@@howtodrink our of context question. Have you heard of Houndbery liquor? We make one at home, with home grown berries and use it to "make a cold go away faster" from time to time. I just wonder if it's a thing in other places
"Are there humans who truly have no internal monologue, or are they just so not self-aware that they don't realize that thinking about nothing is not the same thing as thinking nothing" is easily going down as my favorite HTD line ever
Hi Greg, im the creator of the Broken Glass cocktail, and im so glad you liked my drink (despite you not liking Islay's). Just to touch on your feedback, which is much appreciated btw, about it being "confused" as it's a sour you can't drink in 4-5 sipps. I can tell you from personal experiance as an Islay lover that that has never been a problem for me, so it's safe to say it's really a drink for people who already love smokey scotch. That being said, the fact I got a rum lover to like an Islay based cocktail I'll take as a huge W. Thank you so much for featuring me, kind regards from Frewell (a very happy norwegian)
I literally started jumping up and down when I heard “just the right bullets”. Black Rider is the best Tom waits album. And then a fuckin laphroaig drambuie cocktail. Bro I think we have things in common.
I've got an idea for a probably painful episode: - Prepare list of coctails with same number of ingredients - Draw the #1 and #2 cocktails from the pool - Slowly one by one replace each component (prefferable by random) of #1 so it becomes the #2 in the end - Rate each iteration
Just want to say that the afterparty series is welcome addition in my book. Feel like an extension of the HTD episodes with bonus content Love the conversations between Greg and Meredith!
@kaedotmoe that is just flagrantly wrong think of most guitar chords you play them with some of the notes multiple times (Also octave chords but theyre not really chords)
I like the idea, but it may also be a bit cruel to make Meredith try a bunch of drinks because she admitted it immediately gives her headaches. You'd have to see if she's up for it, I guess.
@@R.J._Lewis Probably have to film quick takes at the end of Afterparty episodes - film one drink at a time, edit them into a catch-up episode every fifth episode or so.
I died when I was 34 and they defibbed me back twice. I think about death almost every day now. No, I don't need a shrink. Greg makes me drinks instead.
Thinking about death doesn't have to be unhealthy. If it's in the way of like, can I make every day good enough that I'd be content if it was my last? That's stoicism in a nutshell.
@@linebeck1000 Yup. The hospital put my family in the little room with the stained glass windows & a priest. They also thought I was a goner. When I asked the Doc how long I was dead she said, "You don't want to know."
Speaking of Jethro Tull I once listened to all forty something minutes of Thick as a Brick while walking around a large field alone and it was... a journey to say the least
I have TaaB on my main playlist on spotify, and whenever it comes on, I'm just like, "OK, I guess this is what I'm doing for the next 40 minutes." It's the best example ever of a parody setting the standard for the genre it's parodying.
Meredith's being freaked out at eternity hits personally for me. I used to have to open my eyes when I was trying to go to sleep because the reference-less void of my eyes being closed made me feel like I was in a void that I always felt like was some form of eternity. Never ending, never changing because even if things change on a small basis, in comparison to the whole, it's insignificant...
Genuinely had no idea that 3:00A.M panic was a recognized thing. I’ve been dealing with that since I was like ten, so that’s actually comforting. Good to know that I’m not insane for having small bouts of intense existential dread on a semi-regular basis.
So there was this question I saw recently about how finding a band who has done one or two great records is easy enough. The true challenge is finding one that has done beneath three to five consecutive great albums (depending on how hard you want to challenge yourself). I'd wager Jethro Tull is one of the few I can think of - Stand Up, Benefit, Aqualung, Thick as a Brick, and A Passion Play. Absolutely killer stuff, shame the late eighties and nineties were quite unkind. 😂
Depends on your worldview and beliefs. As a Christian orthodox that does his best to be a good one, I can't wait to die xD It's strange. I want more time in order to really fix myself. But I also wanna find piece/relax and learn if I really am good and , if not, what mistakes are the ones damning me the most xD If you don't believe in an afterlife, or if the afterlife you belive in is not one you'd like, and it's not feasible for you to chase... Then I could see how you'd reach an existential crisis at 25. I'm 24 myself. And afterlife brigns me Comfort. The belief that each hardship is just an other chance to chase/earn paradise. And that if God had forsaken me, then he wouldn't have been giving me so many obstacles for me to try and overcome.😅 Did I help? I get the feeling that I didn't
Lol, same. 24 and happens all the time. Was terrified of aging and dying since like, 10, and always been super confused by the idea of not wanting to be immortal. Think it might be because I've seen three different family members (grandma, great grandma, great grandpa), and a family friend go through severe dementia and die. Really hard not to be aware of just how rough the whole process is in that case. And then there is the whole knowledge that there are so many things I'll never get to know or do... Also, depression and suicidal intrusive thoughts didn't help much on that front either.
I think it's probably relatively common for those in their 20s now, due to how much people compare themselves to the image of others on social media. it started for me then and I'm 46 now. And it absolutely gets worse the older you get. It's the perpetual feeling of running out of time to accomplish something, or to be able to continue to do something.
Its tough when you run a channel like yours, but every 2-3 yrs I go 2-3 months without drinking as a 'cleanse' and 'reset'. - Takes your tolerance you've built up and resets it - Good to do in March-May as part of a 3mo 'get fit' workout binge for summer, less sugar calories during that time. - Just kind of resets your palette for some drinks. You enjoy them all over again, and may find your tastes change.
1) I really enjoyed the mailbag episodes, as it turned into more of a workshop on how to bring balance into a cocktail. As a complete amateur when it comes to making drinks, these two episodes have been insightful on how to tweak things to get them juuust right, or at least to one's preference (which you fully admit). 2) Some deaths in my family over the last few years and certain media I've consumed have helped a bit with that "death awaits us all" thoughts that come usually late at night. Though depression has also compelled me to do a lot of mindfulness stuff that also helps me process those thoughts. Shit's wild, so let's our enjoy our time while we can and take care of each other. Cheers.
This was too relatable not to comment on. As a kid, I 100% had the same fear of never-ending as Meredith. As an aging adult, I now have a case of the "3 AMs".
I only have an internal monologue for rehearsing things I want to say out loud. For non-monologue purposes (mainly just entertainment) I can also use other people's voices for some things, like having one singer do a cover of another singer's song, or have a comedian deliver a joke in their own style. Otherwise I have little use for words inside my mind. Words represent concepts, and it's easier for me to just strip things down to the bare concepts instead of needlessly dressing them up with a language. Internally I find language almost entirely redundant, it's just a tool for external communication. The consequence of this is that spoken language doesn't come as naturally to me as it does for some, I lose track of a lot of words. I essentially keep words and their meanings in separate file cabinets next to each other, have to quickly re-connect them in order to have a conversation out-loud. Like using a converter to play modern video games on an old TV, the conversion process causes a small delay.
Jethro Tull SLAPS. If y'all care about drinks? Lemon Basil Martini? Play off a lemon drop. 3oz gin 3/4 oz Lemon Juice 1/2oz Simple syrup 5-6 large basil leaves. (If feeling saucy, add a couple dashes of either Ginger or Orange bitters, it's a nice touch) Muddle basil into shaker add ice and shake, I prefer the basil bits in the drink, but you can double strain if you want it clean. Pour and add a lemon peel rose with a basil leaf for garnish. Probably more of a smash or gin sour as opposed to a martini at this point though.
