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As Greg gets more and more comfortable in front of a camera doing these episodes, it's getting harder to tell if he's had a few drinks or if he's just having a great time. Either way, we win.
That Townsends shoutout made me so happy. There are only three channels on TH-cam that never fail to get me excited when I see that they've uploaded a new video, and those channels are How To Drink, Townsends, and Binging with Babish. I was so happy when you appeared on the Holiday Cocktails episode on Binging with Babish, and now this? This just ties it all together for me.
As someone said, Steve1989MREInfo is a quality channel. I also really like emmymadeinjapan. She's very sweet, and her content is always very heartwarming.
The old fashioned has been a standby for me for years. I just rewatched this video, and thought "hell, why not try the demerara syrup recipe rather than the sugar cube I always use?" Wow. Excellent drink. Cheers, Greg!
I think he meant electrolytes from orange which usually hydrates 2x-3x faster compared to water, but maybe he enjoyed cocktails a little too much and said he need "electric light" instead of "electrolyte" 😅😂
loved this. My old fashioned - 1 demerara sugar cube saturated in angastora bitters, mudled into a paste at the bottom of a rocks glass. Add the ice. Pour on 3 oz of bourbon and stir for 45-60 seconds. Twist a big ribbon of orange peel over the top and then add it to the glass. Do the same with a big ribbon of lemon peel. Add 2 marachino cherries, give a final stir and serve.
Since we're on the subject of reflecting, I've been enjoying your videos for a couple of years now; and as a side note it has played no small part in upping my cocktail game. So I just wanted to thank everyone involved in front and behind the camera watching this channel evolve to where it is now has been a blast. Keep up the good work, CHEERS!
This video popped up at random in my 'suggested videos' and I've basically been binge-watching (and generally getting a whole lot of bad/great ideas) for about the last two hours. I literally can't thank you enough. Cheers!
Having grown up in Wisconsin since age 3 (30 now), I applaud you, sir. I'm just starting to get really into whiskies via The Whiskey Vault/Whiskey Tribe and those guys gave you a shout out, and for good reason. Quality stuff. Do a Wisconsin brandy old fashioned next!
Honestly you don’t even need to be older than 21 to enjoy these videos just learning the history is cool and seeing the ingredients everywhere is so satisfying especially with his fun humor
I really appreciate the shout out to Townsend. I've been watching that guy for 3 years now. I've even started grating my own nutmeg. I've only discovered this channel this week but watched about 30 videos now.
Thanks for bring up the Wisconsin Old Fashioned! I am from Wisconsin and have worked in Supper Clubs back when I was a teenager in the 90's. All my aunts and uncles drink Old Fashioneds, especially at Christmas. In Wisconsin if you order an old fashion you order it like so: "Old Fashioned" My favorite is a Brandy Old Fashioned Sweet. The other popular version is Whiskey Old Fashion Sour. I've also seen SoCo Old Fashioned Press. Sweet means to use 7-up or Sprite, Sour means to use Squirt or 50/50. Both use bitters, sugar, some people put a cherry or orange wedge in there, then muddle, then put in your spirit, ice, then either sweet or sour soda. Garnished with your choice of cherry, orange wedge, or even an olive. I've heard the History has to do with Wisconsin's mostly German heritage and their love of Brandy. At the Chicago World's Fair a lot of Wisconsinites went to discover an American made brandy. They fell in love all over again with Brandy. Yadda yadda yadda Brandy Old Fashioned
I do Christian brothers brandy, orange round, 2 neon red Maraschino cherries, orange Angostura bitters, muddle, drop in ice cubes, stir, top of with sprite. Sometimes I put in grenadine but the sprite is usually enough sweet for me. I like the bubbles as well
Waiting on the Wisconsin version of the old fashioned episode! My favorite WI version is the brandy old fashioned (with of course the muddled Luxardo cherry, orange, and bitters) pressed (half 7up half seltzer) with a Luxardo Cherry and orange for a garnish. Some people take brandy old fashioned sour with pickled mushrooms or even brussel sprouts. So many ways they are mixed here. I was so confused when I went to Florida and ordered an old fashioned and it was not what I expected 😂
No matter how diverse my interests may be, the TH-camrs that I watch on those subjects still seem to come together somehow at some point. I love that you watch Townsends!
