Thanks for being honest about your opinions. So many TH-camrs seem to like every cocktail they make, so it’s refreshing to hear you saying you don’t like what you made.
I was 1:30 in and I exclaimed aloud "THAT sounds *DELICIOUS*!" It definitely is right in my wheelhouse as I am listening to this and viewing it. :) I got to the tasting and neither Glenn nor Jules cares for it one bit..... Now I am just sad. But then, I *DO* love a Negroni so perhaps all hope is not lost. Peaceful Skies
Yes, there are some vintage cocktails that in today's tastes are not great. Bitter cocktails were in vogue then, but since bitter is not a taste most Americans and Canadians have in our cuisine or drinks it makes sense. But so much fun to try these recipes.
I am surprised that they found it to be bitter with all the sweet components. It is not as if they put Aperol, or Campari in the drinks which are extremely bitter liquids. Those two I assume being not popular in the United States, or Canada for that reason.
I'm trying to figure out how these ingredients combined to create a strong bitter flavor. Every single one of these ingredients ought to contribute some degree of sweetness (granted, not actual sweetness from the cognac--but there is certain a sense of sweetness to it). Liquor itself can read as bitter, though. I guess that teamed up with the tannins in the wine, and then the pineapple's acidity cut through and put the flavor front-and-center. It still seems so odd that the sweetness didn't balance it out at all.
While each of those ingredients is sweet, each is also somewhat bitter. Perhaps there’s a synergy of rhe different bitter flavors, where the sun is greater than the parts.
The only thing that I do not like about homemade grenadine is you do not achieve the desired color in many cocktails, when using it. I would make a Ward Eight with it but the color was quite off and not appealing looking. Also depending on the recipe you may or may not make it not sweet enough, or too sweet.
I would strongly suspect the pineapple juice shoulders most of the blame. A bar in Cuba would have access to fresh pineapple juice, something far sweeter and lighter that what is available in Canada in 2024.
That would have been my first guess, but the pineapple juice sold commercially in North America is quite sweet. I was thinking maybe the port went off, not sure.
Thanks for being honest about your opinions. So many TH-camrs seem to like every cocktail they make, so it’s refreshing to hear you saying you don’t like what you made.
Brandy cocktails were very popular in the early 20th century.
This example may give us a hint about why we don’t often see them now.
The face he makes after the first sip 🤣
Oh my. That is the anti happy Glenn dance.
I was 1:30 in and I exclaimed aloud "THAT sounds *DELICIOUS*!" It definitely is right in my wheelhouse as I am listening to this and viewing it. :)
I got to the tasting and neither Glenn nor Jules cares for it one bit..... Now I am just sad.
But then, I *DO* love a Negroni so perhaps all hope is not lost.
Peaceful Skies
It sounded good until the Port was added. I loved your face! Such an honest response!
Thanks for all the wonderful videos! I wonder how that would be without the port wine...
Yes, there are some vintage cocktails that in today's tastes are not great. Bitter cocktails were in vogue then, but since bitter is not a taste most Americans and Canadians have in our cuisine or drinks it makes sense.
But so much fun to try these recipes.
I am surprised that they found it to be bitter with all the sweet components. It is not as if they put Aperol, or Campari in the drinks which are extremely bitter liquids. Those two I assume being not popular in the United States, or Canada for that reason.
When you added the Port I said to myself, I would not have used it. I believe all the rest of the ingredients would taste better together.
It's been a while since Glen had that sort of reaction! LOL
cheers! 🥂
New I can use!
Please make the Joan Bennet (on the same page as the Sloppy Joe). Or any drink made with Perfect Love liquor (Parfait Amour). Thanks in advance!
Thank you for trying this, so I don't have to.
Cuba is still crazy but in different ways now.
I’d love to go to Havana in 1933.
But my time machine doesn’t work right. It only goes forward; never in reverse.
I'm trying to figure out how these ingredients combined to create a strong bitter flavor. Every single one of these ingredients ought to contribute some degree of sweetness (granted, not actual sweetness from the cognac--but there is certain a sense of sweetness to it). Liquor itself can read as bitter, though. I guess that teamed up with the tannins in the wine, and then the pineapple's acidity cut through and put the flavor front-and-center. It still seems so odd that the sweetness didn't balance it out at all.
Pineapple can be pretty acid, that’s the only thing I can think of.
While each of those ingredients is sweet, each is also somewhat bitter. Perhaps there’s a synergy of rhe different bitter flavors, where the sun is greater than the parts.
I wonder how homemade grenadine compares to the sickly sweet, electric red stuff in the bottle. Rose's
Oh, it doesn't. Homemade is infinitely superior.
@@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Coand much more tart than grenadine
The only thing that I do not like about homemade grenadine is you do not achieve the desired color in many cocktails, when using it. I would make a Ward Eight with it but the color was quite off and not appealing looking.
Also depending on the recipe you may or may not make it not sweet enough, or too sweet.
Clarification: Sloppy Joe's reopened in 2013 after being closed for almost 50 years!
Tawny port?
That pineapple juice looked more like orange juice to me.
Taste your pineapple juice
Everything on it's own was fine.
I would strongly suspect the pineapple juice shoulders most of the blame. A bar in Cuba would have access to fresh pineapple juice, something far sweeter and lighter that what is available in Canada in 2024.
That would have been my first guess, but the pineapple juice sold commercially in North America is quite sweet. I was thinking maybe the port went off, not sure.
Moldy 😂
A "kitchen sink" Drink! 😂
Could it be too bitter because you added much more than "a few drops" of curacao?
Curaçao is made with Bitter orange peel... but isn't at all bitter. Most people would complain that it's too sweet.
So sorry! Maybe another cocktail will work better for you. Thanks. - Marilyn
I'm so disappointed. It sounded good in theory.
Something spoiled perhaps
The long pause
Sloppy Joe in Key West... probably not related
Perhaps that's why the bar is no longer there? 😂
That's so odd it's not sweet.
This didn't sound good even before you tasted it.