@@antonybraus325 I tend to like stiffer drinks, but the basil and lemon are pretty hefty. Would probably say 2oz may have less alcohol forward flavor.
I have to say, as someone that'sb been watching HTD for a couple of years, I have absolutely loved the addition of Meredith as a regular part of the show 😊 The banter between her and Greg is effing delightful!
6:19 This makes me glad I was there to experience Unus Annus. Not yet thirty, and I've already decided that death isn't scary, because A) it's going to happen no matter what, so why bother worrying about it; B) having an ending means that my life, and everything in it, is that much more valuable. Death is okay BECAUSE it's inevitable.
@@howtodrink A lot of people can't, but I can only kind of understand why. Our instincts drive us to avoid death at all costs, but that's the amygdala talking. Death should be dealt with using the frontal lobe, with logic and understanding. Fighting against the inevitable will only stress you out. I have no DESIRE to die, but the reason that I'll push it off for as long as I can isn't because I'm afraid of what happens when my life is OVER. It's so that I can have as much of this beautiful, valuable time as I can. Death is what gives life meaning.
@@farkasmactavish IMO, I do not believe there is any inherent meaning in life, or death, or much of anything. What gives life meaning is simply what we feel personally is meaningful. The idea that without death life would be meaningless always bothered me. Is it only because life is temporary that people spend time with friends? Love? Make art? Write? Explore the world? Learn? Enjoy art? Enjoy nature? I find that very difficult to believe. I do not do those things because I fear death, or otherwise because my time is limited, or anything like that. I do them because they make me happy. And I see no reason why I would stop doing things that make me happy were I to never die. In fact, I think it might even make it easier to do those things! I don't want to rush through life to hit a checklist of experiences and accomplishments, I want to be able to take my time and do things as I feel I am ready to do them, while giving them my full attention. The idea of a deadline simply adds an underlying layer of stress to everything. Also the idea of not being able to do the things that make me happy anymore is deeply depressing to me. I've always hated being told I should be grateful for death, because without it "life would be meaningless". I don't care about whether life is meaningful, I care about whether it's good. I did enjoy Unnus Annus though, even if I didn't agree with the more philosophical part.
@@possible_ghostDeath gives life meaning because without it, we'd have absolutely no motivation to find meaning in anything we have and do. Time has scarcity, and therefore value. Without that deadline, nothing needs to be important because we'll always have it.
I wanted to see how much alcohol a dash of bitters actually adds to a no-abv cocktail: assume the cockatil is 150ml of liquid in total; there's 0.92ml in a dash of bitters (says google); angostura bitters have 44.7% abv; 1 dash of bitters results in 0.27% ABV 2 dashes of bitters result in 0.54% ABV 3 dashes of bitters result in 0.81% ABV also keeping in mind that normal fruit juices have up to 0.1-0.9% ABV just from natural fermentation. So adding a few dashes of bitters to a cocktail does not add more alcohol than having fruit juice as an ingredient
I spent a lot of time in my teens and 20s on death's door. I'm a few years younger than y'all but I definitely get the 3am's too. I suppose I should give my friends a heads up as they go into their 30s onward, lol.
If anyone wants to see Tom Waits playing an odd character in a weird movie, Mystery Men is a movie you must see. Speaking of movies, I'm really enjoying Midnight Local, mostly on it's own merits but partially because it's cool to have content with more Meredith especially since she can't be second opinion on cocktails currently.
I keep coming back to this show to watch the dissection of flavor profiles for many things I will never try and as someone who loves to cook, the flavor chemistry you're getting to take part in is pretty incredible. Really cool show, sir. I too reach for the leafier side of life these days as the effects of alcohol aren't my favorite, but I find it so interesting to hear about all of these fascinating spirits and strange cocktails. As a musician I can also appreciate all of your music theory references. Cheers from Maine!
im SO glad yall talked about the smell of "burning" in amusement park rides. its one of the most recognizable smells to me and i wish i could have it as a candle. i often call it the "Escape from Pompeii" smell, from the ride in busch gardens williamsburg. i love "Rome is burning" though
I didn't realize there were people out there who haven't heard of Jethro Tull (I'm under 40, but aqualung has been everywhere, and I swear a car commercial had one of their songs in the 00s-10s as well) Edit: I do like the more discussion based format of these ones though, it's fun
Someone at work was telling a story and said they were sitting on a bus bench and I did the riff from aqualung as a joke and all five listeners looked at me like I was an alien. Never felt older LUL
Everyone older knows them casually, but they're not the most well known with younger people. I, a 90s kid, know about them, but I was a prog head in college.
If you do make another episode of this, here's my favorite cocktail, and the one my friends ask usually for when they're over. "Hidden Canyon" (no idea why they called it this, but it stuck) -1 oz floral gin (or American style with a citrus flavor. Nothing peppery. I usually use Lockwood or Empress) -.5 oz Hypnotique -.5 oz orange juice (anywhere between a quarter and half an orange juiced) -half bar spoon of sugar/simple -pink ginger beer (Fentimans) 1) build in a rocks glass 2) stir orange juice and sugar together 3) add Hypnotique and gin, place a large cube in and stir until glass is chilled/alcohol is aerated 4) add ginger beer on top, should be about equal parts to the rest of the drink/about 4.5 oz 5) garnish with an orange peel expressed on top
My new go-to is an Angostura Collins: 1 ounce each of Ango, Lemon or lime juice, and 2:1 Simple syrup stirred over ice in a tall glass and filled the rest of the way with soda water.
whoa! i stopped drinking a month ago because I learned some ... biochemistry. good luck to you, making the poison taste better was the final realization that put me off. could we do more NA and very low abv cocktails for those who love mixology but want to tone it down, like a lot 😅
You know... Everything done in excess is a bad thing. Even thinking. I'd advise you ask yourself if you're overthinking anything. If the answer is no, there grate, ignore me. But it could also be something more interesting. Good luck at cutting out alcohol anyways. And more power to ya
@Lefteris Mplanas XD over thinking is my thing. I over think my over thinking. My job as a test engineer pays me to over think. XD but the biochemistry I found was less of an AHA moment and more of a last straw. But I am having a lot of fun researching mocktails and noticing I have the same amount of fun out with friends even without the alcohol. :D
@@lewis-mindscrambler987 Well, then that's your answer. "Yes, but actually No" 🤣 Love it. Love that you used it to your advantage in your job too 😀 I whish you much luck and a bright future at it. Along with some good luck at finding a balance you're happy with with your drinking habits. But I guess having Greg here provide some low ABV cocktails would help alot, right ?
