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  • @howtodrink
    @howtodrink  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

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    • @imightbebiased9311
      @imightbebiased9311 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So, what is edible glitter made out of? According to the FDA: "Common ingredients in edible glitter or dust include sugar, acacia (gum arabic), maltodextrin, cornstarch, and color additives specifically approved for food use, including mica-based pearlescent pigments." I think the part you're curious about is the mica-based pearlescent stuff.
      However, mica is not generally safe to eat. The only reason the FDA allows it in this case is because you're going to get a very tiny amount of it. Additionally, there's a vague warning from the FDA to only use edible glitter that states it is "edible". The part that they leave out, though, is that you really want to avoid the ones that just say "non-toxic" because those are probably just straight up plastic that is large enough to pass through your body unabsorbed, which means it qualifies as not being toxic.

    • @piketubeman
      @piketubeman 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Greg we still really need to have some episodes where you try to replicate the drink based solely off the editors notes 😅

    • @sambro6657
      @sambro6657 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m very happy to see my favorite d and d setting Greg played in back in the day. Dark sun is a beautiful setting to dm and play d and d in and it irritates me we will never see it fully finished and realized aside from the burnt world of athas website.

    • @jamano4017
      @jamano4017 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was pretty keen to try RocketMoney but it doesn't support Aussie banks. rip

    • @Vespuchian
      @Vespuchian 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's highly fortuitous that the DMG also states that the average potion is between 1-4oz. which is also a good size for a cocktail (or shot of liqueur, as the case may be).

  • @scottmcintyre2809
    @scottmcintyre2809 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2572

    "Bartender asked us why we brought our weapons into the bar. We said 'Mimics.' He laughed, we laughed, the table laughed, we killed the table, it was a good a time." lol

    • @lefterismplanas4977
      @lefterismplanas4977 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      😂

    • @Humongous420
      @Humongous420 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      😂 YEEES!! Love Mimics!!!

    • @therinerdahl1501
      @therinerdahl1501 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Gets me every damn time 😂

    • @DumbChaoticPhoque
      @DumbChaoticPhoque 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s funny

    • @Littlebigman-hx4es
      @Littlebigman-hx4es 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      I had a friend base an entire campaign around the concept of this joke.

  • @demetrinight5924
    @demetrinight5924 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +551

    I can definitely see Greg's Grogs being a chain restaurant and bar in the Dungens and Dragons multiverse. Greg is behind the bar of every single one of them simultaneously. And he remembers your character from the last Greg's Grogs that you were in.

    • @Mark-ki7ic
      @Mark-ki7ic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      Simulacram's with permanent Telepathic Bond ?

    • @eansba88-
      @eansba88- 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      Mountain man nurse joy

    • @demetrinight5924
      @demetrinight5924 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @@Mark-ki7ic Yes, that would be a way to do this within the rules.

    • @joshuamcfadden427
      @joshuamcfadden427 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Gonna need to add Greg's Grogs to my next campaign.

    • @Flickstro
      @Flickstro 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Man, I'm a regular ol' bartender and even I can't remember some of my customers' names! I sure as shit wouldn't fault one that couldn't remember my name through multiple planes of existence; especially if he's omnipresent lol

  • @silmarian
    @silmarian 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1096

    So, uh, my players have definitely encountered a flannel wearing bartender named Greg who made a bunch of very interesting drinks.

    • @MichaelRainey
      @MichaelRainey 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +125

      It's not always red flannel either. He's palette swapped like a Pokemon nurse in every different tavern you find him in. He is running every tavern. All of them. Every single one.

    • @silmarian
      @silmarian 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

      @@MichaelRainey Excuse me while I steal this idea. I wonder how long before they figure it out.

    • @MrAcuta73
      @MrAcuta73 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      It pretty much has to be a thing, doesn't it?

    • @MichaelRainey
      @MichaelRainey 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @@silmarian it took my players until midway through the second campaign lol.

    • @autumnm2075
      @autumnm2075 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      We have a bartender named Greg too.

  • @nateoconnor97
    @nateoconnor97 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +344

    Greg you should do "Monster Cocktail Roulette," where you flip to a random page of the Monster Manual and build a cocktail based on that creature.

    • @davidparkes7741
      @davidparkes7741 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Seconded.

    • @lordnichard
      @lordnichard 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      This sounds awesome.