I've been making the "Modern Old Fashioned" as described in this video for the past month. My wife and I have really been enjoying the Old Fashioned at the end of a long day, and it is just such a fantastic thing. Great recipe. It really is "Christmas in a glass."
I'm sure people say this all the time, but I cannot get enough of your set. It's divine. And I'm going to copy it for a bar I'm building in my basement some day.
Made an old fashioned tonight, on the witching hour of Christmas, with 3oz Knob Creek Smoked Maple Bourbon Whiskey, a hefty lump of granulated light brown sugar which I soaked with several dashes of Vena's Woodland Bitters (Cedar & Oak), and a twist of orange, and 3oz of water, all mixed in a mug with whiskey stones. Tastes like Christmas. Merry Christmas Greg. Salute!
As someone who has never even tasted Alcohol before (im 24) i love watching your channel, i always imagine what alcohol tastes like. The even more ironic part is that ive spent my entire adult life in restaurants and bars and can make these cocktails.
I like to lower my large pieces of ice into the glass with the spoon underneath it... That way I can slowly lower it in without it slipping, this helps prevent splashing. I never like to drop a single ounce of liqueur just because it's so sticky, and I hate cleanup.
This is quickly becoming the go-to cocktail channel on TH-cam! Your recipes are easy to follow, and your presentations are really entertaining. Well done!
I made a version of your improved whiskey cocktail, with High West Double Rye, and simple syrup ('cause I don't keep gum syrup around). The way peoples' faces light up when they taste it is priceless. I even got a "now, that's a drink!" Thanks.
Just tried this recipe with a different whiskey. High West Campfire. The smoky finish elevates the cocktail to a level I didn’t think was possible. I recommend everyone try it.
I rarely comment on videos but I enjoy your content a lot, the production, you, the education as well as humour, it's exactly like an old fashioned, comes together to make something great.
Every time I watch you splash ingredients into one of those beautiful glasses and swirl them around those giant rocks of ice in slow motion with that happy-go-lucky jazz playing in the background, it's like a time machine. The world kind of falls away and takes me back to a place in my mind that is much simpler. Like a lava lamp, only cooler. My inner hedonist thanks you profusely.
Great vid..nice and long and detailed. I personally like the old fashioned prior of madmen edition. But the secret or rather the way I was turned on to it was 2oz rye, 4-5dash bitters 1/2 oz of blue agave nectar sugar, large ice ball and lemon peel rubbed on the lip of the glass and put in the drink.
Would be cool to see an episode of bar terminology! Up, neat, with a twist, on the rocks vs rocks pour, etc etc and corresponding drinks! Could see what historic lingo was used as well?
Dude THANK YOU for putting the name of that damn movie!!! I swear it was driving me crazy I knew I'd seen it but googling "Victorian era piano player passing gas" was not bringing up any helpful results hahaha
The origin of the term 'cocktail which I've heard (no sources here; it's all hear-say) is that the term comes from the copious garnishes some bar tenders added to their drinks. Some people equated it to a rooster's or peacock's tail, showing off. The idea in this case was that a cocktail was making a drink seem fancier or more attractive, and so entice buyers.
That John Waters Old-Fashion you made was almost the exact house drink from the Bourbon Bar / Soul Food restaurant I worked at in South Baltimore... ours had maple syrup... probably paired well with the chicken & waffles... brunch was definitely our big money maker.
I dunno, I've always had good luck dissolving sugar in my old fashioned, but I use a splash of water, teaspoon of sugar, and enough ango to saturate the sugar I also try to use as little water as possible to dissolve the sugar, and then add all the other ingredients from the mid-century with the whiskey (my preference is rye) last. Important to note, I use a slice of tangelo where possible rather than a wedge of an orange, and only one luxardo cherry with a drizzle of syrup, and I DO NOT muddle them. I stir it and let it rest to, as our friend Babish puts it "Let those flavors get to know each other."
Wisconsin Old Fashion my grandfather's way: 2oz brandy of choice 2 dashes Angostura bitters Neon cherries mashed a little bit, orange wedge if you like Graf's 50/50 soda (Wisconsin thing) for a sour or 7up for a sweet version Still brings back memories of being 9 years old sitting at his basement bar!
First, I have to say how much I am enjoying your channel, and secondly, the Old Fashion my dad drank, and was served at every supper club in central-northern Wisconsin, consisted of: Brandy, Maraschino Cherries, and a bit of sprite. These look way better, thank you.