@@lefterismplanas4977 very much it would help. Finding more ways to include people in mixology (sobers and alcohol avoiders) makes everyone involved much happier. IMO
I cannot remember my ratios off the top of my head but I've made one a few times I call a "villa vicodin". It's more of an aperitif since it only uses Caravello orange liquer with liquer 43 shaken together, poured on ice and topped with just a splash of lemon lime soda. Even better is if its done during the holidays when you can get the cranberry Sierra mist. I'm sure you can elevate it since it's just something I worked out about 10 years ago. It's always been a hit since you get orange, Vanilla, and spices playing with each other. But with it being so sweet and no base spirit it's basically the strength of an after dinner wine
My creation, "The Garden Fairy:" 2 ounces of Botanist Gin (or any earthy forward gin), 10 mint leaves, a sprig of rosemary, and cucumber slices muddled, 1 ounce absinthe, 1 DASH elderflower liqueur, 1 dash lime juice. Shake and strain, garnish glass with cucumber slices. Made this at home because I was bored. Best drink I've ever made.
I basically made a Snowdrift when I lived in Geneva. It used Krauterschnapps (dry herbal Swiss liquer) and Get 27. I called it a Mer du Glace, since it looked like a glacier.
I can't remember off the top of my head the researcher that did the follow-up to the study you mention about internal monologues, but they gave all of their participants an earpiece that would beep at random times and when it did they were supposed to stop whatever they were doing and write down whatever they happen to be thinking at the time and he found that if he did this for long enough eventually every single participant of his study, even the ones who claims to have no internal monologue when the study began, eventually realize that they did have some sort of an internal monologue and they just hadn't been paying attention before.
In 100% fairness it would be almost impossible to get conclusive evidence on what's going on or not going on in someone else's head, and aside from a woefully small sample size the test itself isn't necessarily unsound. Like if I asked somebody 'hey, are you breathing right now?' they would suddenly be uncomfortably aware of their own breathing. You can do that trick for most if not all things perceivable to someone about themselves, so if somebody asks if you have an internal monologue and you don't become aware of one then there's at least a chance worth exploring that you don't.
I have no idea if it could work, but I’m dying for Greg to try to make the passion fruit syrup work in a whiskey/bourbon based cocktail. It sounds fascinating to me, and I want it to be delicious.
The lemon lime and bitters is a standard designated drivers drink here in Australia. It’s pretty much thought of as a non alcoholic beverage despite the fact that it’s best had with a heavy hand with the angostura dasher bottle.
I occasionally have an internal monolog. More often my thought process seems to be an internal dialog. I will ask myself questions and answer them or think about two sides of an issue discussing both sides with myself.
I've had the same progression as Meredith with my existential crises. I had my first ones at around 8, and they all involved being freaked out about the idea of existing forever. Then some time around my early teenage years it switched to being terrified of oblivion and nothingness. Thankfully for a while now I haven't been hung up on that fear, though I'm only in my early 20s, I'm sure as I age I'll think about it more often. It helps that I've started to become more of an afterlife-agnostic, while before I was certain there was nothing after death
If you're looking for a weird ingredient to add to your drinks, try a Buckwheat Honey Syrup. Not sure where the best places to buy Buckwheat Honey are, but the thing itself is like a cross between molasses and normal honey. Super crystallized, super dark, incredibly dense and rich flavor. But dissolve it in water and suddenly it gets really nice. I've found that it works well with chocolate, orange, and almond flavors, but I'm interested to see what other people do with it.
Greg doing his Tom Waits impression reminded me I need to listen to that album again. It was an opera he co-wrote with William Burroughs, and I love it. Weird even by Waits standards.
Those midnight/2/3/4 AM panic attacks about aging and death… I’ve literally been having those as long as I can remember. Not every night obviously but it comes and goes. I’ve gotten somewhat better at coping with the physical parts (heart racing and stomach “dropping” feeling) occasionally I still just can’t sleep at all because of it.
In fact occasionally I end up having a panic attack before bed because anticipation of needing to go to sleep is not a relaxing thing for me after a lifetime of sleep related fear and associating going to bed with thinking about mortality
I bought the drinkmate on your recommendation because I got tired of paying for canned cocktails for my wife. I would love a series on or at least an episode on recipes for it.
If you like your "Cosmo" rough and bracing..... Nate’s Bracing Cosmo: 1.5 oz Full Proof Citron Vodka 1/2 oz Bitter Orange Liqueur 1 oz Lime Juice 2 oz Unsweetened Raw Cranberry Juice Shake over ice and pour clean thru hawthorn into a 4-6 oz coupe glass. Bitter, tart, and extremely bracing. My go to stem pour.
An inner monolog, for those who don't understand, is simply just hearing your own voice as thoughts, and if you can hear it, you're an anomoly, which I am able to experience my own form of it and it's not always my voice it can be any voice you've ever heard at any point in your own life
As much as I appreciate the podcast, I think the afterparty is my favorite HTD feature at ALL. The drinks guiding the discussion but letting it ramble I think is why it catches my attention more than a podcast alone (but keep up the podcast too, it's all good!!!) so I would definitely appreciate more afterparty style videos :) thanks for inspiring me into my hobby and soon job!!
I made a "the broken glass" right after watching this (same spec except Lagavulin instead of Laphroaig) and I think your take on it was 100% spot on, including the temperature aspect, it does want to be cold but it is a very satisfying cocktail!
Yes, I would choose immortality. I've thought a lot about life in the last few years, and I came to the conclusion that I take a long time to process things. I used to simply say "I hate change," but that's not accurate or entirely honest. I take a long long time to accept change. I have gone through events that leave me having absolutely no interest in moving on, and I do register consciously that this means by the time I feel like starting over, it will be far too late. I feel like it's too late already. If I could take a lifetime to process extreme feelings and then still be able to pick myself up and live after that, I would choose it. There's a lyric in a Jinjer song called Perennial that goes "From the ashes of my roots, the new me will rise and live again." I very much like the idea of allowing yourself to be dormant when you must, and it not meaning that you're never going to bloom again. I only wish I could take more time. Still waiting for that vampire bite to hook me up.
I made a fantastic tiki-adjacent cocktail called a "Jamaican bobsled" 2 oz Jamaican rum (I used S&C) 0.25 oz allspice dram 0.75 oz lime juice 0.75 oz pineapple juice 0.75 oz cinnamon syrup Shake & serve over crushed ice Invented by Mick Kellogg
In the past year I've grown myself into being more of a cocktail maker/drinker. At the beginning of the Journey I would pull up episodes like it was a recipe to follow. The more and more that I watched this and other cocktail channels, I came to realize that the common ingredients for cocktails pretty much just taste good. Mix and match em, do whatever. You can probably make something good.
Sativa is the stimulating strain, Indica is the sleepy/relaxing/calming strain. 1:1:1 + melatonin edibles are SUPER great for sleep. Indica, CDB, CBN + melatonin. Laphroaig is so horrible without a hefty water back or in a cocktail.
Hey Greg! Have you ever tried a cocktail called midnight oil? It's basically rum, coffee and a couple different liqueurs. The way I make it: 3/4-1oz cold brew or coffee of choice 1 1/2 oz black rum 1/4 oz ginger liqueur 1/4 oz banana liqueur or creme de banana 2-4 dashes of vanilla Stir and strain It's an interesting one that I don't hear a lot of people talk about. The banana usually turns people off when I mention it, but with just the right balance it works really nice! Unless you hate bananas of course.