    • @joshuagarstka9652
      @joshuagarstka9652 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Agree

    • @MrCrowley6
      @MrCrowley6 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Most certainly

    • @LiannaBabeli
      @LiannaBabeli 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Fuck yes. Let's do this!

  • @Iweleth
    @Iweleth 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +627

    The potion of heroism feels like you're meant to chug it.

    • @howtodrink
      @howtodrink  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +389

      YOU are, I'm just doing my job here

    • @kappage11
      @kappage11 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +137

      Technically you only have 6 seconds to drink any potion. You're supposed to chug them all

    • @derekstein6193
      @derekstein6193 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      ​​@@kappage11 There may be alternatives. It may be that alchemists of the realm haven't thought of other delivery systems yet.
      Like an arrow/bolt with a hypodermic needle and potion cylinder on the end, and it deals 1 + Dex modifier damage on a hit, but you roll with advantage on the healing dice.
      Or maybe a contact potion? If there are contact and inhaled poisons, why not potions that function similarly?
      Craft all that crazy goodness. Hell, introduce it to your players by kobolds shooting special, jerry-rigged healing bolts at each other and their tamed, giant combat lizards?

    • @adams3627
      @adams3627 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      ​@@derekstein6193 or the Baldur's Gate 3 method where you have a teammate hurl the potion bottle at your face

    • @derekstein6193
      @derekstein6193 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@adams3627 I feel if you do that it should do damage immediately before the healing, because glass shattering on you face.

  • @sillybear25
    @sillybear25 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +166

    Since you mentioned "aqua vitae" and the various liquors whose names derive from it: The Gaelic translation of "water of life" is "uisce beatha" (Irish) or "uisge-beatha" (Scottish), from which we derive the English word "whiskey".

    • @howtodrink
      @howtodrink  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

      Sure is- almost made it into the edit

  • @charliewilson8782
    @charliewilson8782 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +112

    24:13 At my table our DM used to make us chug a drink in real life whenever we wanted to drink a potion in game. The better the chug, the more healing we got. They had managed to find a case of Tang from somewhere and none of us liked it so naturally that was what we had to chug in order to get the healing

    • @azraelf.6287
      @azraelf.6287 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      IMO, your real-life chug shouldn't affect the game. Potion of healing as an action should give 10hp; as a bonus action, 2d4+2.
      But, I have heard of DMs who use the rule 'your character takes a potion, you take a shot'. The idea being that potions are unnatural, and repeated use will affect you. This assumes all players have a safe way home.

    • @charliewilson8782
      @charliewilson8782 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      @@azraelf.6287 After I wrote this I remembered that chugging in real life was actually optional, if we did chug a soda then we would get max healing from the potion but if not then we just rolled for healing

  • @FanOfMostEverything
    @FanOfMostEverything 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +290

    I mean, if anyone has the Brew Potion feat in real life, it's you. Congrats on being quasi-D&D canon!

  • @monosito59
    @monosito59 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +445

    15:24 My immediate thought was to make a stupid pun:
    Greg: "i want to start with an ounce and a half of gin"
    Me: "djinn?! i thought this was a GIANT strength potion?!"

    • @howtodrink
      @howtodrink  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +132

      LOL that's fantastic!

    • @EncontheCrow
      @EncontheCrow 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      You do in fact always start a cockatrice...I mean cocktail with "Spirits" heh.

  • @smylingsnake
    @smylingsnake 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    If you're doing agar filtration, I find the more effective method is, after you've hydrated the agar on the stove, to actually put it in the freezer until it's a solid block, then put it in a cloth-lined strainer in the fridge. The water and flavourings will melt way before the agar and solids do.
    I've done this with oranges and lemons, and it works well, so limes should be no problem!

  • @thefissers194
    @thefissers194 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +491

    What’s this? I’m minding my own business doing some D&D prep for an upcoming session, and THIS comes across my screen?? What luck, I say!

    • @DeHumaneVestisFabrica
      @DeHumaneVestisFabrica 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      You and me both, pal!

    • @sp0nge1337
      @sp0nge1337 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Nat 20 baby

    • @ericwallhagen3146
      @ericwallhagen3146 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too! hahah.

    • @moshymosh
      @moshymosh 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      wth same. I gotta update my sheet and pick what I want for my level 5 Twilight Cleric.

    • @darrienvannormam1291
      @darrienvannormam1291 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same! Yo Thursday D&D day

  • @aidanfarnan4683
    @aidanfarnan4683 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +125

    "If i had toenail fungus WHICH I DON'T!" made me laugh far too much.