I'm 25. I was 24 when I had my first old fashioned, my first cocktail. I've had many different cocktails since then, but nothing so far has beaten my first and favorite! Shout out to Smoker's Embassy in Braselton, Georgia.
This video was very eye opening, I recently discovered I love the old fashioned after graduating from college. The drink as far as I remember (I had a few) was not heavy on the syrups and had not only whisky but also rum which is an amazing combination in my opinion. I still need to try more different varieties of the old fashioned but it is still a drink I love.
Awesome video! Yes, please do the Wisconsin Old Fashioned, I'm from Wisconsin myself and I love this drink. Also there is the sweet and sour old fashioned here in Wisconsin.
I'm loving the fact an ep, on my favourite drink, was released on my birthday. Excellent. ...Now I must go purchase the things in the "improved" drink... and an electric light fruit.
I have fun with a lot of the novelty episodes, but this is why I subscribed. I really love episodes like this, focusing on the theory and practice of mixing drinks. Needless to say, I'll write like this to encourage similar videos!
I'm looking forward to trying some of those older recipes! My at home mix tends to be: 1/2 teaspoon of sugar dissolved in 4ish dashes of bitters (maybe more, I love bitters), add a tablespoon of carbonated water and whisk with spoon until sugar is mostly dissolved, twist of orange wiped around the sides and the rim of the glass and whisked in with the sugars and bitters, 2.5ish oz of rye or bourbon (sometimes more... it's mostly eyeballed) then add a big cube and give it a stir
My mother's favorite drink is the (as you refer to it) Mid-Century Old Fashioned made with Southern Comfort and Orange bitters. And yes, she gets the cheap, neon red marachino cherries.
I just recently started adding Orange into my Old Fashioned. Of course.....I just recently learned to make an Old Fashioned. I had read you NEVER add orange or cherry, but I also read you ALWAYS add it. So I decided to keep it simple with simple syrup, Angostura Bitters, and Jim Beam. No ice. Was okay. I wasn't too impressed. I went back and tried it with Old Forester Rye 100 proof, simple syrup, and bitters and ice. Was soooo much better. Needed something. I ended up adding the orange peel 2 weeks ago, and I can't go back. This was a cool little video. Glad I stumbled on it
Fun episode! When I feel like something different I use 1/2 oz Grand marnier, 3-4 Luxardo cherries and a spoon full of luxardo cherry syrup, and about 3 oz of Bourbon or 2 oz bourbon and 1 oz rye. add ice and stir. I change it up often though.
mine is the poor college guy old fashioned : simple syrup, dashes of Jaegger, funny ice cubes (dicks ice cube tray) and jack daniels. Oh and lime peel from leftover tequila party.
@@gibson1005 ill do you one better, black velvet whiskey, a barspoon of flat coca-cola from a warm 20oz bottle, dash of hot and spicy ramen broth that's been on my counter since last night, garnish with nothing
Ty for the mention of the Wisconsin Old Fashioned. When I am back home, I forget to say Whiskey Old Fashioned and get that sweet brandy. My dad was a bartender in late 60s early 70s. He never muddled the orange/cherry, they were just garnished.
I had never heard of Demerara Syrup before. I’ve now made some and I just had the best Old Fashioned of my life. Thank you! What a huge difference that made, compared to having a bunch of sugar sitting on the bottom of the glass.
I don't know if that's heresy but I come from the school of "muddled orange and cherry" old-fashioneds, I decided to give your personal method a try but since I'm not much of a bourbon connoisseur, I went with some Islay single malt + maple syup + Angostura bitters + orange peel. Man, I am in heaven. This is a much more refined and delicious cocktail than I'm used to. I used to love "old-fashioneds" but you just made them my favorite cocktail. Cheers.
I bought my first bottle of whiskey sometime earlier this year and I chose Four Roses Single Barrel on a whim. It’s such a great bourbon and I feel like I definitely made the right choice, seeing that you enjoy it too.
Would love to see you do a “regional” how to drink episode. Wisconsin Brandy old fashioned, Kentucky Ale 8 One and bourbon, California Tommy’s Margarita, etc
Just had my first Old Fashioned with Eagle Rare 10 yr and maple syrup. Definition of heaven. I had to control myself not to make two more after finishing the first.
@@lxxwj if 50/50 is available, it's far superior to any other "sour soda". Also works pretty well for a Finnish long drink when cut by half with grapefruit juice. Even as my tastes improve, I can't deny Wisconsin's unofficial wedding appetizer.