I just made my spin on a last word from what's available in my house 1 oz Aviator Gin infused with a floral infusion kit 1 oz of Hendrick's Gin 3/4 oz Domaine de Canton 1/4 oz Grand Marnier 1 oz Fresh Pomegranate juice squeeze of the last lemon wedge in my fridge. treating the infusion as my herbal liquor, and going with two very different gins worked out nicely, if slightly over-proof
I just made a sherbet style drink, nothing fancy, it's my 2nd mixed drink. 3 oz Lemonade (just used store bought but home made would be better) 1 oz Rum(think coconut rum might be better, or a banana rum, I just used captain cuz it's what I have) 1oz Irish cream(I used st. Brendan's, but the Better the better) Shaken Can do a lemon, lime or orange garnish Tasted like a lemon sherbet, good base for a lot of cocktails.
I actually got drunk a couple of weeks ago for the first time in 31 years of life. And I mean proper drunk. I have been sorta impared before and I usally just fall asleep after a pina colada or something but I got myself this bottle of sochu to try because friends like it. I did not expect much, I have drunken bottles of sake of that about size and nothing happened. Man, that thing snuck up on me and hit me hard. Straight up sneak attack critical. Got pretty woozy, kinda giggly, went to get some water, took a nap for an hour and all was good again but man.
Just want to put in my two cents of the no internal monologue thing. For my entire life I always thought the internal monologue thing was just something TV shows did to show what a character was thinking. It blew me away when some friends I know said that they actually had a little voice inside their head that essentially vocalized their thoughts. Nearly thirty years I’ve been in this planet and while I have fully coherent thoughts, not once has there been a voice saying them. I will say that study is definitely flawed, but not everyone has an internal monologue.
I started getting the "midnight panic" every once in a while a few years ago, except it would happen during the day at random times when I was alone. I'm 36, and I actually get it more often now as I get older. Except, for me, it's less "how many years do I have left?" and more "what if there is no afterlife and our current consciousness is literally ALL THERE IS for us, and it's just dreamless sleep forever and ever after we die?" Existential crises are a real bitch.
I have a drink for you to try and improve upon. The Long Irish Iced Coffee. 1 part (.75oz) gin (I used tanq) 1 part Irish whiskey (jameson) 1 part tequila (la gritona) 1 part Grind espresso shot 1 part Domain De Canton (Part of me wishes I’d stopped here cause honestly delicious) 2 parts Sour Orange juice (approx 1 sour orange) 2 bar spoons simple or agave. I would love to hear your notes as you inspired me to become a bartender and to experiment in my own home.
Oh thank god that the late night mortality anxiety is a normal thing!!! I have been dealing with that on my own for years, and it started when I had kids.
I'm gonna have to watch this through a second time later because as soon as you brought up the study on inner monologs my own inner monolog started going off and I was too distracted to actually watch the video while it was playing.
I get the opposite of Midnight Panic where I think about how much more life is left to live, and it makes me really defeated and depressed. Like being halfway up Everest, then seeing you are only halfway and the rest is a sheer cliff, and you look back and think how easy it would be to take the short way back down. Every fuckin night.
Bumping @TheBerzerkerlord 's idea: you should make some Runescape cocktails!! It's actually really big these days and has had a resurgence. Try it out! I think you'd do really well with it!
Hey Greg. I've got a drink I've been playing with. If you feel like critiquing/improving it, that would be cool, and if not that's fine too. Working name is Tide Pod. .75 blended scotch (I use Inver House!) .75 kümmel .75 grapefruit juice .75 ginger syrup Shake that, and strain into a coupe. Add about an ounce of prosecco and a grapefruit twist. Garnish with grated ceylon cinnamon.
That bit about inflammation and hangover... ugh, I felt that. I love crafting cocktails and having an excellently made beverage to relax with on the weekend, but it's not worth the instant misery.
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Do you think the deaf have an internal monolog?
Yeah, I think they have thoughts and aren't a blank void waiting for input. "Monologue" isn't that literal
@@patrickm1533 do trees think mann.. I mean WHAT IF they're all plotting our demise MAN. Bro.. it totally happen mann.
@@howtodrink our of context question. Have you heard of Houndbery liquor?
We make one at home, with home grown berries and use it to "make a cold go away faster" from time to time.
I just wonder if it's a thing in other places
"Are there humans who truly have no internal monologue, or are they just so not self-aware that they don't realize that thinking about nothing is not the same thing as thinking nothing" is easily going down as my favorite HTD line ever
Truly, where else are you going to get lines like this, especially in food-related content
Struck me as rude and dismissive
@@kylekelley2419 welcome!
What if you have an internal monologue but you don't hear anything anyway? Like I know what I'm thinking but it's a silent room in there 😂
@@lilitulee at the very least, that's self awareness
"Trust me Meredith, I'm a fucking pro" will one day be Gregs last words
I hope not. I imagine Meredith and Mrs. Meredith and Greg and Mrs. How to Drink go and have the most fun happening in any town.
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Right up there with "hold my beer."
Hi Greg, im the creator of the Broken Glass cocktail, and im so glad you liked my drink (despite you not liking Islay's). Just to touch on your feedback, which is much appreciated btw, about it being "confused" as it's a sour you can't drink in 4-5 sipps. I can tell you from personal experiance as an Islay lover that that has never been a problem for me, so it's safe to say it's really a drink for people who already love smokey scotch. That being said, the fact I got a rum lover to like an Islay based cocktail I'll take as a huge W. Thank you so much for featuring me, kind regards from Frewell (a very happy norwegian)
I literally started jumping up and down when I heard “just the right bullets”. Black Rider is the best Tom waits album. And then a fuckin laphroaig drambuie cocktail. Bro I think we have things in common.
nice work man
I've got an idea for a probably painful episode:
- Prepare list of coctails with same number of ingredients
- Draw the #1 and #2 cocktails from the pool
- Slowly one by one replace each component (prefferable by random) of #1 so it becomes the #2 in the end
- Rate each iteration
That sounds really fun!
I SECOND THIS.
It's like Boil the Frog but for drinks
Nah, not random. Use cocktail knowledge to try to choose strategically and attempt to minimize the bad outcome.
I might do this myself. Maybe not as a video, but it’s a fun experiment
Just want to say that the afterparty series is welcome addition in my book. Feel like an extension of the HTD episodes with bonus content Love the conversations between Greg and Meredith!
yeah its the same kinda energy GMM has with their 'more' videos
I wondered why Meredith wasn’t tasting your creations…🤞 and early congrats!
same here! I was wondering why Greg was saying he "really wishes he could share this with Meredith"
Well now we know!
I hope the best for Meredith, Mrs. Meredith, and potential Meredith Jr.
Can we crowdfund a onesie for Future Meredith Jr. that reads "Not Greg's"
@@ameliaryley Lotta people sleeping on suffixes on female names. Female Jr. is a BOSS move.
Aww, you made a lovely sodee for Meredith. Still keeping my fingers crossed for her and her partner!
Her partner actually edits for H2D :D
“If you play the same note you create dissonance”
I want to hear more of Greg’s piping hot music theory takes
Not the SAME, but *near* the same
@@howtodrink thats the musical equivalent of inbreeding so of course it sounds bad
@kaedotmoe that is just flagrantly wrong think of most guitar chords you play them with some of the notes multiple times (Also octave chords but theyre not really chords)
Get 2 piccolo players playing the same note... That's dissonance
@@howtodrink lmao comprehension is clearly not my strong suit today
You should keep a list of drinks for Meredith to try in the future when she's able to and make an episode of her trying them at that time.