  • @eyesotherworldly
    @eyesotherworldly 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    19:09 "Go home Soos!" I laughed so much, keep rocking Greg.

  • @Draukagrissah
    @Draukagrissah 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    "Can you glower approvingly"
    According to my fanfictions you can

    • @christopherward1716
      @christopherward1716 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Gowron is the undisputed master of the glower of approval, especially if you bring glory to your House.

  • @Ljplaysplanes
    @Ljplaysplanes 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +267

    HTD+D&D= impeccably entertaining content

    • @SgtBuck01
      @SgtBuck01 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      HTD&D&D

    • @dplocksmith91
      @dplocksmith91 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      HDDVD

  • @jaymzOG
    @jaymzOG 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    That interpretation of a potion of heroism is hilarious and so on point.

  • @AndrewStobb
    @AndrewStobb 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +85

    Man I wish this video had come out a few months ago! Me and my D&D group did a "potion party" for New Years, and we were just basically flying by the seat of our pants to come up with potion recipes.

  • @loganboland7301
    @loganboland7301 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Starting up Baldur's Gate 3, open up youtube and I see this. A DM couldn't have planned it any better. Made my day.

  • @pwnofprophecy
    @pwnofprophecy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I think Cachaca is also a really good base spirit to use for any kind of "potion" theming. The funkiness of it lends itself really well to tasting "medicinal" in an otherworldly way.

  • @trulyinfamous
    @trulyinfamous 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    I've been watching this channel for years despite only a couple of months ago turning 21 and am yet to drink any alcohol. Greg is just a great entertainer and I love seeing his craft.
    If I am to ever make cocktails, 99% of them will be non alcoholic or mocktails as I would like to keep my alcohol consumption to a minimum. Considering my long family history of alcoholism and addiction, I'd rather not unlock some hidden trait lol. I'll just keep drinking water, milk, tea, and occasionally coffee as my main beverages.

    • @ashleya3236
      @ashleya3236 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      You're not the only dry viewer! I don't drink alcohol for various reasons, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying the channel.

    • @Sciguy95
      @Sciguy95 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ashleya3236 He's an amazing entertainer whether you drink or not. I don't drink much, usually just at home, but he's awesome regardless.

    • @vykryl65
      @vykryl65 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very wise. There's 3 roads with alcohol: you stay away from it, you control it, it controls you. It is real easy to go from being in control to being controlled

    • @peterlosee4606
      @peterlosee4606 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hey, same! I’m just here for the fun and creativity. I don’t plan on drinking that much any time soon, but…

  • @generalsweet8212
    @generalsweet8212 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

    You can make a potion of blindness by having a few shots of wood alcohol.

    • @azraelf.6287
      @azraelf.6287 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Your alchemists were so concerned about whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.

    • @wonderingpiper
      @wonderingpiper 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Most underrated comment of the day! 🏆

  • @Kafaldsbylur
    @Kafaldsbylur 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    In other fantasy properties, Pathfinder's Lost Omens Travel Guide has a quartet of cocktail recipes you might want to try out

  • @AB-gh5be
    @AB-gh5be 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    100% adding greg's groggs into any and all future campaigns of mine

  • @MonarchsFactory
    @MonarchsFactory 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This video has simultaneously inspired me to finally get into cocktail making, and also made me realise I will never be able to do this

  • @linearparadox9409
    @linearparadox9409 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    "Bubbles as if boiling" wouldve been a great opportunity for a shard of dry ice there. Would bubble and roil without actually boiling just like the description, and you'd get that hazy fog effect as a bonus!
    Other than that, awesome episode. I love how you tried to make them on-brand with not just the color, but the flavors and oddities too, like the drop of milk; that was brilliant, or the "hold my beer" liquid courage angle.
    Also loved the 'medicinal' angle with them maybe not necessarily needing to be yummy, like the inclusion of salt in the last one.
    Really cool, inspired stuff. I've been watching your channel for a while and, imo, this is one of your best yet!

    • @sarajamesaerial
      @sarajamesaerial 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Dry ice is a dangerous recommendation for a bartender to make on a public forum. It can burst your stomach if consumed.

    • @linearparadox9409
      @linearparadox9409 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @sarajamesaerial ahhhhhh, I forgot to account for the idiot/liability factor. Good point. Ah well.