A history lesson on what is, probably, my all-time favourite drink. Love it. I approve of your distaste of the mid-century Old Fashioned, too. I actually sent back an Old Fashioned for the first time ever when I was out to dinner about a month ago because they muddled fruit into it AND topped it up with soda water. I'll be damned if I'm gonna shell out 11 bucks for something I can make better at home. They should warn people on their cocktail menu if they're gonna do shit like that. I like to put maple syrup in mine if I'm using bourbon. I think I got that idea from a TH-cam channel that I can't quite remember the name of....hey, wait a minute.
Shop for spirits online: drink.curiada.com/
Very first Episode of HTD: th-cam.com/video/mf1ax7y0yyI/w-d-xo.html
Mid-Century Cocktail's: amzn.to/2Xd7lzb
if you're going redo some of the drinks you made in the past can we get another take on the Gin Whisper?
Listening to you Pronounce Angostura is just as pleasuring as hearing Babish Pronouncing Worcestershire
Do you prefer 4 roses bourbon for your old fashioned?
How To Drink I’m about to be 21 and I might try one of these selection for my first drink
Have you ever been told you look like The Completionist
As Greg gets more and more comfortable in front of a camera doing these episodes, it's getting harder to tell if he's had a few drinks or if he's just having a great time. Either way, we win.
I've wondered the same thing. Each episode is like drinking with a good friend.
Dutch courage?
He looks hammered already at the beginning. Slurred speech, stumbling, and slow focus gets worse over the course of the video. Hope he’s alright.
He films multiple episodes in a day.
Amen brother(or sister, I don't know you)
Watching him get progressively more drunk is hilarious.
i am not as think as you drunk i am
@@nasounicornis5834 Im too drunk to read that...
where is the video of that?
@@mattthatsme8799 did you even watch the video.....???
It is!!!
Whoever writes the "tasting notes" bit is a comedic genius.
The tasting notes are just as drunk as he is, next note will be the infinity war script.
*HIS EMINENCE*
" Love Potion #9 " lol
Agreed!
Thats my favorite part
I can not even explain how satisfying it is to watch the drinks get made
Ikr he has great edits.
+1 for plugging Townsend's
Im waiting for the crossover episode
It was great, and also shows I'm not insane for the diff channels I'm subscribed to.
All I need now is Ian @Forgotten Weapons to finish off my main 3
That Townsends shoutout made me so happy. There are only three channels on TH-cam that never fail to get me excited when I see that they've uploaded a new video, and those channels are How To Drink, Townsends, and Binging with Babish. I was so happy when you appeared on the Holiday Cocktails episode on Binging with Babish, and now this? This just ties it all together for me.
For sure! Maybe some Brad from BA and Chef John?
@@spiderwrangler4457 I'll have to check out Brad from BA. I've never heard of him. But all the others mentioned are some of my favorites.
The more people find out about my man Michael “Benjamin Franklin” Dragoo the better, I’d say
As someone said, Steve1989MREInfo is a quality channel. I also really like emmymadeinjapan. She's very sweet, and her content is always very heartwarming.
This comment section makes me happy.
Whoever is writing these tasting notes needs to get a prize. They are fantastic. "It's haunted" :D
That townsends shout out! 2:25 2 of my favorite channels!
Suddenly: **nutmeg appears**
I swear that deer gets angrier the longer I watch the video.
Its some god awful taxidermy ill tell you that much!
@IronBat but it smirks a bit, if you look closer to the right cheek of the deer ;)
Laughing sooo hard!!
The old fashioned has been a standby for me for years. I just rewatched this video, and thought "hell, why not try the demerara syrup recipe rather than the sugar cube I always use?" Wow. Excellent drink. Cheers, Greg!
If the drink you like is in the glass and all over the bar then you did it right.
The final 15 seconds was like watching evolution go backwards. Still.... could be worse.
More of these deep-dives please.
Lol. “Electric lights”. “Townsend’s would love it”. What a perfect end to the week.
I think he meant electrolytes from orange which usually hydrates 2x-3x faster compared to water, but maybe he enjoyed cocktails a little too much and said he need "electric light" instead of "electrolyte" 😅😂
@@Noah-wv4td that's a big assumption. If literally everyone was using "normal" sense then the president might be some "normal" or better person IMO.