I like the idea, but it may also be a bit cruel to make Meredith try a bunch of drinks because she admitted it immediately gives her headaches. You'd have to see if she's up for it, I guess.
@@R.J._Lewis Probably have to film quick takes at the end of Afterparty episodes - film one drink at a time, edit them into a catch-up episode every fifth episode or so.
I died when I was 34 and they defibbed me back twice. I think about death almost every day now. No, I don't need a shrink. Greg makes me drinks instead.
did you have an NDE?
Thinking about death doesn't have to be unhealthy. If it's in the way of like, can I make every day good enough that I'd be content if it was my last? That's stoicism in a nutshell.
@@linebeck1000 Yup. The hospital put my family in the little room with the stained glass windows & a priest. They also thought I was a goner. When I asked the Doc how long I was dead she said, "You don't want to know."
@@linebeck1000if they got his 3x with a defibrillator they were clinically dead 3 times
@@KevinJDildonik I find that easily said by those who haven't gone through it. It's a bit more complicated than just be happy.
“Something Wicked This Way Comes” has been in my reading rotation for nearly a decade now and the older I get the more I identify with Mr. Holloway.
I didn't expect a splash of existential dread in this drink!
Speaking of Jethro Tull I once listened to all forty something minutes of Thick as a Brick while walking around a large field alone and it was... a journey to say the least
Thick as a Brick is a masterpiece.
I think it may be one of the best continuous albums ever written.
Now what did you do BEFORE this walk? 😂
@@paulhammer4941 actually nothing I think but, I'm about to be doin somethin if you know what I mean 😂🍃
I have TaaB on my main playlist on spotify, and whenever it comes on, I'm just like, "OK, I guess this is what I'm doing for the next 40 minutes." It's the best example ever of a parody setting the standard for the genre it's parodying.
Indica absolutely makes you time-travel. Sativa is more suited for everyday use, and hybrids are my favorite for hanging out with friends
That's so exciting to hear Meredith! Fingers crossed!
Meredith's being freaked out at eternity hits personally for me. I used to have to open my eyes when I was trying to go to sleep because the reference-less void of my eyes being closed made me feel like I was in a void that I always felt like was some form of eternity. Never ending, never changing because even if things change on a small basis, in comparison to the whole, it's insignificant...
She might enjoy watching "the good place" as I think they rather eloquently cover this concept
Genuinely had no idea that 3:00A.M panic was a recognized thing. I’ve been dealing with that since I was like ten, so that’s actually comforting. Good to know that I’m not insane for having small bouts of intense existential dread on a semi-regular basis.
So there was this question I saw recently about how finding a band who has done one or two great records is easy enough. The true challenge is finding one that has done beneath three to five consecutive great albums (depending on how hard you want to challenge yourself).
I'd wager Jethro Tull is one of the few I can think of - Stand Up, Benefit, Aqualung, Thick as a Brick, and A Passion Play. Absolutely killer stuff, shame the late eighties and nineties were quite unkind. 😂
"Rum is Burning" is a fantastic name for a cocktail (if it doesn't already exist).
I had no idea the 3 am panic actually had a name. Is it bad that I'm already experiencing this at 25?
Depends on your worldview and beliefs.
As a Christian orthodox that does his best to be a good one,
I can't wait to die xD
It's strange. I want more time in order to really fix myself. But I also wanna find piece/relax and learn if I really am good and , if not, what mistakes are the ones damning me the most xD
If you don't believe in an afterlife, or if the afterlife you belive in is not one you'd like, and it's not feasible for you to chase...
Then I could see how you'd reach an existential crisis at 25. I'm 24 myself. And afterlife brigns me Comfort. The belief that each hardship is just an other chance to chase/earn paradise. And that if God had forsaken me, then he wouldn't have been giving me so many obstacles for me to try and overcome.😅
Did I help? I get the feeling that I didn't
Lol, same. 24 and happens all the time.
Was terrified of aging and dying since like, 10, and always been super confused by the idea of not wanting to be immortal.
Think it might be because I've seen three different family members (grandma, great grandma, great grandpa), and a family friend go through severe dementia and die. Really hard not to be aware of just how rough the whole process is in that case.
And then there is the whole knowledge that there are so many things I'll never get to know or do...
Also, depression and suicidal intrusive thoughts didn't help much on that front either.
24 here and same… I think it comes from working in EMS for me personally… I’m exposed to death and dying at work so it is usually fresh on my mind
I think it's probably relatively common for those in their 20s now, due to how much people compare themselves to the image of others on social media. it started for me then and I'm 46 now. And it absolutely gets worse the older you get. It's the perpetual feeling of running out of time to accomplish something, or to be able to continue to do something.
I'm 23 and it started when I was 8. It's pretty normal people just don't talk about it.
Its tough when you run a channel like yours, but every 2-3 yrs I go 2-3 months without drinking as a 'cleanse' and 'reset'.
- Takes your tolerance you've built up and resets it
- Good to do in March-May as part of a 3mo 'get fit' workout binge for summer, less sugar calories during that time.
- Just kind of resets your palette for some drinks. You enjoy them all over again, and may find your tastes change.
I do this every year! Its great
I might drink a couple times a year but I love this show, it's about the content damnit
@@sethwilkins132 everytime he breaks a glass or drops something, take a drink.
1) I really enjoyed the mailbag episodes, as it turned into more of a workshop on how to bring balance into a cocktail. As a complete amateur when it comes to making drinks, these two episodes have been insightful on how to tweak things to get them juuust right, or at least to one's preference (which you fully admit).
2) Some deaths in my family over the last few years and certain media I've consumed have helped a bit with that "death awaits us all" thoughts that come usually late at night. Though depression has also compelled me to do a lot of mindfulness stuff that also helps me process those thoughts.
Shit's wild, so let's our enjoy our time while we can and take care of each other. Cheers.
See now this afterparty wants me to ask for Highlander and/or Queen cocktails because I now have Who Wants to Live Forever stuck in my head.
This was too relatable not to comment on.
As a kid, I 100% had the same fear of never-ending as Meredith. As an aging adult, I now have a case of the "3 AMs".
I only have an internal monologue for rehearsing things I want to say out loud. For non-monologue purposes (mainly just entertainment) I can also use other people's voices for some things, like having one singer do a cover of another singer's song, or have a comedian deliver a joke in their own style.
Otherwise I have little use for words inside my mind. Words represent concepts, and it's easier for me to just strip things down to the bare concepts instead of needlessly dressing them up with a language. Internally I find language almost entirely redundant, it's just a tool for external communication.
The consequence of this is that spoken language doesn't come as naturally to me as it does for some, I lose track of a lot of words. I essentially keep words and their meanings in separate file cabinets next to each other, have to quickly re-connect them in order to have a conversation out-loud. Like using a converter to play modern video games on an old TV, the conversion process causes a small delay.
Jethro Tull SLAPS.
If y'all care about drinks?
Lemon Basil Martini? Play off a lemon drop.