  • @danielm5535
    @danielm5535 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    I remember an interview with a schnapps maker, and she said “In the morning, we call it medicine 💊 . In the evening, we call it a cocktail. 🍸 ”

    • @nicholasneyhart396
      @nicholasneyhart396 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is pretty good medicine if you have stomach problems. It doesn't taste good but I do take a shot with meals to help settle my stomach.

  • @nicholassalmon1761
    @nicholassalmon1761 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Your timing is impeccable. Doing a one shot tomorrow with my group (and one at the library tonight where I DM for the teens, but I don't think they're allowed to drink).
    For tomorrow, I'm making a "Session 0 punch" from the DungeonMeister book
    16oz vodka
    16oz silver rum
    10 cans of beer
    1 frozen lemonade thingy
    Mix all, and have DD to get home from DnD

    • @eansba88-
      @eansba88- 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      We used to call that electric lemonade back in my highschool days. I was always a ”little sissy” and added some pre sugared Kool aid powder to my drinks (the blue raspberry lemonade one, because I was and am still a discerning, classy, little sissy).

  • @LeatherRebel75
    @LeatherRebel75 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +104

    You mis-described the Potion of Fire Breath. A Potion of Fire Breath gives the drinker the ability to breath fire, as in expelling a blast of fire, like a dragon's breath, not being able to breathe while consumed in fire.
    The potion lasts for an hour and gives the drinker three charges to breathe out a blast of fire to a single target within a 30ft range. The target must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 4D6 fire damage, or takes half that damage on a successful save.

    • @Tharronis
      @Tharronis 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      I heard Greg's description and was like "no, no, absolutely not, no way." Looked it up and found exactly what you did. Mechanics like that just aren't in 5e that I've encountered anyway.

    • @AM-hf9kk
      @AM-hf9kk 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      Thank you! You can breathe on the Elemental Plane of Fire just fine... the trick is not immediately bursting into flame.

    • @rayhouston7649
      @rayhouston7649 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I came here to say this!

    • @ZackofSpades
      @ZackofSpades 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      It was a joke XD. That look he gave at the end of his description was a tell.
      Also he breathed fire after he made it. He knew what was up.

    • @Jackiewicz256
      @Jackiewicz256 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Haha I was waiting to find this chain of comments :)

  • @MrCheshireify
    @MrCheshireify 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As a brief note (though there's probebly other comments on it) but potions of fire breathing let you breath OUT fire, similar to a dragon's breath. It does not let you breath in fire.

  • @VallornDeathblade
    @VallornDeathblade 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The most important part of this episode is that Gregg played Dark Sun back in the day, it would be great to hear what your group got up to in that post-apocalyptic setting.

    • @howtodrink
      @howtodrink  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      To be honest the main thing I remember was that I was a Thri-kreen, and I was floored by how cool multi attack was, and I kept the ears of my victims. Oh, and weapons broke sometimes.

    • @zephyrangel2380
      @zephyrangel2380 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@howtodrinkThat sounds like Dark Sun. Bone and obsidian weapons. And freaking defiler wizards that blighted and dessicated the landscape with the casting of their spells by powering their magic using the plants' very life essence!

  • @Maxstratus2002
    @Maxstratus2002 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    for some reason I could see a group of adventurers seating around a table for DnD and having those potions near by wondering when the real fun i.e drinking begins.

  • @GiveZeeAChance
    @GiveZeeAChance 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Was pleased to see Greg combine Suze and All Spice Dram! I arrived to that combo for a whiskey sour variation I made

  • @JoyStixGaming
    @JoyStixGaming 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Imagine a bar that's themed around a classic dungeons and dragons tavern that serves drinks just like this

  • @mateofreigenedo
    @mateofreigenedo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    to clarify juice, you could try to freeze it. then, let it defrost covered in some cloth or piece of clothing or something (it has to act like a filter for the lime solids). you can put it over an oven rack and put something under it to colect the juice

  • @Furry-ousNews
    @Furry-ousNews 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    22:14
    "Seduce that dragon"
    😂😂
    Ayyyeeee its all cloacas to me😂

    • @jaded_gerManic
      @jaded_gerManic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      "Good ol' cloaca" Mike Rowe
      many, many times 🤣

    • @trulyinfamous
      @trulyinfamous 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Any hole's a goal.