"I need these fluids, the electric lights"
How to drink - 2019
1. Fluids
2. ????
3. Electric lights!
I feel like there was something that we missed in the middle there ;D ;D
haha yesss. I was looking for this
Greg: "Oh shit"
Greg: Demolishes orange
“I need these fluids, these electric lights”
MostLikelyMortal Priceless. I almost had my Manhattan come out my nose
Yep. That was great.
Especially after complaining about orange juce taste.
MostLikelyMortal that was pretty hysterical
Yup... was looking for this quote!
Takes a sip. Holds the glass as far away as possible. Pause. Descriptive assassination of the cocktail!
Tasting notes Robot is getting sassier every episode.
I know this is a few months old, but that "Oh sh*t!" thing you did over the orange is what I do when I'm having a boozed good-time and see a snack.
loved this.
My old fashioned - 1 demerara sugar cube saturated in angastora bitters, mudled into a paste at the bottom of a rocks glass. Add the ice. Pour on 3 oz of bourbon and stir for 45-60 seconds. Twist a big ribbon of orange peel over the top and then add it to the glass. Do the same with a big ribbon of lemon peel. Add 2 marachino cherries, give a final stir and serve.
Since we're on the subject of reflecting, I've been enjoying your videos for a couple of years now; and as a side note it has played no small part in upping my cocktail game. So I just wanted to thank everyone involved in front and behind the camera watching this channel evolve to where it is now has been a blast. Keep up the good work, CHEERS!
This video popped up at random in my 'suggested videos' and I've basically been binge-watching (and generally getting a whole lot of bad/great ideas) for about the last two hours.
I literally can't thank you enough. Cheers!
Thank you!
Same but on the rocks with a twist of quarantine. What is 2020?
Having grown up in Wisconsin since age 3 (30 now), I applaud you, sir. I'm just starting to get really into whiskies via The Whiskey Vault/Whiskey Tribe and those guys gave you a shout out, and for good reason. Quality stuff. Do a Wisconsin brandy old fashioned next!
Honestly you don’t even need to be older than 21 to enjoy these videos just learning the history is cool and seeing the ingredients everywhere is so satisfying especially with his fun humor
HA 21!
I really appreciate the shout out to Townsend. I've been watching that guy for 3 years now. I've even started grating my own nutmeg. I've only discovered this channel this week but watched about 30 videos now.
Recently had an elderflower, bourbon based old fashioned. Best drink I’ve ever had. Thank you for going through the history of this delicious drink.
"Townsends would love it"
You somehow found a way to get even cooler
Thanks for bring up the Wisconsin Old Fashioned! I am from Wisconsin and have worked in Supper Clubs back when I was a teenager in the 90's. All my aunts and uncles drink Old Fashioneds, especially at Christmas.
In Wisconsin if you order an old fashion you order it like so:
"Old Fashioned"
My favorite is a Brandy Old Fashioned Sweet. The other popular version is Whiskey Old Fashion Sour. I've also seen SoCo Old Fashioned Press.
Sweet means to use 7-up or Sprite, Sour means to use Squirt or 50/50. Both use bitters, sugar, some people put a cherry or orange wedge in there, then muddle, then put in your spirit, ice, then either sweet or sour soda. Garnished with your choice of cherry, orange wedge, or even an olive.
I've heard the History has to do with Wisconsin's mostly German heritage and their love of Brandy. At the Chicago World's Fair a lot of Wisconsinites went to discover an American made brandy. They fell in love all over again with Brandy. Yadda yadda yadda Brandy Old Fashioned
I do Christian brothers brandy, orange round, 2 neon red Maraschino cherries, orange Angostura bitters, muddle, drop in ice cubes, stir, top of with sprite. Sometimes I put in grenadine but the sprite is usually enough sweet for me. I like the bubbles as well
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched this. A wonderful example of the oral history of my favorite cocktail.
Waiting on the Wisconsin version of the old fashioned episode! My favorite WI version is the brandy old fashioned (with of course the muddled Luxardo cherry, orange, and bitters) pressed (half 7up half seltzer) with a Luxardo Cherry and orange for a garnish.
Some people take brandy old fashioned sour with pickled mushrooms or even brussel sprouts.
So many ways they are mixed here. I was so confused when I went to Florida and ordered an old fashioned and it was not what I expected 😂
"This smells like rome is burning" So, a nice note of burning wood and human flesh?