3oz gin
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
1/2oz Simple syrup
5-6 large basil leaves.
(If feeling saucy, add a couple dashes of either Ginger or Orange bitters, it's a nice touch)
Muddle basil into shaker add ice and shake, I prefer the basil bits in the drink, but you can double strain if you want it clean.
Pour and add a lemon peel rose with a basil leaf for garnish.
Probably more of a smash or gin sour as opposed to a martini at this point though.
Jeez, three whole ounces?
@@antonybraus325 I tend to like stiffer drinks, but the basil and lemon are pretty hefty.
Would probably say 2oz may have less alcohol forward flavor.
I have to say, as someone that'sb been watching HTD for a couple of years, I have absolutely loved the addition of Meredith as a regular part of the show 😊 The banter between her and Greg is effing delightful!
Loved that quick Harry Caray impression lol
What if the moon was made of spare ribs?
6:19 This makes me glad I was there to experience Unus Annus. Not yet thirty, and I've already decided that death isn't scary, because A) it's going to happen no matter what, so why bother worrying about it; B) having an ending means that my life, and everything in it, is that much more valuable.
Death is okay BECAUSE it's inevitable.
I can’t get on board with any of that
@@howtodrink A lot of people can't, but I can only kind of understand why. Our instincts drive us to avoid death at all costs, but that's the amygdala talking.
Death should be dealt with using the frontal lobe, with logic and understanding. Fighting against the inevitable will only stress you out. I have no DESIRE to die, but the reason that I'll push it off for as long as I can isn't because I'm afraid of what happens when my life is OVER. It's so that I can have as much of this beautiful, valuable time as I can.
Death is what gives life meaning.
Nah, nothing gives life meaning, that's just rationalization. There's no "meaning" out there at all.
@@farkasmactavish IMO, I do not believe there is any inherent meaning in life, or death, or much of anything. What gives life meaning is simply what we feel personally is meaningful. The idea that without death life would be meaningless always bothered me.
Is it only because life is temporary that people spend time with friends? Love? Make art? Write? Explore the world? Learn? Enjoy art? Enjoy nature? I find that very difficult to believe.
I do not do those things because I fear death, or otherwise because my time is limited, or anything like that. I do them because they make me happy. And I see no reason why I would stop doing things that make me happy were I to never die. In fact, I think it might even make it easier to do those things! I don't want to rush through life to hit a checklist of experiences and accomplishments, I want to be able to take my time and do things as I feel I am ready to do them, while giving them my full attention. The idea of a deadline simply adds an underlying layer of stress to everything.
Also the idea of not being able to do the things that make me happy anymore is deeply depressing to me.
I've always hated being told I should be grateful for death, because without it "life would be meaningless". I don't care about whether life is meaningful, I care about whether it's good.
I did enjoy Unnus Annus though, even if I didn't agree with the more philosophical part.
@@possible_ghostDeath gives life meaning because without it, we'd have absolutely no motivation to find meaning in anything we have and do. Time has scarcity, and therefore value. Without that deadline, nothing needs to be important because we'll always have it.
I wanted to see how much alcohol a dash of bitters actually adds to a no-abv cocktail:
assume the cockatil is 150ml of liquid in total;
there's 0.92ml in a dash of bitters (says google);
angostura bitters have 44.7% abv;
1 dash of bitters results in 0.27% ABV
2 dashes of bitters result in 0.54% ABV
3 dashes of bitters result in 0.81% ABV
also keeping in mind that normal fruit juices have up to 0.1-0.9% ABV just from natural fermentation. So adding a few dashes of bitters to a cocktail does not add more alcohol than having fruit juice as an ingredient
I spent a lot of time in my teens and 20s on death's door. I'm a few years younger than y'all but I definitely get the 3am's too. I suppose I should give my friends a heads up as they go into their 30s onward, lol.
If anyone wants to see Tom Waits playing an odd character in a weird movie, Mystery Men is a movie you must see. Speaking of movies, I'm really enjoying Midnight Local, mostly on it's own merits but partially because it's cool to have content with more Meredith especially since she can't be second opinion on cocktails currently.
Try “Cold Feet,” that was a great Waits film.
I love these viewer submitted drinks with your thoughts/modifications. Keep them coming!
I keep coming back to this show to watch the dissection of flavor profiles for many things I will never try and as someone who loves to cook, the flavor chemistry you're getting to take part in is pretty incredible. Really cool show, sir. I too reach for the leafier side of life these days as the effects of alcohol aren't my favorite, but I find it so interesting to hear about all of these fascinating spirits and strange cocktails. As a musician I can also appreciate all of your music theory references. Cheers from Maine!
im SO glad yall talked about the smell of "burning" in amusement park rides. its one of the most recognizable smells to me and i wish i could have it as a candle. i often call it the "Escape from Pompeii" smell, from the ride in busch gardens williamsburg. i love "Rome is burning" though
what a blessing these afterparties are, for real. loving this content so much.
Rusty Nails with Islay whisky are the only way to go - you can get up to 50:50 at that point without losing the Scotch.
how to drink: soda edition, exploring the insane world of corporates soda mixes that they suggest at gas stations
I didn't realize there were people out there who haven't heard of Jethro Tull (I'm under 40, but aqualung has been everywhere, and I swear a car commercial had one of their songs in the 00s-10s as well)
Edit: I do like the more discussion based format of these ones though, it's fun
Man, I saw them live, one of the best shows I’ve ever seen
Someone at work was telling a story and said they were sitting on a bus bench and I did the riff from aqualung as a joke and all five listeners looked at me like I was an alien. Never felt older LUL
Everyone older knows them casually, but they're not the most well known with younger people. I, a 90s kid, know about them, but I was a prog head in college.
If you do make another episode of this, here's my favorite cocktail, and the one my friends ask usually for when they're over.
"Hidden Canyon" (no idea why they called it this, but it stuck)
-1 oz floral gin (or American style with a citrus flavor. Nothing peppery. I usually use Lockwood or Empress)
-.5 oz Hypnotique
-.5 oz orange juice (anywhere between a quarter and half an orange juiced)
-half bar spoon of sugar/simple
-pink ginger beer (Fentimans)
1) build in a rocks glass
2) stir orange juice and sugar together
3) add Hypnotique and gin, place a large cube in and stir until glass is chilled/alcohol is aerated
4) add ginger beer on top, should be about equal parts to the rest of the drink/about 4.5 oz
5) garnish with an orange peel expressed on top
The way Greg says Indica is adorable
My new go-to is an Angostura Collins: 1 ounce each of Ango, Lemon or lime juice, and 2:1 Simple syrup stirred over ice in a tall glass and filled the rest of the way with soda water.
whoa! i stopped drinking a month ago because I learned some ... biochemistry. good luck to you, making the poison taste better was the final realization that put me off. could we do more NA and very low abv cocktails for those who love mixology but want to tone it down, like a lot 😅
You know...
Everything done in excess is a bad thing.
Even thinking. I'd advise you ask yourself if you're overthinking anything.
If the answer is no, there grate, ignore me.
But it could also be something more interesting.
Good luck at cutting out alcohol anyways.