  • @heyhellyco
    @heyhellyco 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I’m sending this vid to my dnd buddies, they’ll be so happy to see that you’ve essentially kinda become canon to dnd lore. Gonna ask the dm if we could possibly add a Greg’s Grog’s to our campaign as well (and maybe try to replicate the potions as well 😉).

    • @Pinaberry
      @Pinaberry 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There are several awesome Grog related roll tables that are fun for spicing up a campaign. It was optional to participate, but every character that did it got weird flavor to their play. I had a jewel encrusted grille and a penchant for shiny things.

  • @nicolejones4707
    @nicolejones4707 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Recently added Greg's Grogs to my one shot market place. Players really enjoyed interacting with my Greg and I had a lot of fun turning the videos and personality into an NPC! Eventually someone figured it out and showed everyone a picture, but players loved the little Easter egg even more.

  • @DocLunarwind
    @DocLunarwind 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    A centaur walks into a bar. “Why the long face?” asks the bartender

    • @ryanziolkowski6743
      @ryanziolkowski6743 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cast fire ball

    • @matthewcox7985
      @matthewcox7985 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Centaur walks into a bar and orders a drink.
      Bartender asks if he's feeling okay, "You're a bit ho(a)rse..."

  • @aidanfarnan4683
    @aidanfarnan4683 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    6:48 legit alchemey going on there, very on-theme!

  • @ABadassDragon
    @ABadassDragon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have finally realised why i started watching this channel as of couple of days ago.
    Does anyone else remember a mixology internet game somewhere in the early 2010, where you are instructing this suave, mustached bartender to make drinks for him to try and he has a range of emotions from ascending to heaven to just straight up droping dead, feet in the air depending on what you make.
    Greg reminds me of that.
    Thank you, Greg

  • @kencoffman7145
    @kencoffman7145 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Holy crap is that cool!! I was a huge d&d nerd in the mid/late 80s! Congratulations from a fellow adventurer!

  • @erilassila409
    @erilassila409 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    In my DnD campaigns, healing potions taste like cola. The spices used irl to make cola don't exist in the world because it's based on Vikings, but still healing potions taste like cola because it's one of my favorite flavors.

    • @Mark-ki7ic
      @Mark-ki7ic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In mine it's Code Red Mountain Dew

    • @MichaelRainey
      @MichaelRainey 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ginger ale

    • @MichaelRainey
      @MichaelRainey 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No, wait, HOT DR PEPPER!

    • @KynElwynn
      @KynElwynn 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Healing potions taste like root beer in my game, so when people opened a mysterious bottle and smelled sarsparilla they knew what they were getting

    • @derfman
      @derfman 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      even though there's no rule in DnD, we make all our potions taste terrible because in videogames you cannot chug more than one without a cooldown.

  • @sherlockbones8446
    @sherlockbones8446 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    D&D and HTD is such a perfect pairing. The amoint of dopamine I recieve every time there's a D&D related episode is insane lol

  • @gamemasteranthony2756
    @gamemasteranthony2756 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    FUN FACT: It does kind of make sense that healing potions are red given that there are a number of red berries with medicinal properties. These include the like of goji berries, lingonberries, rowan berries, and juniper berries. (Yes…juniper berries are medicinal as is. They do NOT need to ferment into gin first. Don’t go there.)
    Maple Story actually makes this more literal by having their healing potions all being made of red berries at different concentrations.

  • @Ljplaysplanes
    @Ljplaysplanes 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    SHOUTOUT TO THE GREEN ROOM GOBLINS!!

  • @isabellelessard6717
    @isabellelessard6717 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Greg's Grogs is definitely where you save your game

  • @mitchellclendening7682
    @mitchellclendening7682 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    24:15 Fun fact! The Strange Brew item in Terraria does exactly this. While there are normal healing potions as well, Strange Brew is noted to both look and smell terrible, and seems to have wildly unstable quality control. It will always heal you by a certain amount, sometimes it'll make you straight up invincible for a moment, and the Potion Sickness debuff (the thing that keeps you from just constantly healing) varies a great deal in length instead of being consistent like the other forms of healing potions.

    • @howtodrink
      @howtodrink  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Also there’s a mouse in it, eh?

    • @mitchellclendening7682
      @mitchellclendening7682 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@howtodrink wouldn't be surprised- it's sold to you by a skeletal peddler who only appears underground. Mice are plentiful, and who wouldn't want a bit of protein in their potion?