Electric lights orange at the end killed me. 😆
No matter how diverse my interests may be, the TH-camrs that I watch on those subjects still seem to come together somehow at some point. I love that you watch Townsends!
Back again for another watch. I love this guy.
I've been making the "Modern Old Fashioned" as described in this video for the past month. My wife and I have really been enjoying the Old Fashioned at the end of a long day, and it is just such a fantastic thing. Great recipe. It really is "Christmas in a glass."
I got really excited when I saw the length of this video! Also, your tasting notes are EVERYTHING!
19:39 I know that exact “oh shit” feeling when you’re drunk and see food
I've loved this channel for many moons, but the Townsend's shoutout at 2:30 might be my favorite nerdy TH-cam channel crossover moment to date.
I'm sure people say this all the time, but I cannot get enough of your set. It's divine.
And I'm going to copy it for a bar I'm building in my basement some day.
Made an old fashioned tonight, on the witching hour of Christmas, with 3oz Knob Creek Smoked Maple Bourbon Whiskey, a hefty lump of granulated light brown sugar which I soaked with several dashes of Vena's Woodland Bitters (Cedar & Oak), and a twist of orange, and 3oz of water, all mixed in a mug with whiskey stones. Tastes like Christmas. Merry Christmas Greg. Salute!
"Nutmeg mating". The tasting notes are delightful in and of themselves.
As someone who has never even tasted Alcohol before (im 24) i love watching your channel, i always imagine what alcohol tastes like. The even more ironic part is that ive spent my entire adult life in restaurants and bars and can make these cocktails.
....mkay
I love the fact that practically everything he says is corrected by the editor lmao. Great vid man, love your stuff
I like to lower my large pieces of ice into the glass with the spoon underneath it... That way I can slowly lower it in without it slipping, this helps prevent splashing. I never like to drop a single ounce of liqueur just because it's so sticky, and I hate cleanup.
This is quickly becoming the go-to cocktail channel on TH-cam! Your recipes are easy to follow, and your presentations are really entertaining. Well done!
Gotta love the deep dive on the Old Fashioned. Would love more re-visits on some of the older videos.
20 minute how to drink video? Yes please!
I made a version of your improved whiskey cocktail, with High West Double Rye, and simple syrup ('cause I don't keep gum syrup around). The way peoples' faces light up when they taste it is priceless. I even got a "now, that's a drink!" Thanks.
Spotting the orange and just going full on "i need this in me" was the chef kiss on this episode
Just tried this recipe with a different whiskey. High West Campfire. The smoky finish elevates the cocktail to a level I didn’t think was possible. I recommend everyone try it.
I rarely comment on videos but I enjoy your content a lot, the production, you, the education as well as humour, it's exactly like an old fashioned, comes together to make something great.
When he takes the slow mow close ups of him pouring the ingredients into the cup I amazed any of it makes into the cup like half of it is spilled.
i could make a drink channel with all the booze you spill. also that is a hell of an ice cube.
Every time I watch you splash ingredients into one of those beautiful glasses and swirl them around those giant rocks of ice in slow motion with that happy-go-lucky jazz playing in the background, it's like a time machine. The world kind of falls away and takes me back to a place in my mind that is much simpler.
Like a lava lamp, only cooler.
My inner hedonist thanks you profusely.
Great vid..nice and long and detailed. I personally like the old fashioned prior of madmen edition. But the secret or rather the way I was turned on to it was 2oz rye, 4-5dash bitters 1/2 oz of blue agave nectar sugar, large ice ball and lemon peel rubbed on the lip of the glass and put in the drink.
Would be cool to see an episode of bar terminology! Up, neat, with a twist, on the rocks vs rocks pour, etc etc and corresponding drinks! Could see what historic lingo was used as well?
Thank you for the Amadeus reference. Nobody gives that movie enough love.
Dude THANK YOU for putting the name of that damn movie!!! I swear it was driving me crazy I knew I'd seen it but googling "Victorian era piano player passing gas" was not bringing up any helpful results hahaha
The origin of the term 'cocktail which I've heard (no sources here; it's all hear-say) is that the term comes from the copious garnishes some bar tenders added to their drinks. Some people equated it to a rooster's or peacock's tail, showing off. The idea in this case was that a cocktail was making a drink seem fancier or more attractive, and so entice buyers.
I love your channel ! It is the right balance of education and pure entertainment . It's like spending time with friends .