And more power to ya
@Lefteris Mplanas XD over thinking is my thing. I over think my over thinking. My job as a test engineer pays me to over think. XD but the biochemistry I found was less of an AHA moment and more of a last straw. But I am having a lot of fun researching mocktails and noticing I have the same amount of fun out with friends even without the alcohol. :D
@@lewis-mindscrambler987 Well, then that's your answer.
"Yes, but actually No" 🤣
Love it.
Love that you used it to your advantage in your job too 😀
I whish you much luck and a bright future at it. Along with some good luck at finding a balance you're happy with with your drinking habits. But I guess having Greg here provide some low ABV cocktails would help alot, right ?
@@lefterismplanas4977 very much it would help. Finding more ways to include people in mixology (sobers and alcohol avoiders) makes everyone involved much happier. IMO
I cannot remember my ratios off the top of my head but I've made one a few times I call a "villa vicodin". It's more of an aperitif since it only uses Caravello orange liquer with liquer 43 shaken together, poured on ice and topped with just a splash of lemon lime soda. Even better is if its done during the holidays when you can get the cranberry Sierra mist. I'm sure you can elevate it since it's just something I worked out about 10 years ago. It's always been a hit since you get orange, Vanilla, and spices playing with each other. But with it being so sweet and no base spirit it's basically the strength of an after dinner wine
My creation, "The Garden Fairy:" 2 ounces of Botanist Gin (or any earthy forward gin), 10 mint leaves, a sprig of rosemary, and cucumber slices muddled, 1 ounce absinthe, 1 DASH elderflower liqueur, 1 dash lime juice. Shake and strain, garnish glass with cucumber slices. Made this at home because I was bored. Best drink I've ever made.
I basically made a Snowdrift when I lived in Geneva. It used Krauterschnapps (dry herbal Swiss liquer) and Get 27. I called it a Mer du Glace, since it looked like a glacier.
maybe a tasty Canadian rye on the snowdrift? could add some character to the drink and thematically would be fitting.
I can't remember off the top of my head the researcher that did the follow-up to the study you mention about internal monologues, but they gave all of their participants an earpiece that would beep at random times and when it did they were supposed to stop whatever they were doing and write down whatever they happen to be thinking at the time and he found that if he did this for long enough eventually every single participant of his study, even the ones who claims to have no internal monologue when the study began, eventually realize that they did have some sort of an internal monologue and they just hadn't been paying attention before.
My creation I call the “family Christmas”
Recipe:
Vodka, high proof
Water (not necessary)
When you are raised in a baptist church (lots of hell talk) the transition to merely facing oblivion is something to feel grateful for.
In 100% fairness it would be almost impossible to get conclusive evidence on what's going on or not going on in someone else's head, and aside from a woefully small sample size the test itself isn't necessarily unsound. Like if I asked somebody 'hey, are you breathing right now?' they would suddenly be uncomfortably aware of their own breathing. You can do that trick for most if not all things perceivable to someone about themselves, so if somebody asks if you have an internal monologue and you don't become aware of one then there's at least a chance worth exploring that you don't.
I have no idea if it could work, but I’m dying for Greg to try to make the passion fruit syrup work in a whiskey/bourbon based cocktail. It sounds fascinating to me, and I want it to be delicious.
The lemon lime and bitters is a standard designated drivers drink here in Australia. It’s pretty much thought of as a non alcoholic beverage despite the fact that it’s best had with a heavy hand with the angostura dasher bottle.
Loving the afterparty videos!
I occasionally have an internal monolog. More often my thought process seems to be an internal dialog. I will ask myself questions and answer them or think about two sides of an issue discussing both sides with myself.
I've had the same progression as Meredith with my existential crises. I had my first ones at around 8, and they all involved being freaked out about the idea of existing forever. Then some time around my early teenage years it switched to being terrified of oblivion and nothingness. Thankfully for a while now I haven't been hung up on that fear, though I'm only in my early 20s, I'm sure as I age I'll think about it more often. It helps that I've started to become more of an afterlife-agnostic, while before I was certain there was nothing after death
Hows about a "How NOT to drink" episode? Bar and mixology behaviors/faux pas/general no-nos when serving or being served?
Never order a Ramos Fizz or a Mojito in a busy bar
If you're looking for a weird ingredient to add to your drinks, try a Buckwheat Honey Syrup. Not sure where the best places to buy Buckwheat Honey are, but the thing itself is like a cross between molasses and normal honey. Super crystallized, super dark, incredibly dense and rich flavor. But dissolve it in water and suddenly it gets really nice.
I've found that it works well with chocolate, orange, and almond flavors, but I'm interested to see what other people do with it.
I kinda love this just casual small talk version of HTD. Drunk Greg or not it’s very cozy
Jethro Tull is one of my favorite bands, was listening to one of their vinyls earlier today!
Greg doing his Tom Waits impression reminded me I need to listen to that album again. It was an opera he co-wrote with William Burroughs, and I love it. Weird even by Waits standards.
Fahrenheit 451 is one of my favorite novels EVER. And basically anything William Gibson, that dude is a living legend
i vibe with that internal monologue thing i cant believe people are just empty husks
I always had internal monolgue.
In it I'm usualy the guest at a talk show with live audience. But it varies depending on my mood
Those midnight/2/3/4 AM panic attacks about aging and death… I’ve literally been having those as long as I can remember. Not every night obviously but it comes and goes. I’ve gotten somewhat better at coping with the physical parts (heart racing and stomach “dropping” feeling) occasionally I still just can’t sleep at all because of it.
In fact occasionally I end up having a panic attack before bed because anticipation of needing to go to sleep is not a relaxing thing for me after a lifetime of sleep related fear and associating going to bed with thinking about mortality
I bought the drinkmate on your recommendation because I got tired of paying for canned cocktails for my wife. I would love a series on or at least an episode on recipes for it.
2 to 1 sirup boiled down with anything good(eg. Ginger or lemon (pith removed)), and strained.
mix with sodawater:)
Add mint if you are feeling fancy
If you like your "Cosmo" rough and bracing.....
Nate’s Bracing Cosmo:
1.5 oz Full Proof Citron Vodka
1/2 oz Bitter Orange Liqueur
1 oz Lime Juice
2 oz Unsweetened Raw Cranberry Juice
Shake over ice and pour clean thru hawthorn into a 4-6 oz coupe glass. Bitter, tart, and extremely bracing. My go to stem pour.
I appreciate the Jethro Tull shout out, lol. Music is great. Thick as a Brick in particular is probably my favorite song. So damn good.
Bro, Jethro Tull is a throwback! My mom had a Vinyl of Aqualung when I was a kid. 😂
omg a fellow B-52s connoisseur! 💖 It makes me beyond happy to hear you repping them 🥰
The broken glass sounds like my kinda drink, I love a rusty nail, maybe my favorite cocktail, definitely my favorite whiskey cocktail
An inner monolog, for those who don't understand, is simply just hearing your own voice as thoughts, and if you can hear it, you're an anomoly, which I am able to experience my own form of it and it's not always my voice it can be any voice you've ever heard at any point in your own life
As much as I appreciate the podcast, I think the afterparty is my favorite HTD feature at ALL. The drinks guiding the discussion but letting it ramble I think is why it catches my attention more than a podcast alone (but keep up the podcast too, it's all good!!!) so I would definitely appreciate more afterparty style videos :) thanks for inspiring me into my hobby and soon job!!