  • @Samboy64
    @Samboy64 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Um Actually…
    19:34 in 5th edition the bless spell gives targets a 1d4 bonus to attack rolls and saving throws, not advantage.

    • @Boiled_Guts
      @Boiled_Guts 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Bro is playing " um, actually " in the comment section

    • @howtodrink
      @howtodrink  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Man, I just run this stuff, not read it

    • @Samboy64
      @Samboy64 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Boiled_Guts why yes, yes I am

    • @Samboy64
      @Samboy64 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@howtodrink I still love your show, I just love being an annoying DnD nerd as well

  • @Woodwdan
    @Woodwdan 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Greg is definitely being... Inflammatory... With his explanation of a potion of fire breathing

  • @wobblyostrich776
    @wobblyostrich776 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I always imagined healing potions tasting like a mix of strawberry, cherry, pomegranate , and citrus. Happy your interpretation was close.

  • @robo_cob
    @robo_cob 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I love this channel, it allows me to procrastinate and not just consume shitty youtube shorts

  • @SheyD78
    @SheyD78 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love the idea of renaming a potion of heroism to a potion of 'Hold my beer'. Definitely the feel of that one. Too bad I never use it because I'm saving it for the next fight. Is it bad to have an entire bag of holding devoted to potions?

  • @themarshmallow514
    @themarshmallow514 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love that my contact knowledge of cocktails has grown so much that the second you out the shotglass down for the Potion of Heroism I knew it was going to end in a Boiler Maker.

  • @dunkelza
    @dunkelza 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love these D&D shows! Thank you for doing them!
    I want to see Greg's Grogs in more D&D stuff!

  • @douglasyoung927
    @douglasyoung927 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Greg's Groggs is awesome

  • @meatharbor
    @meatharbor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hello, booze slinger. I'm going into work and I want your strongest booze.
    Greg: My booze is too strong for you, traveler. And also almost entirely Angostura.

  • @odiec5567
    @odiec5567 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is great, I love the narrative that Greg is in the D&D universe.

  • @abiwaddling9292
    @abiwaddling9292 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    See as soon as you said "as if boiling" for the potion of heroism my brain went straight to dry ice

  • @BufftatJunkie
    @BufftatJunkie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Been a long time fan, Greg. Keep up the awesome work. Your drinks sound amazing and your jokes are hilarious.

  • @mattia_carciola
    @mattia_carciola 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love all your D&D content and any tie you have to make potions (the Harry Potter episode is still one of my favourites), needless to say I wasn't disappointed! And it's especially cool that you're now basically canon in both cyberpunk and D&D.
    (also nice that you finally checked on Kevin Kos)

  • @jessmac1893
    @jessmac1893 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    When you said “like on fire” for the potion of heroism, I was thinking a smoke bubble on top. But I love the direction on “hold my beer”. Lol

  • @Afterimage121
    @Afterimage121 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Greg, I'd love to see you do a full episode on different super juices. In addition to Nickle Morris, I know Kevin Kos has a recipe that got very popular as well. I personally didn't like that one at all and have instead been using a recipe from Brian Tasch of Corpse Revived, as I think he makes a good argument for taking out the citrus juice entirely to avoid any possible oxidation. Would love to hear your take on different recipes, their merit over regular citrus, and perhaps a blind taste-test with the new setup. Cheers!

  • @JoseMendola
    @JoseMendola 5 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Well done. I'll be stocking the bar and offering most of these to the Guild soon...

  • @michaelwardle7633
    @michaelwardle7633 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Retro old-school campaigns where magic items are extremely rare is really in theme with a lot of the Appendix N books where the world is mostly swords and sandals with maybe a legends sword and a one-night consult with a summoned demon.

  • @avscurr
    @avscurr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am a big fan of Aquivit, with Linie or O.P Anderson being favourites. There is a very simple and pleasent cocktail which mellows out some of it's stronger more overpowering flavours called a Fjelbeck.
    Shot each of Vodka and Aquivit, fresh lime juice and top with Sprite. Good long drink in the summer served over ice.
    Also if you want a crazy idea for drinks look up a series called Danger 5, each episode came with a truly crazy cocktail!

  • @GameOpsDevStyle
    @GameOpsDevStyle 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I would like for Greg to call his home made Grenadine "Gregadine" and see if anyone notices...

  • @thehittite6982
    @thehittite6982 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1st Edition had a rule that if you mixed two random potions they would result in a random extra effect. There's one story I heard once (from The Spoony Experiment if you want to look it up) about a character who downed an antidote and healing potion in quick succession, rolled a nat 1 on a d100 and exploded.