That John Waters Old-Fashion you made was almost the exact house drink from the Bourbon Bar / Soul Food restaurant I worked at in South Baltimore... ours had maple syrup... probably paired well with the chicken & waffles... brunch was definitely our big money maker.
I dunno, I've always had good luck dissolving sugar in my old fashioned, but I use a splash of water, teaspoon of sugar, and enough ango to saturate the sugar
I also try to use as little water as possible to dissolve the sugar, and then add all the other ingredients from the mid-century with the whiskey (my preference is rye) last.
Important to note, I use a slice of tangelo where possible rather than a wedge of an orange, and only one luxardo cherry with a drizzle of syrup, and I DO NOT muddle them. I stir it and let it rest to, as our friend Babish puts it "Let those flavors get to know each other."
Wisconsin Old Fashion my grandfather's way:
2oz brandy of choice
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Neon cherries mashed a little bit, orange wedge if you like
Graf's 50/50 soda (Wisconsin thing) for a sour or 7up for a sweet version
Still brings back memories of being 9 years old sitting at his basement bar!
I haven't had 50/50 in ages, damn that brings back memories of playing billiards with my cousins at my grandparents' house; fun times. :)
Solid mix, my dude.
One of my favourite channels. Especially love the "Aw-renj" pronunciation of orange.
First, I have to say how much I am enjoying your channel, and secondly, the Old Fashion my dad drank, and was served at every supper club in central-northern Wisconsin, consisted of: Brandy, Maraschino Cherries, and a bit of sprite. These look way better, thank you.
I'm 25. I was 24 when I had my first old fashioned, my first cocktail. I've had many different cocktails since then, but nothing so far has beaten my first and favorite!
Shout out to Smoker's Embassy in Braselton, Georgia.
This video was very eye opening, I recently discovered I love the old fashioned after graduating from college. The drink as far as I remember (I had a few) was not heavy on the syrups and had not only whisky but also rum which is an amazing combination in my opinion. I still need to try more different varieties of the old fashioned but it is still a drink I love.
Awesome video! Yes, please do the Wisconsin Old Fashioned, I'm from Wisconsin myself and I love this drink. Also there is the sweet and sour old fashioned here in Wisconsin.
Townsend's and Dragon Ball Z reference, Greg you're on a roll.
Thanks for the Divine intervention, lol
Stephen Boswell morrowind Nob Bruntly?
Don't forget about Monty Python and Will Ferrell SNL! Or I guess the Taste Notes Bot gets credit for those.
I'm loving the fact an ep, on my favourite drink, was released on my birthday.
Excellent.
...Now I must go purchase the things in the "improved" drink... and an electric light fruit.
I have fun with a lot of the novelty episodes, but this is why I subscribed. I really love episodes like this, focusing on the theory and practice of mixing drinks. Needless to say, I'll write like this to encourage similar videos!
Always blows my mind when a channel I follow references another channel - I never imagined you would know about townsends lmao
Great video as always
You seriously deserve your own television show. Absolutely love all that you do man! Keep it up!
Love the townsends, awesome content, great video.
Whoever edits these videos needs a raise. Very entertaining between the host and sassy comments
I made my own orange simple syrup for these and it worked beautifully.
"I NEED THESE ELECTRIC LIGHTS"
I'm looking forward to trying some of those older recipes! My at home mix tends to be: 1/2 teaspoon of sugar dissolved in 4ish dashes of bitters (maybe more, I love bitters), add a tablespoon of carbonated water and whisk with spoon until sugar is mostly dissolved, twist of orange wiped around the sides and the rim of the glass and whisked in with the sugars and bitters, 2.5ish oz of rye or bourbon (sometimes more... it's mostly eyeballed) then add a big cube and give it a stir
My mother's favorite drink is the (as you refer to it) Mid-Century Old Fashioned made with Southern Comfort and Orange bitters. And yes, she gets the cheap, neon red marachino cherries.
I just recently started adding Orange into my Old Fashioned. Of course.....I just recently learned to make an Old Fashioned. I had read you NEVER add orange or cherry, but I also read you ALWAYS add it. So I decided to keep it simple with simple syrup, Angostura Bitters, and Jim Beam. No ice. Was okay. I wasn't too impressed. I went back and tried it with Old Forester Rye 100 proof, simple syrup, and bitters and ice. Was soooo much better. Needed something. I ended up adding the orange peel 2 weeks ago, and I can't go back. This was a cool little video. Glad I stumbled on it
Fun episode!