2:11
Well put, Greg. I do enjoy some practical philosophy with my drinks.
I made a "the broken glass" right after watching this (same spec except Lagavulin instead of Laphroaig) and I think your take on it was 100% spot on, including the temperature aspect, it does want to be cold but it is a very satisfying cocktail!
Lagavulin sounds like a great choice, glad you liked my drink!
“Forever and ever”. I remember where I was when I started freaking out about that. Happened for a few years.
Holy shit, I didn't realize 3 am panic was like a thing for other people, that shit just came out of nowhere once I hit 33
Yes, I would choose immortality. I've thought a lot about life in the last few years, and I came to the conclusion that I take a long time to process things. I used to simply say "I hate change," but that's not accurate or entirely honest. I take a long long time to accept change. I have gone through events that leave me having absolutely no interest in moving on, and I do register consciously that this means by the time I feel like starting over, it will be far too late. I feel like it's too late already. If I could take a lifetime to process extreme feelings and then still be able to pick myself up and live after that, I would choose it.
There's a lyric in a Jinjer song called Perennial that goes "From the ashes of my roots, the new me will rise and live again." I very much like the idea of allowing yourself to be dormant when you must, and it not meaning that you're never going to bloom again. I only wish I could take more time. Still waiting for that vampire bite to hook me up.
You should make canna gin. 1/4-1/2 oz of cured and decarbed lower buds and trim, soaked in a fifth or liter of vodka or gin for 2 weeks and strained.
I made a fantastic tiki-adjacent cocktail called a "Jamaican bobsled"
2 oz Jamaican rum (I used S&C)
0.25 oz allspice dram
0.75 oz lime juice
0.75 oz pineapple juice
0.75 oz cinnamon syrup
Shake & serve over crushed ice
Invented by Mick Kellogg
In the past year I've grown myself into being more of a cocktail maker/drinker. At the beginning of the Journey I would pull up episodes like it was a recipe to follow.
The more and more that I watched this and other cocktail channels, I came to realize that the common ingredients for cocktails pretty much just taste good. Mix and match em, do whatever. You can probably make something good.
Sativa is the stimulating strain, Indica is the sleepy/relaxing/calming strain. 1:1:1 + melatonin edibles are SUPER great for sleep. Indica, CDB, CBN + melatonin. Laphroaig is so horrible without a hefty water back or in a cocktail.
Hey Greg! Have you ever tried a cocktail called midnight oil? It's basically rum, coffee and a couple different liqueurs.
The way I make it:
3/4-1oz cold brew or coffee of choice
1 1/2 oz black rum
1/4 oz ginger liqueur
1/4 oz banana liqueur or creme de banana
2-4 dashes of vanilla
Stir and strain
It's an interesting one that I don't hear a lot of people talk about. The banana usually turns people off when I mention it, but with just the right balance it works really nice! Unless you hate bananas of course.
I just made my spin on a last word from what's available in my house
1 oz Aviator Gin infused with a floral infusion kit
1 oz of Hendrick's Gin
3/4 oz Domaine de Canton
1/4 oz Grand Marnier
1 oz Fresh Pomegranate juice
squeeze of the last lemon wedge in my fridge.
treating the infusion as my herbal liquor, and going with two very different gins worked out nicely, if slightly over-proof
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I just made a sherbet style drink, nothing fancy, it's my 2nd mixed drink.
3 oz Lemonade (just used store bought but home made would be better)
1 oz Rum(think coconut rum might be better, or a banana rum, I just used captain cuz it's what I have)
1oz Irish cream(I used st. Brendan's, but the Better the better)
Shaken
Can do a lemon, lime or orange garnish
Tasted like a lemon sherbet, good base for a lot of cocktails.
I actually got drunk a couple of weeks ago for the first time in 31 years of life. And I mean proper drunk. I have been sorta impared before and I usally just fall asleep after a pina colada or something but I got myself this bottle of sochu to try because friends like it. I did not expect much, I have drunken bottles of sake of that about size and nothing happened. Man, that thing snuck up on me and hit me hard. Straight up sneak attack critical. Got pretty woozy, kinda giggly, went to get some water, took a nap for an hour and all was good again but man.
Just want to put in my two cents of the no internal monologue thing. For my entire life I always thought the internal monologue thing was just something TV shows did to show what a character was thinking. It blew me away when some friends I know said that they actually had a little voice inside their head that essentially vocalized their thoughts. Nearly thirty years I’ve been in this planet and while I have fully coherent thoughts, not once has there been a voice saying them. I will say that study is definitely flawed, but not everyone has an internal monologue.
This is me, i have an internal monologue of thoughts but i have never heard them in a voice its just direct thought.
I started getting the "midnight panic" every once in a while a few years ago, except it would happen during the day at random times when I was alone. I'm 36, and I actually get it more often now as I get older. Except, for me, it's less "how many years do I have left?" and more "what if there is no afterlife and our current consciousness is literally ALL THERE IS for us, and it's just dreamless sleep forever and ever after we die?" Existential crises are a real bitch.
I have a drink for you to try and improve upon. The Long Irish Iced Coffee.
1 part (.75oz) gin (I used tanq)
1 part Irish whiskey (jameson)
1 part tequila (la gritona)
1 part Grind espresso shot
1 part Domain De Canton
(Part of me wishes I’d stopped here cause honestly delicious)
2 parts Sour Orange juice (approx 1 sour orange)
2 bar spoons simple or agave.
I would love to hear your notes as you inspired me to become a bartender and to experiment in my own home.
Oh thank god that the late night mortality anxiety is a normal thing!!! I have been dealing with that on my own for years, and it started when I had kids.
I'm gonna have to watch this through a second time later because as soon as you brought up the study on inner monologs my own inner monolog started going off and I was too distracted to actually watch the video while it was playing.
Fingers crossed for Meredith and her partner!
Nakatomi Sour is objectively the best movie-inspired cocktail name
I get the opposite of Midnight Panic where I think about how much more life is left to live, and it makes me really defeated and depressed. Like being halfway up Everest, then seeing you are only halfway and the rest is a sheer cliff, and you look back and think how easy it would be to take the short way back down. Every fuckin night.
Bumping @TheBerzerkerlord 's idea: you should make some Runescape cocktails!! It's actually really big these days and has had a resurgence. Try it out! I think you'd do really well with it!
Hey Greg. I've got a drink I've been playing with. If you feel like critiquing/improving it, that would be cool, and if not that's fine too. Working name is Tide Pod.
.75 blended scotch (I use Inver House!)
.75 kümmel
.75 grapefruit juice
.75 ginger syrup
Shake that, and strain into a coupe.
Add about an ounce of prosecco and a grapefruit twist.
Garnish with grated ceylon cinnamon.
I prefer the indica over the sativa but I don't mind the time travel feeling.
That bit about inflammation and hangover... ugh, I felt that. I love crafting cocktails and having an excellently made beverage to relax with on the weekend, but it's not worth the instant misery.
What about serving it over ice? It will get more and more diluted, but that way you could slowly sip it over the course of less than a common sipper