  • @jamiehuebsch
    @jamiehuebsch 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have already shared this link to my tabletop group :) Greg's Grogs everywhere across the multiverse!

  • @justin908
    @justin908 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gregg has now officially influenced both video games AND films with his craft!! WOOOO

  • @marveludus
    @marveludus 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I feel like color theory could help a lot with choosing between glitters.
    As in, do you want the shimmer to be in stark contrast with the drink? Or do you want it to act more as a support to the color of the drink? Warm colors, cold colors, etc
    For the health potion I probably would have used the red one myself, because the silver kind of faded out the red.
    But also don't take this too seriously, I'm just high as shit and get too invested in random stuff

  • @TheWhiteGyrfalcon
    @TheWhiteGyrfalcon 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow Greg was committed to that clarified lime!! Impressed!! Needed some booze tho, vodka for a clean spirit was my pick. The flame based drink was my fave sounding

  • @sarahhughes1505
    @sarahhughes1505 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    8:57 according to the FDA: "Common ingredients in edible glitter include sugar, acacia (gum arabic), maltodextrin, cornstarch, and color additives specifically approved for food use, including mica-based pearlescent pigments and FD&C colors such as FD&C Blue No. 1".

    • @howtodrink
      @howtodrink  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sounds healthy!

  • @DrFranklynAnderson
    @DrFranklynAnderson 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Came here right after watching the _official_ D&D streaming cooking show. HTD is so much more professionally done and WAY less awkward, even without a celebrity guest. Five unique cocktails in 25 minutes vs. a shepherd’s pie and beergarita in 45 minutes (plus unskippable ads).

  • @topazphoenix6301
    @topazphoenix6301 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These type of videos of drinks from games and movies/shows are the best videos on the channel

  • @MGscribe
    @MGscribe 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So I’m currently writing the second book in a potential series of mine, one that’s very D&D inspired…I very much might have a fun bartender named named Greg at some point who is very funny and makes exquisite and creative drinks at some point, maybe even as the personal barkeep for my main characters when they get their own guild hall! Keep up the good work, fine sir!

  • @everettparrott6872
    @everettparrott6872 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A Gravity Falls themed mocktail episode would be really cool. Greg would even look good in a fez and an eyepatch

  • @redlcn
    @redlcn 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You have GOT to open your own fantasy themed bar. Complete with German style beer hall sitting and individual tables for playing D&D. This needs to be a thing.

  • @THEMUFFINMAN1227
    @THEMUFFINMAN1227 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hope this becomes such a popular recurring segment that one day we can watch a "cocktails of athas" episode in which you sample the few fresh water sources from the scorched world beneath the darksun. I remember the sourcebook containing extensive tasting notes on how muddy, brackish and unpleasant most desert springs were.

  • @Specter_1125
    @Specter_1125 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    The potion of fire breath isn’t for inhaling fire, it’s for exhaling fire.

    • @howtodrink
      @howtodrink  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Hmmmmm, are you sure about that? I don’t really have time to look into it, I’m low on blinker fluid and need to fill it up

    • @willabyuberton818
      @willabyuberton818 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Get you a man who can do both

    • @andruloni
      @andruloni 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      See, but Greg made a potion of fire breathing. different thing, but seemed to have the same description. /s

  • @stylintylin77
    @stylintylin77 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Comment for support. Haven't watch in a while cause i quit drinking but cheers to you my man

  • @pondaseta
    @pondaseta 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love this video (and all of your videos)! We can’t wait to try the potion of heroism with our own lager tomorrow. Our producer has run a few D&D one shots for us and they were super fun, and we hope to make some interesting beers/sangrias inspired from those fun adventures!

  • @Garrett1986
    @Garrett1986 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lol I LOVE akvavit. Had a Swedish neighbor lived across the street from me at my old place, and he'd get all sorts of Swedish akvavit shipped over. The variety of flavors within that one "type" of spirit is amazing to me...there are sweet akvavits, dry akvavits, spicy ones, herbal ones...love it.

  • @Myterriblelovelife
    @Myterriblelovelife 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would LOVE to be playing at the table, and when my players walk into the potion shop, I whip out the LITERAL potions they can buy.

