the gin

@TheSpiritoftheCocktail Жыл бұрын

YESSSSS!!!! Leandro does flair!!!! Now, we're talking!!!

@christinecamley Жыл бұрын

TIM!!! These all sound amazing!! I have to make The Self Starter immediately!! I hope you are super well friend!! Have an awesome day!! 🙂

@TheSpiritoftheCocktail Жыл бұрын

@@christinecamley CHRISTINE!!! That Self Starter is def on my list!!! Happy Thursday to you!!!

@christinecamley Жыл бұрын

@@TheSpiritoftheCocktail Right on friend!! Thanks for your kind reply!! Cheers!!! 🙂

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

You guys are cute!

@christinecamley Жыл бұрын

@@TheEducatedBarfly We are buddies!! Thanks Leandro!! 🙂

@80Entreri Жыл бұрын

Velvet Falernum is impossible to find here. Is there something I can use instead-ish?

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

it doesn't have to be velvet falernum. other falmernuns can work too. can you get ahold of any ither falernums?

@80Entreri Жыл бұрын

@The Educated Barfly The Bitter Truth Golden Falernum Spiced Rum Liqueur is available actually. Would that be an OK substitute?

@27dcx Жыл бұрын

One cocktail I think is severely underrated is the B&B (benedictine and brandy) so simple and has no right to be as good as it is being a 2 ingredient + twist drink.

@miquelsubira3076 Жыл бұрын

American beauty is a very underrated one! Try it

@MixingUpTiki Жыл бұрын

The Saturn is an Excellent!! Cocktail and should never be passed up.

@peterforrest9865 Жыл бұрын

This we assuredly be my new specs for a Saturn!

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

let us know what you think!

@brandonp7503 Жыл бұрын

Regular gimlets always seem imbalanced to me. Am I doing something wrong? Am I crazy? Is the stirred gimlet more balanced with that slight addition?

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

I’d have to taste the gimlets you’re drinking but the drinks I make I think are pretty well balanced

@retronartz1268 Жыл бұрын

I’ve made thousands of gimlets but never thought to add a bit of cocchi… interesting.

@evanhayes5891 Жыл бұрын

Did you mean swapping the simple for orgeat in the Army And Navy?

@bkpope Жыл бұрын

What brand of orgeat are you using in this video?

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

For this one I’m using liquid Alchemist amzn.to/3pyBCLk I also make my own thought (ps that’s a sponsored link)

@zachs6231 Жыл бұрын

Yo cool zia tattoo! Any roots to New Mexico??

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

Nah it’s there for personal reasons

@modestus4178 Жыл бұрын

How old are you, Leandro? 🤔 (…”higher age bracket”)🍹🍸

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

🤔

@sweetshaveta Жыл бұрын

I am excited to try The Self Starter! But I have never tried or used absinthe. Is there any particular one you recommend I get? Thanks!

@MrMoney331 Жыл бұрын

Don't think I ever made the Saturn for some reason. Need to make/get some Orgeat!

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

We've made it like 3 times on this channel.... what's taken so long?

@MrMoney331 Жыл бұрын

@@TheEducatedBarfly Uhhh laziness.

@MrMoney331 Жыл бұрын

Need to do that quick Orgeat recipe. Cause man I haven't had a Mai Tai in awhile!

@bcramer3787 Жыл бұрын

I counted 4 dash of bitters in your Army & Navy cocktail.

@mrmoss8814 Жыл бұрын

Japanese bitters bottle so you need to do double

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

Japanese bitter dashers dispense 1/2 the dash a regular bottle would so need to double the dash

@z213x95 Жыл бұрын

I love paying for KZfaq premium to watch 2 minute long advertisements at the start of videos. I am never watching another video from this channel

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

If you like the content then doing what we need to do to actually make a living shouldn’t bother you. KZfaq ad revenue isn’t enough to live on, but hey. You do you

@z213x95 Жыл бұрын

@The Educated Barfly awful reply. Thanks for confirming I should avoid this channel.

@tedbonnot8910 Жыл бұрын

as a gin hater and rum enthusiast i cant help but roll my eyes a little when i see a saturn on a menu. like im into tiki to get way from gin please spare me 😩 lol

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

Every single person who says they hate gin just makes me thing they haven’t had the right drink to convert them

@robertgrenader858 Жыл бұрын

Is there a substitute for the Cocci?

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

Lillet would be a good sub

@robertgrenader858 Жыл бұрын

@@TheEducatedBarfly Perfect. That I have available in my bar.

@roebucksruin Жыл бұрын

Tell me about that passionfruit syrup?

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

Equal parts passionfruit purée and sugar by weight

@roebucksruin Жыл бұрын

@@TheEducatedBarfly thanks!

@tino768 Жыл бұрын

And yet you forgot the most underrated cocktail of 'em all, the always refreshing 7 & 7.

@AndresRicha 3 күн бұрын

whats the point of making cordial rather than just lime juice and SS.

@TheEducatedBarfly 3 күн бұрын

There’s usually a little more to cordial than just premixed simple and juice

@timoncellobar Жыл бұрын

The Saturn is not entirely rum free tho, since the falernum is rum based ;)

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

Yeah yeah but it’s not rum based that’s the point 😂

@slimpunk Жыл бұрын

The Saturn is widely considered the best non-rum tiki cocktail, so I’m not sure it’s underrated or overrated. It is perfectly rated.

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

And yet it’s not as famous as say the Mai Tai, zombie or any number of other drinks. Is it perfectly rated? Really? I dunno

@MrMoney331 Жыл бұрын

Oh man our boy can Juggle!!!

@Peanutbutterviolin Жыл бұрын

All Gin Drink

@Rooshman Жыл бұрын

"I'm drunk right now ..."

@ds4379 Жыл бұрын

Skál! (first comment) FØ

@elboxeo403 Жыл бұрын

Cordial without zest ? Hmmmm

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

I did say quick and dirty did I not? 😂

@elboxeo403 Жыл бұрын

@@TheEducatedBarfly Good point 🤭Cheers

@vindictivemage Жыл бұрын

Saturn is the exact opposite of overlooked and you know it, why it was even selected here? Every second post on tiki subreddit is a Saturn....

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

In the very small world of tiki enthusiasts it may not be overlooked but in the larger cocktail community it most definitely is

@rwhite28 Жыл бұрын

I promise you the T is pronounced in Orgeat...please stop saying "Orja"!

@TheEducatedBarfly Жыл бұрын

No I won’t

@JimVincent Жыл бұрын

Bought gin for trying a Saturn recently, but no one sells falernum around here. Tired of my local stores having no tiki options.

@theblobfish9614 Жыл бұрын

How is gin underrated??