When I feel like something different I use 1/2 oz Grand marnier, 3-4 Luxardo cherries and a spoon full of luxardo cherry syrup, and about 3 oz of Bourbon or 2 oz bourbon and 1 oz rye. add ice and stir. I change it up often though.
The best drink ever created 😊 BTW love love love that you've fully incorporated the tasting notes.
The only possible way to make a proper old fashioned is to make your own and then tell everyone about it.
mine is the poor college guy old fashioned : simple syrup, dashes of Jaegger, funny ice cubes (dicks ice cube tray) and jack daniels. Oh and lime peel from leftover tequila party.
@@gibson1005 ill do you one better, black velvet whiskey, a barspoon of flat coca-cola from a warm 20oz bottle, dash of hot and spicy ramen broth that's been on my counter since last night, garnish with nothing
I'll do you all one better. Sing Sing terlet wine. Three packets of sweetner. And Teriyaki sauce as the bitters.
Love the passiv agressiv tasting notes
Ty for the mention of the Wisconsin Old Fashioned. When I am back home, I forget to say Whiskey Old Fashioned and get that sweet brandy.
My dad was a bartender in late 60s early 70s. He never muddled the orange/cherry, they were just garnished.
I had never heard of Demerara Syrup before. I’ve now made some and I just had the best Old Fashioned of my life. Thank you!
What a huge difference that made, compared to having a bunch of sugar sitting on the bottom of the glass.
Get those electriclights
You just KNOW it's gonna be a good one once he starts recreating his earlier stuffs :3
Nice Townsends plug with the nutmeg!
I don't know if that's heresy but I come from the school of "muddled orange and cherry" old-fashioneds, I decided to give your personal method a try but since I'm not much of a bourbon connoisseur, I went with some Islay single malt + maple syup + Angostura bitters + orange peel. Man, I am in heaven. This is a much more refined and delicious cocktail than I'm used to. I used to love "old-fashioneds" but you just made them my favorite cocktail. Cheers.
Wait a second... 2:30 - was not expecting one of my favorite culinary channels to namedrop another one of my favorites. Nice.
The ending is so good. Drunk Greg is the best greg
I bought my first bottle of whiskey sometime earlier this year and I chose Four Roses Single Barrel on a whim. It’s such a great bourbon and I feel like I definitely made the right choice, seeing that you enjoy it too.
Would love to see you do a “regional” how to drink episode. Wisconsin Brandy old fashioned, Kentucky Ale 8 One and bourbon, California Tommy’s Margarita, etc
That stir at 13:20 was legendary, I'm so clunky at stirring with bar spoons myself
Just had my first Old Fashioned with Eagle Rare 10 yr and maple syrup. Definition of heaven. I had to control myself not to make two more after finishing the first.
As a Wisconsin native and bartender, I would LOVE to see a video about the Wisconsin old fashioned.
YAAAAAAAASSS!! I was just watching waiting for him to introduced the Wisconsin Old Fashioned.
thats basically what the "mid-century" old fashioned is, except you use crushed ice and top with sprite or squirt depending on taste
@@lxxwj if 50/50 is available, it's far superior to any other "sour soda". Also works pretty well for a Finnish long drink when cut by half with grapefruit juice. Even as my tastes improve, I can't deny Wisconsin's unofficial wedding appetizer.
It HAS to be made with brandy too
Still though in Wisconsin if you ask for an old fashioned you'll be getting whiskey or bourbon unless specified
Love when you go all history buff on us!
A history lesson on what is, probably, my all-time favourite drink. Love it.
I approve of your distaste of the mid-century Old Fashioned, too. I actually sent back an Old Fashioned for the first time ever when I was out to dinner about a month ago because they muddled fruit into it AND topped it up with soda water. I'll be damned if I'm gonna shell out 11 bucks for something I can make better at home. They should warn people on their cocktail menu if they're gonna do shit like that.
I like to put maple syrup in mine if I'm using bourbon. I think I got that idea from a TH-cam channel that I can't quite remember the name of....hey, wait a minute.
I am quite sure a seat in your home bar would be a most excellent place to be :-)
Was it at a college bar or something? That sounds miserable
Just made myself the modern take on the old fashioned! Love coming back to this vid for inspiration every couple of weeks