  • @if1oopthepig990
    @if1oopthepig990 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was trying to remember why this episode felt so incredibly familiar. Like, "Damn I've seen these recipes before and the episode only released today." And now I recall that I watched you shoot this one on Twitch! 😂

  • @purrfectscrapper
    @purrfectscrapper 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'd love to see you tackle some of the drinks from The Red Dragon Inn game series. Make some Dwarven Firewater, Orcish Rotgut, Pixie Punch, etc many to choose from

  • @fabrisseterbrugghe8567
    @fabrisseterbrugghe8567 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Greg's Groggs is great. I love the 2-for-1 appetizers on Tuesdays.

  • @AvidCat5000
    @AvidCat5000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You go the extra mile for these recipes and it's always appreciated 👍

  • @sylkates
    @sylkates 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh my god the super juice for the limes also extracts the incredible flavors from the peels themselves. The aromatics that don't really exist in the lime juice. Well plus adds some EXTREME sorta possibly fake tasting sourness from those two added acids. But combined with the peel flavors it might taste more natural? Brilliant! Really gets everything you can out of that ingredient!!

  • @LogicalNiko
    @LogicalNiko 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Agar agar decomposes in highly acidic environments as well as with the compounds in many tropical fruit. This decomposition will increase heavily if added to anything over 160F.
    If you want to try buffering the acid try adding Sodium Citrate.
    The acid might work in your favor for freeze syneresis of pectin or tapioca starch. Guar gum would be off the table as it highly resists syneresis.
    If you want to do this more often on the show, I would recommend grabbing a cheap vacuum pump and a vacuum filter flask. You’ll save a lot of time. The cheap $120 pump will do fine for this stuff.

    • @howtodrink
      @howtodrink  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Buchner Funnel? It’s on my list

  • @Helmutlozzi
    @Helmutlozzi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful potions worthy of high fantasy. Thank you for including the lime juice extraction!!

  • @jasonahaun
    @jasonahaun 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What perfect timing. I'll make these for my DND session tomorrow!

  • @AndresD.deLeon
    @AndresD.deLeon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like how Greg slowly slips off into a drunken stooper as the adventure goes on, just like an actual DnD adventure!

  • @Kradse
    @Kradse 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    Always fun to see people use Aalborg Aquavit, when you live in Aalborg :D

    • @mathiasandersen3762
      @mathiasandersen3762 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      always fun to see people drink it, when you yourself has built a massive tolerance for the burn.
      Also agree it is fun to see people use it, when you are from Aalborg.

    • @AndrewJacksonSE
      @AndrewJacksonSE 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Afraid I prefer O P Andersen’s … sorry Aalborg people

    • @Kradse
      @Kradse 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@AndrewJacksonSE Dont make me get my pitchfork :D

  • @blarghchan
    @blarghchan 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Whether a healing potion is gross tasting or not isn't really the question, the REAL question is whether it feels refreshing and/or relaxing, or if you literally feel all that healing happen in fast forward.

    • @awaredeshmukh3202
      @awaredeshmukh3202 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have to imagine it's the latter-skin crawling but probably leaves you a bit wired?

  • @the_senate8050
    @the_senate8050 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    Varrying numbers of d4s in 5e ;) 1:57

    • @damiensteinrich9677
      @damiensteinrich9677 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was thinking the same thing

    • @yujin_sumeragi
      @yujin_sumeragi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      also, bless doesn't give either of the effects he said :D
      P.S. it's also just a d4 to attack rolls and saving throws in 5e

  • @Fujjums
    @Fujjums 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Imagine playing a session of D&D but there's a table rule of anytime your character drinks a potion, you have to drink a cocktail/shot based on said potion. Could be great, could be a PROBLEM

  • @soubigo
    @soubigo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "arrange" XD i cant get over how ya say orange XD cracks me up every time. keep doing what ya do love your vids man XD!

  • @genosho5574
    @genosho5574 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This sounds like a fun opportunity for some leisurely D&D. Everytime someone wants to use a potion, they gotta drink it.

  • @natalieo7539
    @natalieo7539 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The telaphone brand of AgarAgar is pretty good, i think it´s the amount of acid. I make kahokuto crystal candies which also use agar agar and you need to bloom and activate the agar agar before you add any acidic elements to it. So you´ll take your agar agar put it with room temperature filtered water and let it sit for five minutes, you then heat the water and add your sugar and then your acidic mixture at the very end, i find this is the only way to get agar agar to set with acidic soloutions